Where do deer sleep? Well, as every deer hunter who’s ever jumped a bedded buck knows, they don’t do a lot of sleeping. When deer lay down to take their rest, they may dose a little here and there, ...

So, you think you know where that big buck is bedding? Well, maybe you do, maybe you don't. Researchers at the Mississippi State University Deer Lab studying movements of GPS-collared mature bucks ...

The wind was blowing so hard I had to pick my hat up off the ground, twice. The warm, early-season sun beat down on me as I picked my way along a tree line to a big oak I’d eyeballed a week or so ...

Cold weather doesn’t make deer reckless—it makes them efficient. Once temperatures drop, every movement burns calories, and ...

The quintessential private-land deer hunter plants his food plot, hangs his treestand, posts his trail camera, and waits for a daylight pattern on a shooter buck. Meanwhile, the typical public-land ...

Deer, just like any other animal, are ruled by their stomachs. When they are not eating, drinking or sleeping, they are looking for a new source of forage or traveling to their dinner table. As a ...

If you live or recreate anywhere in the United States, odds are you’ve walked past (or stepped in) deer poop. Whether you spend time in city parks, the backcountry, or just your vegetable garden, ...

Luke Resop, a master’s student in Mississippi State’s Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, tranquilized and hooded this white-tailed deer, so he could put a GPS radio collar on it. This ...