the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District enters its tick-hunting season. While ticks bite year-round, the deer tick, also known as the black-legged tick, tends to prefer cooler ...

During the peak of the rut, it’s often wise to pick a stand and wait it out. The randomness of deer activity requires patience from a deer hunter, and if you just wait long enough, that big buck will ...

Before long, you’re at full draw; all that’s left is to make a perfect shot. That’s the power of a late-October deer hunt. There are many pros and only a few cons to hunting the last week of October.