Category: Deer Hunting

To donate venison, take your legally tagged, field-dressed deer to a processor participating in a venison donation program — most states have one, often under

To get your deer tested for CWD, submit the head (or the extracted lymph node sample) through one of the channels your state wildlife agency

If a wounded deer crosses onto property you don’t have permission to enter: stop at the line. In most states, a hunting license and a

A hunter education course is a state-approved class — typically completed either fully online, or as online coursework plus an in-person field day, or as

Fair chase is the principle that a hunter pursues free-ranging wild game in a way that gives the animal a genuine chance to evade, taking

To tag a deer, validate your tag immediately upon recovering the animal and before moving or field dressing it — in most states that means

After you shoot a deer: stay put and watch it until it is out of sight, listening for a crash. Mark exactly where the deer

Tree stand safety comes down to four habits practiced every single hunt: wear a full-body harness and stay connected to the tree from the moment

Yes, you can hunt on your own land — but owning the ground does not exempt you from hunting law nearly as much as most

Hunting national forest land is the purest form of public land deer hunting in America: enormous acreage, free access, statewide seasons, and almost no one

A wildlife management area (WMA) is public land owned or managed by a state wildlife agency specifically for wildlife habitat and wildlife-based recreation, with hunting

Walk-in hunting access programs are state-run systems that pay private landowners to open their ground to public hunting. The hunter simply shows up, follows the

Deer tag draw systems decide who gets to hunt when demand for a tag exceeds supply. Instead of selling unlimited tags over the counter, a

Planning an out-of-state deer hunt breaks into five jobs: pick a state and unit, secure the nonresident license and tag, scout from a distance, sort

To get a hunting license in the United States, you generally complete a state-approved hunter education course, create an account with your state wildlife agency,

Hunting public land deer comes down to four skills: knowing which types of public ground you can legally hunt, e-scouting them faster and smarter than

Yes, deer decoys work, but only in a narrow set of circumstances, and understanding that window is the whole game. A full-body decoy staged correctly

Hunting deer from the ground without a blind is the original method, and it still fills tags: you build or borrow natural concealment, sit at

A deer drive is a coordinated group tactic in which some hunters, the drivers, move through cover to push deer toward other hunters, the blockers

Spot-and-stalk deer hunting splits one hunt into two distinct jobs: first you locate a deer from long range with your eyes and optics, usually from

Still-hunting is the art of moving through deer cover so slowly, quietly, and deliberately that you spot deer before they detect you, then finishing the

Crossbow deer hunting pairs archery’s close-range challenge with a rifle-style shooting interface: you cock the bow once, aim through a scope, and press a trigger,

Muzzleloader deer hunting means taking deer with a rifle you load from the muzzle, one shot at a time: powder first, then a projectile seated

Bowhunting for beginners comes down to four commitments: a properly fitted bow set at a draw weight you can control, a small set of dependable