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When you picture deer hunting during the rut, I imagine you see does running, bucks chasing, and arrows bloodied. Or at least that’s how I imagine it myself. The reality of the rut though, at least for...

By Craig Dougherty: It’s hard to imagine any whitetail behavior which has generated more attention from the outdoor press than the whitetail rut. Volumes have been written about the whitetail rut and how to hunt it. It is also hard to come up with a hunting concept which has caused more confusion. Confusion? What’s so confusing about the rut? Every hunter knows that rut time is breeding time and the best time to be hunting big bucks. Right? Well, yes, but it’s even more important to understand how the entire fall cycle plays out.

It’s just about here. The rut. For me, this time of time year signifies the beginning of an absolute grind. Starting tomorrow, I’m planning on hunting every day until at least November 18. Most of those days will...

This week I wrote up a short blog post for Outdoor Life, detailing three tips for dealing with a lost deer. After my experience last week with Jawbreaker, I’ve been working through this process myself and I...

As we advance toward the “pre-rut” stage of the hunting season, one of the most important factors to pay attention to (as it is at most times of year), is the forecast. Changes in weather at this time can really...

We’ve been talking about it all week, “The October Lull”. It’s that time of year that many hunters get discouraged with disappointing activity and declining mature buck sightings. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Success...

It’s here … Or is it? Like clockwork every year, the dates in October reach double digits and talk of the “October Lull” begins. This popularized concept, while familiar to many, is disputed by plenty of folks...

You dream all year of the rut, so when it finally arrives, we know that you want to make it count. That's why we created the Rules of the Rut 2.0. This is the most comprehensive resource, to our knowledge, ever created that is devoted 100% to hunting the whitetail rut. Included in this package are two information packed eBooks and a 3-part podcast series with nearly three hours of expert interviews. The contributors to these books and podcasts are some of the most accomplished whitetail hunters in the country and you'll likely recognize their names from Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, North American Whitetail, Deer & Deer Hunting and a number of acclaimed books.