A deer has to avoid a lot of threats to its life to get old in the wild like this buck has. Patricia Neal / Maryland Department of Natural Resources The oldest wild whitetail ever documented lived to ...

While the current deer season is still going strong for some lucky hunters, another calendar year of deer hunting is now behind us. And with the new year upon us, it’s the perfect time to take a ...

Reindeer (also known as caribou) are a member of the deer family, native to the tundra, boreal forests, and mountains of the extreme frigid north. In human culture, they are a staple of northern ...

Deer are abundant in almost every U.S. state, inhabiting forests, grasslands, prairies, and coastal areas. There are several species of deer throughout the country, although white-tailed deer are the ...

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As you can see, the areas overlap. John Hafner Knowing where to shoot a deer for a quick kill is the responsibility of every deer hunter. Most of us were taught that the best place to shoot a deer is ...

This April marked the start of the birthing season for the milu deer. As the herds across the mainland grow each spring, they mark a rare conservation success story in a country suffering from ...