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

SASKATCHEWAN SLAMMERS • THIS SEASON ON NORTH AMERICAN WHITETAIL TV, EDITOR IN CHIEF HAYNES SHELTON ENJOYS AN EPIC FATHER & SON WHITETAIL HUNT AT NORTHWAY OUTFITTERS.

TIME TO DANCE

MANAGING WHITETAILS ON PRIVATE LANDS

ENHANCE YOUR EARS • HUNTERS OFTEN OVERLOOK HEARING PROTECTION IN THE FIELD, BUT MODERN TECHNOLOGY MAKES GUARDING AND IMPROVING YOUR EARS ON-STAND EASIER THAN EVER.

NOT YOUR Typical SURPRISE • KATE SANFORD AND HER HUSBAND WERE SITTING TOGETHER ON THE OPENING DAY OF MISSOURI’S 2022 FIREARMS SEASON WHEN A GIANT TYPICAL THEY’D NEVER SEEN BEFORE APPEARED IN FRONT OF THEIR STAND.

BOWHUNTER BANGS RATTLING ANTLERS TO SCORE ON 180-CLASS 4X4 • KANSAS ARCHERY HUNTER GAGE WILSON ARROWED ONE OF KANSAS’ ALL-TIME BEST 8-POINTERS, A 178 4/8-GROSS TYPICAL.

GIANT IN THE ATTIC • POTENTIAL MICHIGAN STATE RECORD NON-TYPICAL STOWED AWAY IN FAMILY HOME OF 1940S WILDERNESS HUNTER.

COUNTERING THE PRESSURE • ART UYSELT HAD HUNTERS ALL AROUND HIM AS HE PURSUED AN OHIO GIANT ON JUST FIVE ACRES OF HABITAT. LUCKILY FOR ART, HE USED THE OTHER HUNTERS’ PRESSURE IN HIS FAVOR AND DOWNED THE TRIPLE DROP-TINED BUCK.

THE SCIENCE OF THE WHITETAIL RUT • UNDERSTANDING WHAT GOES O N IN A WHITETAI L BUCK’S BODY AND BRAIN DURING THE MOST ANTICIP ATED TIME OF HUNT ING SEASON CAN HELP YOU TAG YOUR NEXT TROPHY .

PRESERVE YOUR DEER MOUNTS • Here’s how to keep your taxidermy in good shape after investing those hard-earned dollars.

SMALL PROPERTIES FOR BIG BUCKS • HAVING ACCESS TO A MASSIVE, MANAGED FARM ISN’T MANDATORY FOR TAKING MATURE BUCKS. IF YOU KNOW HOW TO HUNT THEM, SMALL TRACTS OF DEER LAND CAN YIELD BIG-TIME RESULTS.

PUBLIC-LAND ROUNDTABLE • THESE SUCCESSFUL WHITETAIL HUNTERS SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME CHASING BUCKS ON PUBLIC GROUND. HERE ARE THEIR BEST TIPS FOR TAGGING TROPHIES ON PRESSURED LAND.

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA PART 2

READY FOR THE RUT

HALL of FAME

OLD-FASHIONED DEER HUNTING