This story, “13…Unlucky?” appeared in the October 1949 issue of Outdoor Life. Would you go 180 miles away to hunt deer — if you had them in your own backyard? Probably not, unless you had buck fever.

It’s a phrase often repeated amongst deer hunters who aren’t seeing any bucks—they’ve “gone nocturnal.” And it's usually about this time in the fall—mid-October—when we start hearing it. The big guys ...

I didn’t see the big buck at first. I heard it. Something had spooked the majestic old whitetail, and he was trotting through the swamp. I could hear the splashing of his hooves, even though he was ...

It was early November, 2020, just days after I'd arrowed a massive Ohio 16-point at a scrape hub, when my cell camera stationed there lit up. Even from a distance, the new buck’s swollen neck and high ...

Arkansas whitetails held Andrew Conley scoreless for nearly four quarters, but two quick strikes in the waning moments salvaged his season. Conley, of Cave Springs, hunted one 10-point buck in St.

Would you go 180 miles away to hunt deer — if you had them in your own backyard? Probably not, unless you had buck fever. I don’t mean the acute kind that leaves you trying to swallow your Adam’s ...