The Truth About Guided Whitetail Deer Hunts While DIY hunting is all the rage these days – and certainly, my favorite – there is a time and place to seriously consider guided whitetail deer hunts. That’s true for even the toughest backcountry hunter. How so? To do it right, DIY hunting requires time and lots of it. You have to do the research, then do more research, … [Read more...] about Guided Whitetail Deer Hunts: The Truth About Hiring a Professional
Western Whitetail
Epic Tuna Adventure
Epic Tuna Adventure Don’t let your assumption of last minute travel prices foil your adventuring spirit. Epic Tuna Adventure by Shelton Boggess Whenever I heard about someone having a last-minute opportunity to go on a cool fishing or hunting trip and they jumped on a plane the next day, I really thought they must have unlimited funds. I assumed that purchasing these … [Read more...] about Epic Tuna Adventure
Archery Coues Challenge
Archery Coues Challenge by Steven Satran Archery is never easy; it takes focus, patience, skill, and practice to succeed. Hunting is the same way; you need to have the motivation to get through limited sleep, hours of driving on roads that vary from wide open interstates to narrow two tracks pin-striping your truck as you go. Combining the two adds up to a tremendous … [Read more...] about Archery Coues Challenge
Hunting Draw Odds, the Truth
Hunting Draw Odds If you are one of the many Western Hunters that applies to hunt several states each year, then you understand the importance of having the best hunting draw odds data at your disposal. To draw Western hunts, the Western Hunter needs more than the simple calculation of tags available divided by the number of applicants. To be successful, we need access to the … [Read more...] about Hunting Draw Odds, the Truth
A Coues Quest
A Coues Quest A Whitetail hunt gone Western! by Darren Choate, Editor In Chief After glassing a group of deer well over a mile away, but knowing there was a good buck in the group, I made the long journey their way. The route took me across the desert floor, followed by an ascent of 1,000 feet in elevation. As I topped out, I saw several deer a couple of hundred yards … [Read more...] about A Coues Quest
World’s Record Non-Typical Coues Deer
The Pope And Young Club Announces A Potential New World’s Record Non-Typical Coues Deer Chatfield, MN – In December of 2015, Terry Edwards of San Carlos, Arizona took an incredible Coues deer that may be the new Pope and Young Club Non-Typical World’s Record. “My heart was racing and I could hear it beating loud in my ears. My hunting partner Trevor Chapman shared many words … [Read more...] about World’s Record Non-Typical Coues Deer
To Top It Off
To Top It Off With a rifle Coues tag in my pocket, and a custom rifle in my hands, I was in need of a riflescope to top it off. by Darren Choate Hunting Coues deer, and more precisely, shooting at Coues deer is a complicated and challenging feat. First, the target is small, we're talking about a 100-pound animal with a body that isn't much more than 12-inches, top to … [Read more...] about To Top It Off
First Day Coues
First Day Coues by Conrad Sheley My hunt began in January 2016. I love chasing Coues deer during the rut and I've taken three Pope and Young bucks doing just that. This year was different; I wasn’t hunting alone, my wife, son, and father decided that they also wanted to archery hunt the January rut. I made the decision that if I didn’t find a giant buck in January, I would … [Read more...] about First Day Coues
Field Judging Whitetail: Don’t Forget Your Fractions
Field Judging Whitetail: Don't Forget Your Fractions by Darren Choate Two days after Thanksgiving, I was able to harvest a nice Coues Whitetail buck--the complete story will be out soon. On the first day of the hunt, I passed up what I thought was an 80-inch buck. My son, Colton, who field judged the buck at closer to 100-inches thought I was crazy. Of course, I had just … [Read more...] about Field Judging Whitetail: Don’t Forget Your Fractions
OK? Okay, Time for a New Arrow
OK? Okay, Time for a New Arrow by Darren Choate After having hunted antelope--unsuccessfully--in Arizona, my next hunt will be an archery whitetail hunt in Oklahoma with Bend of the River Outfitters. I will still be using my Mathews Halon 6, but I have scraped my speedy antelope arrow for a more efficient, energy arrow. For this hunt, I was looking for something that will … [Read more...] about OK? Okay, Time for a New Arrow