North American Whitetail

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.

North American Whitetail

IN GOOD COMPANY

MEMORIES THAT MATTER

BE FRUITFUL

IOWA’S GONE TO THE DOGS

DON’T FEAR THE ZERO-STOP • Do zero-stop turrets live up to the hype surrounding them, or are they just another gadget that adds unwanted difficulty to the shot equation?

ZERO-STOPS TO CONSIDER

MANAGING FOR MASS • JUSTIN BAIR WORKS INTENSIVELY TO MANAGE HIS OHIO HILL-COUNTRY FARM FOR WHITETAILS. IT WAS THE SAFE HAVEN OF THE GIANT HE ARROWED IN 2019.

HUNTING EARLY DROPS • YOU CAN’T BE CERTAIN THE MERCURY WILL DROP MUCH DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF BOW SEASON. BUT PLAN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE IF IT DOES.

SOONER SENSATION • WE’VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HEARING OF BIG BUCKS FROM OKLAHOMA. BUT THIS PAWNEE COUNTY GIANT INSPIRED FAR MORE HEADLINES THAN USUAL.

OKLAHOMA’S SECRET FORMULA

COME & GET IT • PRIVATE-LAND DEER MANAGEMENT KEEPS EVOLVING, BUT ONE THING HASN’T CHANGED: THE NEED TO COMBINE HERD HEALTH WITH HUNTING SUCCESS. THE RIGHT FOOD PLOTS CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE BOTH.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

GERONIMO! • WHEN AN EARLY-OCTOBER COLD FRONT DROVE THIS ILLINOIS GIANT INTO A STANDING BEAN FIELD, CROSSBOW HUNTER CODY TUCKER WAS WAITING.

LET’S MAKE THIS QUICK • THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF SOME BOW SEASONS OFFER A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SCORE ON A MATURE BUCK. DON’T BLOW IT BY BEING TOO SLOW OR TOO SLOPPY.

KENTUCKY CULMINATION • YEARS OF TRYING HARD TO SHOOT A WORLD-CLASS BUCK FINALLY LED KENTUCKY’S JOHN DOAN TO HIS BIG MOMENT. WHEN IT ARRIVED, HE DIDN’T WASTE IT.

PLAN B BUCKS • IN DEER HUNTING, ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP PLAN. ALWAYS.

DOWN TO THE WIRE • I was up against not just the buck of a lifetime but also a season that was quickly ticking away. Something had to give and I hoped it wasn’t my dream.

TALE AS OLD AS TIME • THE 9 1/2-YEAR-OLD WISCONSIN BUCK JASON RUFLEDT ARROWED IN 2019 WAS STILL DOGGING DOES AND HIDING FROM HUNTERS.

REACH OUT AND TOUCH ’EM

HALL of FAME

KAYBRE’S SPIKE