It’s no secret that whitetails love acorns. Ask any food-plot or farm-field hunter where his buck disappeared to in early fall, and if he’s not guessing “to an oak stand somewhere,” he hasn’t been ...

Deer hunters who depend on wild food sources for stand sites can find their placement problematical from one year to the next because wild mast producers, such as oaks, beech and wild apples are ...

MISSOURI, USA — The opening weekend of Missouri's 2024 deer hunting season is officially in the books, and deer harvest totals saw a huge drop compared to last year. The Missouri Department of ...

Ping! The sharp metallic sound made me both jump and cringe at the same time as an acorn bounced off the shooting rail of my ladder stand and continued its descent to the forest floor. Loud and ...

ST. LOUIS — This year’s opening weekend of firearms deer season saw a dip in harvests, with hunters bagging 68,312 deer—a stark contrast to last year’s bumper crop of 90,253. That’s a 24 percent drop.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - An abundance of acorns and a later start date have been attributed to a 15% decline in the number of deer taken during Missouri’s hunting season. The Missouri Department of ...

Mother Nature's cupboard is bare this fall when it comes to acorns, a nutritious food that is meat and potatoes for deer, turkey, bear and squirrels. Even grouse benefit from acorns. The deeper into ...

As the vast majority of hunting seasons will be opening in the next several weeks if they aren’t open already, hunters are busy scouting the woods, setting stands and making plans as to where to spend ...