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 ...

When you think about what it takes to be a successful whitetail guide, it’s a wonder they even exist. It’s their job to make the big-buck dreams of perfect strangers come true over and over again, all ...

The first gun season runs from December 6 to 10, followed by a second season from December 13 to 21. Hunters are expected to ...

There’s no denying the Midwest is the top whitetail deer hunting region of the country. States like Kansas, Iowa, and Wisconsin have led the way in producing giant bucks for a long time. Other states, ...

Iowa is shifting focus from eradicating chronic wasting disease to instead “mitigating its spread and managing its impacts.” ...

For Iowa’s 60,000 archery deer hunters, November is simply the grandest month of the year. When it comes to pursuing the ever popular, ever elusive white-tailed deer, November is the ultimate game ...

We're in the thick of deer season now, and hopefully all your pre-season hours of scouting, tracking, and preparation have paid off. But for some of us, that nice 10-pointer hasn't showed his rack ...

More than 34,000 licenses have been sold ahead of the first round of shotgun deer hunting season this weekend, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is projecting steady harvest numbers.

BOONE, Iowa — The Iowa DNR continues to see increased numbers for two deer-killing diseases and is now trying to find best practices to contain the spread ahead of the 2025 hunting season. The Iowa ...

The Greatest Whitetail Deer Hunters of All Time There are deer all over the world that have been hunted since the very beginning, but you won’t find Ook or Grog here, nor Robin Hood killing the king’s ...

A deer next to the Bill Riley Trail in Des Moines on Dec. 28, 2024. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) ...