Mississippi’s early velvet whitetail season runs Sept. 13 to 15. Because most bucks are still in bachelor groups and following summer patterns, chances are high for hunters to get to put their hands ...

A whitetail buck's antlers in springtime and summer are anything but the sharp, white, iconic, bony headgear we imagine. Bucks are "in velvet" at this time of year and their antlers are undergoing an ...

The early buck-only hunt Sept. 6-8 offers deer hunters the first opportunity of the 2025-26 season to take a buck. Many hunters refer to this short season as the "velvet hunt," because it offers ...

It's early August and in the world of white-tailed deer bucks, a number of physiological changes are happening. They are beginning to feed more heavily in preparation for the fall rut, or breeding ...