Shoulder to shoulder with my dad and brothers, I nestled into the hollow we had created at the base of a big tree. Paper-thin beech leaves rattled above us. That was how I shot my first deer, and many ...

The older I get, the less inclined I am to hunt from an elevated tree stand, but I don't feel disadvantaged hunting from the ground. I see it as a matter of odds. Every motorcycle rider will tell you ...

JARED SCHEFFLER’S ideal archery shot on a whitetail buck is either quartering to or facing head-on. He hunts exclusively from the ground. Scheffler shoots a longbow, and he uses heavy arrows that are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge. (Photo by Matt Kaminski / Adobe Stock) I’ve always been a big woods whitetail ...

From unsullied alpine basins to sage-dappled plains and brushy creeks bordering agriculture, mule deer roam much of the West, and they’re one of the most fantastic deer species you can pursue. If ...

every season, I’ve always felt much more comfortable on the ground. Maybe it’s because I have more success there. Three of the last four whitetails I’ve harvested were from the ground. Or maybe it’s ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Catalina Island Conservancy plans to eliminate some 2,000 nonnative deer using contracted hunters, after ...