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

BRAND-NEW SEASON

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND?

UTILIZING TOPOGRAPHY AND TERRAIN FOR DEER MANAGEMENT

SPACE AGE ACCESSORIES • COMPOUND BOW ACCESSORIES HAVE COME A LONG WA G Y OVER THE LAST FEW DECADE S. HERE’S HOW YOU CAN NAVIGAT E ALL THE INNOVATION AND INCORPORATE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY INTO YOUR WHITETAIL SETU P.

RIPCORD’S RATCHET REST

DREAM BUCK COME TRUE • THIS 204-INCH NON-TYPICAL, TAKEN ON SEPT. 19, 2023, IN SASKATCHEWAN, IS THE BIGGEST WHITETAIL EVER FOR CODY ROBBINS.

MAINE’S BIGGEST 8-POINT EVER • TIM ELSENHEIMER FOLLOWED THIS INCREDIBLE BUCK FOR FIVE YEARS BEFORE FINALLY DOWNING THE GIANT. AFTER OFFICIAL SCORING, TIM LEARNED HE HAD KILLED MAINE’S HIGHEST NET-SCORING 8-POINTER.

Only in Ohio • FATHER & SON HUNTING DUO TAKE 200-INCH WHITETAILS BY CROSSBOW 35 YEARS APART IN THE BUCKEYE STATE.

FUNNELING DEER INTO BOW RANGE • Here’s how you can increase the odds of getting that big buck into archery range.

ONE BUCK KILL PLOTS • INSTEAD OF PLANTING A LARGE FOOD PLOT IN HOPES A TARGET BUCK WILL BE LURED TO IT, SPEND YOUR TIME FINDING THE TARGET BUCK AND THEN PLANT HIM A SMALL, STRATEGIC FEEDING SITE.

Shooting with Fall in Mind • 3-D ARCHERY AND BACKYARD BOW PRACTICE WILL ELEVATE YOUR HUNTING SKILLS IN PREPARATION FOR BOW SEASON.

FEAR THE DEER

SOME CAN’T TAKE A JOKE

HALL of FAME

THIS YEAR’S BEST ARCHERY DEER GEAR

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