Keeping tabs on the best deer food is important throughout the fall, but in the late season, it’s pretty much the entire ball game. During the rut, grabbing a bite to eat was an afterthought for bucks ...

Several years back, when I was outdoors editor at the Brainerd Dispatch, I was asked by a co-worker, who was not necessarily a fan of hunting, why the deer season was set for November. I explained ...