Here in the Northeast and the Midwest, the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November, in sharp contrast to last year’s spread out “trickle rut.” Here, as winter is on its last legs ...

The mating season, also known as the rut, for white-tailed deer lasts about three weeks in the northern states. The rut starts in mid-October and runs through mid-November. Several research ...

This is the time of year when Jeff Yost didn’t envy the wildlife officers working in the Denver metro area. Yost worked as a ...

As the forest changes, the deer change their trails. If a big tree falls, the deer travel around it. They don’t usually go ...

Christmas lights and even bicycles during the rut season. There are two main types of deer native to Colorado: mule deer and white-tailed deer. The rut of both species typically peaks in mid to ...

The mating, or rutting, season for deer in Connecticut runs from late October to mid-December, with the peak being the last two weeks in November, according to the state’s DEEP. During this time ...

The unique tradition goes back hundreds of years and was initially aimed at feigning a stag's rival during the rutting season so the deer comes out.

but during the rut, expands to 853 acres for males. White-tailed deer are polygamous. Each adult male competes with other males for access to females, and each male may exclude neighboring males from ...

The season for hunters using firearms and extended firearms began Oct. 19 for bucks only. Getting in a rut: Interactive state map shows peak rutting times for white-tailed deer in your area The ...

But if that’s not enough, the 2025 fall deer season should keep this month from ... making them the highest-odds spots for action during the rut. This is vital intel on any new property, but ...