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.

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 ...

With the final days of October slipping by, the time of year that every whitetail hunter dreams of is at our doorstep. The frost-covered leaves will be crunching under your boots on the walk in, and ...

Buck season is finally here. No … not the slowly approaching hunting seasons. We’ll have to wait a bit for that. But here during the dog days of summer, with July finally in the rear view mirror, we ...

Forget about tracks or droppings. The leaf cover today is so new, so deep that any evidence of deer activity on the ground was out of the question. So why am I out on this cold, clear morning, looking ...

Two southwest Iowa farm boys had been monitoring a very special buck for the past three years on family land. The more they watched the deer on trail cameras, the more obsessed they became with the ...