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Early Season Whitetails

Early Season Whitetails by Scott Haugen, Editor Whether scouting or hunting, late summer is one of the best months to locate a Western whitetail buck. Here’s what to look for in your pre-season scouting missions, and early season hunts! A wild flush at my feet, and instinctively the shotgun was shouldered. I have no idea where my first payload of #6 shot went, but my second … [Read more...] about Early Season Whitetails

Focal Points

Focal Points by Patrick Meitin Concentrate on these hotspots for the best early-season action. Early archery seasons are a great time to tag a trophy whitetail in most western habitats, as well as a rare opportunity to collect a velvet-antlered buck. Some bowhunters stalk their whitetail during these waning days of summer, setting up ambushes as deer travel to and fro, … [Read more...] about Focal Points

Coues Whitetail an Informative, In-depth Look for Hunters With Grit

Coues Whitetail, AKA the Coues, Couse, Coos, Cows, and more. In the desert mountains of the Southwest lives a unique sub-species of the whitetail deer family, the Coues White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus couesi). The deer received its name from noted naturalist and frontier historian, Elliott Coues, even though he never collected a specimen himself. By trade, … [Read more...] about Coues Whitetail an Informative, In-depth Look for Hunters With Grit

Team Teel

Team Teel by Shelby Teel My dad is not just my father or just my best friend. We have a special bond that I wish every father and daughter had together; we’re hunting buddies. We call ourselves Team Teel! Once I turned 10 our hunting adventures began; I could write a book about all of our hunting memories, but this story that I am about to tell you is, so far, the best … [Read more...] about Team Teel

All Good

All Good by Becky Lou Lacock I took my first big buck during my second year of hunting. A good friend of ours had a good friend that had a friend that had a—you get the picture. Let me just say that everything came together for me and the Deer Gods were with me for this wonderful hunt on a private 20K acre ranch in North Texas. I will never forget a moment of that … [Read more...] about All Good

Boone and Crockett Club

Boone and Crockett Club by Kevin Paulson It’s a Booner! If you have been hunting for any significant amount of time you have heard the word “Booner” in reference to a trophy whitetail, elk or other big game animal. While The Boone and Crockett Club has been around for 127 years, most hunters only think about the North American Records Book and the chance to score a buck … [Read more...] about Boone and Crockett Club

Romeo

Romeo by Trisha Jorrey I was introduced to hunting and firearms by my husband.  At first, I would go to the lease and sit in the blind with him but I wouldn’t shoot. I was just his lookout gal and student. Eventually I decided I wanted to hunt and he gave me my first rifle, a .308. I have never stopped hunting since! I shot my first deer from an open tripod stand, in … [Read more...] about Romeo

Ice Storm

Ice Storm by Stephanie Wottrich My husband, Jerry, and I took our son and daughter-in-law (Ken & Valerie) for a December deer hunt. This was to be a girl’s hunt, with the guys being relegated to observer status. Valerie began hunting when she and Ken started dating, she had shot several does, and our main goal was to get her a buck on the wall. As we prepared our gear, … [Read more...] about Ice Storm