The ultimate accomplishment for a North Woods deer hunter is snow tracking a mature buck and shooting him at close range.

in Danforth, Maine, texted me a photo (below, left) of deep-set buck tracks cutting through a snow-covered cedar swamp. “Guiding a guy from PA,” the text read. “He’s getting a lesson in tracking.” ...

"Stand hunting" or "taking a post" can become a very chilly proposition, if not downright cold especially when the ...

How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life, by Larry Benoit, was a seminal tome for a generation of deer hunters. Originally published in 1974, the book chronicled the hunting strategies and tactics of ...

Some things are just worth waiting for. After spending six years tracking and watching the animal grow, a hunter finally put down a massive buck. His patience paid off -- as he now gets to say he took ...

BARRE — Hal Blood's method of killing big whitetail bucks is time-tested — and anything but easy. Blood, a Maine guide and outfitter, tracks big, 200-pound-plus bucks in the northern fringes of Maine.