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.

LATE-SEASON SHELTON • Tune in every Wednesday at 9:30 PM ET on Sportsman Channel to catch episodes of NAW TV. This month, we kick off season 20 with several exciting shows.

North American Whitetail

A NEW MAGAZINE IS BORN: TOP BIG BUCK WEB STORIES MAKE PRINT HEADLINES

MANAGING WHITETAILS ON PRIVATE LANDS

OHIO’S NEW NO.1 BY GUN • TIM NEWMAN’S TREMENDOUS 196 6/8 TYPICAL WHITETAIL IS THE BUCKEYE STATE’S BIGGEST EVER BY GUN — AND WITH A BROKEN TINE!

IOWA BOWHUNTER SELF-FILMS HUNT FOR GIANT WHITETAIL • DAWN JENSEN SHOT THIS MASSIVE IOWA WHITETAIL AND DOCUMENTED THE ENTIRE ADVENTURE.

PESTERING HORSE FLY HELPS HUNTER ARROW 194-INCHER • BILLY ARNOLD WATCHED AS A HORSE FLY IRRITATED THIS KENTUCKY GIANT UNTIL IT TURNED BROADSIDE, GIVING HIM A GREAT SHOT OPPORTUNITY.

WISCONSIN NATIVE BAGS MEGA MAINFRAME OHIO 8-POINT • BRANDON SWAN PASSED UP SEVERAL BIG BUCKS WHILE WAITING ON THIS OHIO MONSTER.

BOWHUNTER DROPS 207-INCH BUCK DESPITE DREADED OCTOBER LULL • CONNOR WEBB SCORED ON AN IMPRESSIVE OKLAHOMA BUCK AFTER PUTTING PLENTY OF TIME IN THE TREE STAND.

193-INCH SASKATCHEWAN TYPICAL DOWNED CHASING HOT DOE • WHEN DANE HILDEBRAND DISCOVERED THIS BUCK WHILE SCOUTING MULE DEER, HE KNEW HE NEEDED A PLAN TO BAG THE GIANT.

SOUTH DAKOTA BOWHUNTER TAGS HUGE, 200-INCH PRAIRIE WHITETAIL • MIDWEST LAND GROUP LAND AGENT SAM VEDVEI SHOT A MASSIVE WHITETAIL WHERE FEW TREES EXIST.

POTENTIAL WORLD RECORD 6-POINT TAKEN IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS • ERIC COX KNEW HIS GIANT 6-POINT FROM 2022 WAS UNIQUE, BUT HE HAD NO CLUE THE DEER COULD BE THE NEW WORLD RECORD HUNTER-TAKEN 6-POINT.

HUNTER SCORES NEW STATE RECORD MUZZLELOADER TYPICAL • WHEN BRIAN LANGSTON SAW THIS EPIC WHITETAIL ON HIS TRAIL CAMERA, HE CANCELED HIS UPCOMING NEW MEXICO ELK HUNT.

GIANT 228-INCH NON-TYPICAL GROWS ANTLER FROM ITS EYE • DAVE STUCKEY SHOT THIS INCREDIBLE OHIO BUCK AFTER A FOUR-YEAR PURSUIT AND MISSING THE DEER ONCE.

THE MISSOURI FREAK • AFTER SPENDING YEARS IMPROVING DEER HABITAT AND STUDYING THIS BUCK, AARON GAINES SCORED ON THE 19-POINT HE CALLED “CURLY.”

SOUTHERN STATE RECORD • CHARLES STRICKLAND HAD TO CLIMB OUT OF HIS STAND TO PICK UP HIS CROSSBOW BOLT AFTER SHOOTING A DOE ON THE OPENING MORNING OF ARCHERY SEASON. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, HE SCORED ON A NON-TYPICAL THAT IS NOW TENNESSEE’S NEW RECORD BUCK BY CROSSBOW.

PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SHOCKER • WHEN SOMEONE WAS HUNTING THE AREA FRANK ZEBICH PLANNED TO GO, HE WAS FORCED TO FIND A NEW SPOT. THIS LED TO HIM BAGGING A PUBLIC-LAND GIANT IN PENNSYLVANIA.

NO PANTS, NO PROBLEM • CHRIS ALBERINI RELENTLESSLY CHASED THIS WORLD-CLASS NON-TYPICAL IN MASSACHUSETTS. WHEN HE FINALLY ARROWED THE BUCK, HE DID IT WITH HIS PANTS DOWN WHILE RELIEVING HIMSELF IN THE WOODS.

TWO BROTHERS, ONE EPIC WEEK • CHAD AND CHRIS CLARK TAGGED A PAIR OF MASSIVE NON-TYPICALS IN ILLINOIS DURING THE SAME WEEK

GEAR FOR FINAL PREP

HALL of FAME

THE POWER OF DEER CAMP