How to Stage a Peak-Rut Deer Drive As good as stand hunting can be when bucks are searching for estrous does, it can be brutally slow once they find them. During the peak-breeding phase of the rut ...

Hunting buck bedding requires a lot of planning and consideration. Hunting buck bedding during the rut requires even more. In many cases, this isn’t the right play. Oftentimes, it’s less-dominant, ...

So if the wind is out of the northeast coming across this cut down, I want to be hunting down toward the southwest end or southwest edge. That’s where the bucks are going to cruise during the rut.