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Read Field & Stream’s latest deer hunting stories, news, and expert advice. Our experienced editors deliver compelling narratives, expert how-to articles, and in-depth reporting on deer hunting topics. Stay informed with authoritative outdoor journalism backed by over 125 years of editorial excellence.

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How to Find a 3-Percent Buck Bedroom

By Adam Lewis

According to the latest study, only a tiny percentage of bedding areas are used over and over again by bucks. Find one, and you’ll be sitting pretty

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When Do Deer Shed Their Antlers? A Shed Hunter’s Guide

By Adam Lewis

The second rut, a hard winter, and even buck age can affect how early or late buck’s drop their antlers. Here’s how to know when to look for sheds

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A big mule deer walks into an alpine meadow. Mule Deer Hunting

The Biggest Mule Deer Bucks of All Time, According to Boone & Crockett Records

By Travis Hall

Dating back to the late 1800s, these are the top five typical and non-typical mule deer in the Boone & Crockett books

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Velvet bucks feeding in white clover food plot in Virginia. Whitetail Hunting

What’s the Best Food Plot Forage for Each Region?

By Gerald Almy

We picked the top whitetail food plot forages for three major deer hunting zones in the U.S. and Canada

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Milo Hanson poses with his Boone and Crockett World's Record for typical whitetail buck. Deer Hunting

Milo Hanson, Legendary Whitetail Hunter and World-Record Holder, Passes Away at 81

By Matthew Every

The Canadian farmer and hunter shot the biggest typical whitetail on record during a deer drive back in the 1990s

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Great Deer Stories: 18 Tales of Anticipation, Pursuit, and Harvest

By The Editors

The ultimate collection of stories about America’s most celebrated hunt

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A collage of photographs of some of the biggest non-typical whitetail deer ever. Deer Hunting

The Biggest B&C Nontypical Record Bucks From Every State

By Josh Honeycutt

We combed the record books to find the biggest, baddest nontypical bucks from each of the 45 states that hold whitetail deer

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The Biggest B&C Record Whitetail Deer from Every State

By Josh Honeycutt

The biggest typical whitetail deer, to be specific. But as you’ll soon see, nothing about these monster bucks is “typical”

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Going Backward

By Eric Clark

A deer hunting story about redemption and killing your ego

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A hunter poses with a trophy whitetail taken in Iowa. Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Arrows 200-Plus Inch Iowa Giant on Pressured Public Land

By Travis Hall

Cody Huhn was following up on a rumor he heard from a friend when he located the enormous buck in a bean field over the summer

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