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

FOR THE DADS

SEASON 22 IS HERE!

THE COST OF DEER MANAGEMENT PART 1 Machinery & Equipment Costs

SAME GOLD RING, ALL NEW DIAL! • Leupold’s VX-6HD line of riflescopes gets major makeover, by way of the Gen 2 CDS-SZL2 turret dial.

A MEAL TO REMEMBER • THIS FATHER & SON HUNTING DUO COULDN’T BE HAPPIER THAT THEIR PUBLIC-LAND LUNCH WAS DISRUPTED BY A 35-YARD ENCOUNTER WITH A BOONER BUCK!

NOT JUST A BUCK, BUT A BOND • EVEN ILLNESS COULDN’T STOP THESE HUNTING FRIENDS FROM ENJOYING THE QUEST FOR AN INDIANA 200-INCHER!

STORY OF BOCEPHUS • Indiana youth downs super-clean 185 4/8 typical while hunting with Dad.

SECONDS TO SHOOT • AFTER HUNTING ONE SPECIFIC ALBERTA BUCK ALL SEASON LONG, JASON LAFRANCE ONLY HAD A FEW SECONDS TO MAKE HIS SHOT COUNT WHEN HE FINALLY ENCOUNTERED THE DEER.

PRE-SEASON SCOUTING GAME PLAN • BY BREAKING PRE-SEASON SCOUTING INTO FIVE PHASES, THIS OUTLINE ALLOWS YOU TO BUILD A HUNTING STRATEGY BEFORE SEASON BEGINS.

15 VIABLE RESOURCES SOME DEER HUNTERS OVERLOOK • HERE’S A LIST OF HELPFUL TOOLS WHITETAIL HUNTERS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.

AN APP THAT FINDS DEER BLOOD?

DID THE BUCK STOP HERE?

NAW HALL of FAME

SUMMER WHITETAIL PREP • SUMMER IS HERE! Hang your cameras, start practicing with your weapon and break out your binos so you can glass up velvet bucks. If you’re in need of any new gear to complete your deer chores, check out our list of the industry’s best summer scouting and prep products.

DEER HUNTING FOR DAD