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Spencer Neuharth

Spencer Neuharth
Spencer Neuharth is the senior hunting editor at MeatEater, producer of Wired to Hunt, and founder of Rut Fresh. His writing has been featured in over a dozen magazines, including Field & Stream, Petersen's Hunting, and Men's Journal. His work is a reflection of his roots as a whitetail hunter and training as a biologist.

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Video: Whitetail Buck Fights Angus Bull
Hunter Weber of Buckley, Illinois, makes the rounds scouting for deer almost every day in November. Despite spending tons of time observing whitetails during the rut, he witnessed something last weekend that he’s never seen before. In an encounter that lasts just over a minute, a young whitetail buck squares up to a crossbred bull and charges. They exchange a couple blows and do a lot of posturing before both going their separate ways.
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Whitetail Deer

Rut Fresh Report: 11/19
Much of the country is now on the other side of the rut, but that doesn’t mean it’s over. Although the first couple weeks of November offer the best chance at a rutting buck, the second half of the month is still a great stretch to tag a mature whitetail. In fact, for some big buck killers, this is the preferred time to strike.
At this phase in the rut, most does have been bred and will yet again be distancing themselves from bucks. This can...

Whitetail Deer

Rut Fresh Report: 11/12
Every week this fall, I’ll be providing updates on whitetail buck movement for the entire country. These reports are based on intel from whitetailers in each region and my own observations as a traveling deer hunter. For more info like this, subscribe to the Rut Fresh Radio Podcast and Whitetail Weekly Newsletter. No one covers the rut like us.
The rut is a bell curve that climaxes in mid-November. Every day you get closer to that date, daylight...

Whitetail Deer

Rut Fresh Report: 11/5
Every week this fall, I’ll be providing updates on whitetail buck movement for the entire country. These reports are based on intel from whitetailers in each region and my own observations as a traveling deer hunter. For more info like this, subscribe to the Rut Fresh Radio Podcast and Whitetail Weekly Newsletter. No one covers the rut like us.
This is it—the rut is here. If you whitetail hunt in the East, Midwest, or West, these next couple of...

Whitetail Deer

Rut Fresh Report: 10/29
Every week this fall, I’ll be providing updates on whitetail buck movement for the entire country. These reports are based on intel from whitetailers in each region and my own observations as a traveling deer hunter. For more info like this, subscribe to the Rut Fresh Radio Podcast and Whitetail Weekly Newsletter. No one covers the rut like us.
As I said in last week’s Rut Fresh Report, the end of October is a good time to be in the whitetail...

Whitetail Deer

Video: Zombie Deer with Unbelievable Wound Caught on Trail Camera
If the video doesn’t play, follow this link to YouTube to watch.

Chris Evans, a whitetail hunter from Illinois, could hardly believe what his trail cameras captured last weekend. In an October 17th photo and October 18th video, a zombie-like deer with an enormous wound passes through his property.
The buck first appeared on camera in September and was perfectly healthy then. Evans isn’t sure what caused the injury, but has been reaching...

Whitetail Deer

Rut Fresh Report: 10/22
Every week this fall, I’ll be providing updates on whitetail buck movement for the entire country. These reports are based on intel from whitetailers in each region and my own observations as a traveling deer hunter. For more info like this, subscribe to the Rut Fresh Radio Podcast and Whitetail Weekly Newsletter. No one covers the rut like us.
Right now is many dedicated deer hunters’ favorite time of year to tag a mature whitetail—even though...

Whitetail Deer

Video: Rutting Buck Makes Crazy Vocalizations
Most hunters probably learned how to make deer vocalizations from fellow hunters—and that’s a damn shame. To truly mimic a rutting whitetail, you want to listen to the real thing.
“What I’m hearing is a series of vocalizations that are typically produced by bucks during the rut—that being a snort wheeze and tending grunt,” Mark Kenyon said. “I’ve heard both in the field and it’s always a treat. The snort...

Whitetail Deer

Rut Fresh Report: 10/15
Every week this fall, I’ll be providing updates on whitetail buck movement for the entire country. These reports are based on intel from whitetailers in each region and my own observations as a traveling deer hunter. For more info like this, subscribe to the Rut Fresh Radio podcast and Whitetail Weekly newsletter. No one covers the rut like us.
The middle of October is arguably the toughest part of fall to kill a mature buck. A few weeks...

Whitetail Deer

Video: The Greatest Whitetail Buck Fight of All Time
Iowa. November. Two giant whitetail bucks.

If this video doesn’t get you excited for the rut, then I’m not sure what will. It’s amazing this clip didn’t end with a broken neck—either from one of these deer falling down the bank or the hunter falling out of his stand.