Shed antlers can turn up anywhere, even up in a bush, but these tips from columnist Oak Duke will aid your search.

To maintain a shed’s beauty, scrub it with mild soap, wipe with wet coffee grounds to enhance color, sun-dry, and finish with ...

Blood and bone make hardened antler beams and tines into fighting tools for buck deer. As autumn cold turns to winter, hormones and instinct trigger bucks into head-to-head clashes for the chance to ...

When I grew up, shed hunting wasn’t a thing, at least not as the organized sport we see it as today. Back then, you might look for the shed of a particular animal to keep track of its progress, but ...

Feeling cooped up this winter? I’ve found the perfect way to shake off cabin fever: shed hunting. Mid-February and March male whitetail deer drop their antlers, offering a free and surprisingly ...

Pennsylvania's rifle deer season runs from the Saturday after Thanksgiving through Dec. 13. Hunters should scout for food sources and bedding areas at least three days before the season to avoid ...

More than half a million hunters are expected to take to the fields and woods for Pennsylvania’s firearm deer hunting season, which began on Nov. 29. The season will last through Dec. 13, with hunting ...

For many hunters, it’s the most exciting hunting day of the year — and it marks the start of the two weeks in which the most whitetails are harvested in the state. Pennsylvania’s 2025 firearms deer ...