Along with buck rubs on trees and saplings, the time of the ubiquitous and mysterious scrape, a bare patch of ground on the forest floor, is here. Some of us have spent countless hours perched in ...

Along with buck rubs, the ubiquitous and mysterious woodland scrape signals to hunters that a whitetail buck has recently passed by. But that pawed up patch of woodland dirt means a lot more to deer.

Annual visits to outdoors shows reveal scores of new products each year — a testament to the hunting industry’s penchant for innovation. However, some of these products are hot for only a little while ...

As we move from mid- to late-October, bucks are primed to go on a sign-making frenzy, which means that the number of fresh scrapes dotting your hunting grounds is about to explode. Depending on whom ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buck season is finally here. No … not the slowly approaching hunting seasons. We’ll have to wait a bit for that. But here during ...

Off and on for over 50 years, I have been killing bucks over scrapes. But, beyond the hunting season, my obsession, fascination, and determination to plumb the mystery and meaning has not waned. Trail ...

Deer hunters are a breed unto their own. I am hesitant to say we are peculiar, though someone who does not share our passion might think we are a little weird at times. This holds especially true when ...

Not everyone can grasp the allure deer hunting — a sport that draws nearly 800,000 Texans of all ages into the field every year — nor does everyone understand the language deer hunters sometimes use ...