Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many deer hunters wait all year for the peak of the apparent whitetail rut, this year to occur in early November 2025. But late ...

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When someone says they’re stuck in ‘a rut,’ our minds jump to a problem that needs to be fixed. However, when a nature enthusiast or hunter mentions ‘the rut,’ our minds think of deer. The rut happens ...

The late pre-rut brings some of the season's best buck activity, and Kansas hunter Chad Chambers took advantage of that on October 27 to tag an incredible whitetail that grossed more than 250 inches.