No state has more white-tailed deer than Texas. That makes it one of the best places in the world to observe a wild ritual known as the deer rut—the annual mating season. Each fall, bucks throw ...

For many hunters, the only deer sound they’ve ever heard is the loud alarm snort deer make when they sense something is amiss. The resulting “blow” alerts deer near and far that there might be an ...

White-tailed deer in North America are back to their precolonial population levels. John Woodhouse Audubon/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images Given their abundance in American backyards, ...

White-tailed deer are an integral part of Native American culture. They were also important in the daily lives of early ...

Given their abundance in American backyards, gardens and highway corridors these days, it may be surprising to learn that white-tailed deer were nearly extinct about a century ago. While they ...

White-tailed deer are among the most abundant big game animals in North America. They are practically everywhere, found in widespread distribution across the continent, with their numbers only growing ...

White-tailed deer have been hunted from the earliest migrations of people into North America, over 15,000 years ago. The species was far from the most important food resource at that time, though.

Pennsylvania's state animal is the white-tailed deer.Native Americans and settlers relied on them for food and clothing.Today, they continue to flourish in forests across the Commonwealth.Related ...

White-tailed deer were officially named the state mammal of Arkansas only a few decades ago. The reasons they were chosen are ...