The big deer of Big Sky Country can be tough to pattern but, once a plan is in place, patience and persistence are all any hunter needs.

Archery season in the Midwest is always a special time. Two good friends make the most of it early in the whitetail year.

Families that hunt together stay together, and Kevin Burleson’s crew is as tight as any. The time they share bowhunting from ground blinds in Texas is one of the highlights of their year.

The big bucks of the frozen north move best when the weather is the worst, just the time when hunters have the most trouble sitting still.

The soldiers who sacrifice their freedoms so we may depend on ours always earn our highest degrees of gratitude. We’ll follow a group to northeastern Florida for a deer hunt and a shared camp that’ll always be one for the record book.

The Texas panhandle combines the best of the brush and the plains and grows whitetail deer as big as those found anywhere. We’ll follow the excitement into the great wide open and see what two long-time hunters make of some big opportunities.

The open plains and hardwood breaks of Kansas hold their own when it comes to big buck territory, a fact our crew proved for themselves with a decoy, some calls and cool, calm patience.

Our biggest smiles come from watching the smallest hunters experience the joy of the outdoors for themselves in their first times. Two youngsters get their first tastes of buck fever and find it to their liking.

Big bucks and high adrenaline highlight a trip to Texas during the long deer season of the Lone Star State.

Hunters from all across America come to the Heart of Texas for a chance at one of the wild, walking legends that call this country home.

This week the THUGs discuss what time of season your chance to kill a mature buck is better and Deer Thug Justin Eakins tries to redeem himself after last years miss on a mature buck.