Each issue of North American Whitetail brings you effective techniques for outsmarting monster bucks. You'll learn the success secrets of North America's most accomplished, most knowledgeable whitetail hunters - riflemen and bowhunters alike.
Tune in every Wednesday at 8:00 PM ET on Sportsman Channel and Thursday at 8:00 AM ET on Outdoor Channel to catch episodes of NAW TV presented by Wildtree Nursery. This month, we’re excited to present the following programs: WEEK OF FEB. 1-7 “Dakota Bucks”: Greg Miller and Laden Force flock to the drainages of South Dakota in pursuit of open-country bucks. In “From the Stand” we give tips for hunting western deer in vast terrain. Dr. James Kroll explains unique whitetail color phases, markings and other oddities. Finally, Gordon Whittington chats with Saskatchewan hunter Brennan Huard about his monster 7x7 buck from 2019. WEEK OF FEB. 8-14 “Birthday Buck”: Haynes Shelton bow-hunts a giant velvet buck in northeastern Wyoming with Trophy Ridge Outfitters. In “From the Stand” we discuss…
On June 4, 1984, I pulled into a business park northwest of Atlanta and walked into the lobby of Game & Fish Publications. Minutes later, I was being led down the hall to a small office whose main furnishings were a desk, a chair and an IBM typewriter. I was literally the new kid in town, a 28-year-old Texas rancher’s son with a journalism degree behind me and what I hoped were many years of publishing ahead of me. It was my first day on the job. To call that the start of a journey into the unknown would be accurate. I’d never resided outside Texas, and no one else in my family even lived east of the Mississippi River. I had some experience as a writer and editor, but…
As intensive agriculture pushed across North America following European settlement, wild meats became increasingly scarce. In fact, by the early 20th century most people had to rely on farming and ranching for food. Such staples as wild venison gave way to farm-raised beef, lamb and pork produced under confined conditions. Forests were indiscriminately replaced by croplands and managed pastures. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 200 years ago there were great bottomland forests extending over 30 million acres in the Southeast alone. Today, only about 40 percent of this region remains in productive forest ecosystems. In fact, over 400,000 acres of wetlands were converted to cropland just from 1965-75. This largely resulted from the emergence of soybeans as a protein source, due in turn to lifestyle changes among urbanites. Vegetarianism…
Its ability to provide real-time information on wildlife and trespassers has popularized the cellular-enabled trail camera. But in terms of the record books, one question has persisted: Is this technology consistent with “fair chase” in hunting? Recent announcements by the Boone & Crockett Club and the Pope & Young Club North America’s primary keepers of big-game records show the answer is It can be The clubs decided to adopt identical language on the matter. B&C has long defined fair chase as the ethical sportsmanlike and lawful pursuit and taking of any free ranging wild native North American big game animal in a manner that does not give the hunter an improper advantage over such animals The rules preclude use of cameras/timers/motion tracking devices that transmit images and other info to…
I know. I hate to see deer season end, too. The thought of going months without climbing into a tree stand or riding out a biting north wind sickens me. Of course, I realize the whitetail game is a 365-day-a-year obsession. There’s always work to do, but I must admit the pursuit is my favorite piece of the puzzle. However, offseason work is essential. While tending to food plots, improving deer habitat, performing post-season herd surveys and the like rank high on my annual to-do list, I’ll argue another task is equally important. I’m talking about gear cleaning and storage. It’s something every serious hunter should do shortly after the season ends. RIFLE WORK Cleaning your trusty deer rifle postseason is a no-brainer, right? One would think. However, over the…
Mention the draws and rolling farmland of southwestern Kansas to a hunter, and upland birds, pointing dogs and side-by-side shotguns might come to mind. But big whitetails are where you find them — and as 14-year-old Paslie Werth can confirm, that definitely includes southwestern Kansas. As last fall began to creep up on the calendar, Paslie — a serious deer hunter with several big whitetails to her credit in recent years — had a unique task on her “to do” list: to get a giant 6 1/2-year-old buck into the glass of a 3x9 Bushnell scope sitting atop her Savage .270 Win. The buck had been a topic of conversation whenever talk at the family dinner table turned to hunting. “Yes, we all kind of were crazy over this buck,”…
