Cody Huhn admires the 16-point Iowa buck he tagged in October. Cody Huhn is a man possessed with hunting whitetails on public land. His hard-earned success in recent years has been remarkable, but the ...

Scouting deer on public ground isn’t going to be all trail-cam pictures of big bucks and digiscoping giants in a green field. Here’s your preseason reality check Much of the preseason scouting content ...

Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...

It was blowing rain and getting dark in Otisco when R.J. Shaver, of Apulia Station, gave a few bleats on his doe call. With a great crashing sound, a big 8-pointer burst through the thick brush about ...

One thing our area abounds in is large tracts of forested land. However, clear cuts, gated roads and tree stands have limited ...