Deer & Deer Hunting

DON’T FORGET THE ‘MINI RUT’

Another long-held myth is that whitetails primarily breed in a very short window that’s typically after Halloween and extends into November. That’s simply not true. Hunters across the Midwest and upper North know full well that there’s a mini-rut that occurs several weeks earlier.

The mere idea of mid-October breeding action in

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