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.

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North American Whitetail

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THE LEGEND GROWS • NORTH AMERICAN WHITETAIL REVIEWS THE ALL-NEW FROM WINCHESTER .400 LEGEND

WHEN LEGENDS MEET • SAM AIUPPA’S WORLD RECORD WHITETAIL FLEW UNDER THE RADAR FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, UNTIL ANTLER COLLECTOR JAMIE MARTIN CONNECTED THE RACK WITH LEGENDARY BOONE & CROCKETT MEASURER DAVE BOLAND.

SUNFLOWER STATE SLAMMER • MATT WINTERS, CO-OWNER OF KANSAS PREMIER OUTFITTERS, PUT HIS TAG ON THIS WHOPPER NON-TYPICAL ON DAY NO.1 OF THE STATE’S BLACK POWDER SEASON.

PUBLIC-LAND SURPRISE • J.D. VANDENBURG HAD POOR LUCK FOR MOST OF HIS HUNTING SEASON, AND HE WAS ALMOST READY TO QUIT FOR THE YEAR. LUCKILY FOR HIM, HE DECIDED TO HIT THE WOODS JUST ONE MORE TIME.

NEW HAMPSHIRE’S DROP-TINE DRIVE • JANTZEN CLIFTON PLANNED TO SKIP THE 2023 MUZZLELOADER OPENER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. ULTIMATELY, HIS DECISION TO GO HUNTING PROVED TO BE A WISE ONE!

LAST FALL’S BIGGEST TYPICAL BY BOW? • ARON WEST FIRST ENCOUNTERED A BUCK HE CALLED SKYSCRAPER DURING IOWA’S 2021 HUNTING SEASON. AFTER THREE SEASONS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS INCREDIBLE TYPICAL, ARON FINALLY ARROWED THE GIANT ON OCT. 29, 2023.

INDIANA DOUBLE • GARRETT KONOPA AND ZACH BENJAMIN EACH TAGGED BUCKS WHILE HUNTING TOGETHER ON NOV. 11, 2023. ONE OF WHICH WAS A185-INCH TYPICAL HOOSIER GIANT!

FORGET MOOSE, HUNT WHITETAILS! • WHEN BEN HARVEY SAW HOW IMPRESSIVE THE BUCK HE CALLED “BIG TIME” WAS PRIOR TO THE 2023 SEASON, HE KNEW HE NEEDED TO SKIP MOOSE HUNTING AND FOCUS ON THE INCREDIBLE NON-TYPICAL.

OPENING DAY OZARK GIANT • TRAVIS CARINGER HAD BEEN WATCHING THIS IMPRESSIVE MISSOURI BUCK ALL SUMMER, AND HE FINALLY GOT AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE GIANT ON THE OPENING DAY OF RIFLE SEASON.

THE WILDFIRE BUCK • JESSICA BURKS HAD BEEN HUNTING A VIRGINIA BUCK SHE’D NAMED “ROCKY” FOR FOUR YEARS. WHEN A FIRE BROKE OUT ON HIS HOME RANGE, SHE USED IT TO HER ADVANTAGE TO TARGET THE BIG NON-TYPICAL.

THE EMPIRE STATE’S GREAT 8 • GUNNAR HERBERT HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS TALL-TINED 8-POINTER SINCE THE DEER WAS A 2-YEAR-OLD. IN 2023, GUNNAR FINALLY GOT A SHOT AT THE GIANT TYPICAL.

WESTERN MONTANA’S MEGA BUCK • REX WOLFERMAN HUNTED HARD DURING THE 2023 SEASON FOR A GIANT, MONTANA WHITETAIL HE HAD RECEIVED PHOTOS OF IN 2022. FINALLY, IN DECEMBER, HE ARROWED THE INCREDIBLE BUCK.

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