Video: The Greatest Whitetail Buck Fight of All Time

Video: Whitetail and Mule Deer Fight to the Death

Saskatchewan conservation officers received a puzzling call from a local hunter this fall. They said two bucks had managed to lock up their antlers during a peak-rut fight. As rare as this occurrence may be, it’s even more bizarre that this entanglement occurred between a whitetail and a mule deer. One officer was able to get close enough to the scuffle to saw off a portion of antler, freeing the two deer from each other. While the mule deer...

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. It’s...

The Greatest Whitetail Cartridge of All Time

The people have spoken. According to the MeatEater audience, the .30-06 Springfield is the Greatest Whitetail Cartridge of All Time. The ‘06 spanked the .243 Winchester in the championship matchup by a resounding 49-vote margin: 70 to 21. Springfield supporters made one simple argument: the .30-06 kills deer dead. “At the risk of sounding fuddy, the ‘ol 06’ generally gives me a pass through, and I usually don't have to chase at all anyway,” said...