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Backpack Hunting: This is the Top 5 Expert Reasons

A backpack hunt may be just what you need. With each breath, I could feel the moisture building on the inside of my sleeping bag. Laying awake right before my alarm sounded, I tried to steal any last bit of warmth I could before crawling out of my tent and braving the cold. Not far... Read More

A Once-In-A-Lifetime Quest for a Special Raffle Coues Tag Winner

I’ll spare you the “It all started when…” story regarding my Special Raffle Coues Whitetail tag. Suffice it to say, I was overtaken with surprise when the caller ID on my phone read “AZGFD” as I watched the Arizona Super Raffle’s live feed on the same phone. In the chaos of answering the phone while... Read More

Archery Elk Hunting: Hardcore Hunters Only

Archery Elk Hunting is Exciting, Energizing, Epic for Hardcore Hunters

You would be hard-pressed to find a more passionate hunter group than those who prefer archery elk hunting. Collectively, they continually scour maps, evaluate gear, and practice calling techniques to others’ dismay. The list goes continues … To most, archery elk hunting is defined by the echoes of bugling bulls and frenzied harems of cows... Read More

A Remarkable Mule Deer Hunt Begins by Scouting

If a mule deer hunting in the high country for trophy bucks is on your bucket list, get a tag, and start scouting. During the summer — scouting season — mule deer bucks in the high country are found close to where they will spend their fall. Many bucks may be within a half-mile or... Read More

Arizona Elk Hunting Is a Fantastic Choice for Gigantic Bulls

Arizona elk hunting is arguably the best there is. The state was once the home of the Merriam’s elk, a smaller-bodied ungulate with massive antlers. Cattle grazing and overhunting the sub-species led to its demise in the early part of the 20th century. Arizona’s current elk population is courtesy of Yellowstone National Park. From 1912... Read More

Whitetail Deer Hunting Across North America | Patrick Meitin

Whitetail Deer Hunting North America: Unique Hunts That Will Make Your Headspin

Whitetail deer hunting across North America has emerged as the world’s most popular hunting opportunity. No other big-game animal has created such an economic institution and deep-seated obsessions, whitetail hunters annually spending upwards of $38.3 billion pursuing big-buck passions, or simply supplying healthy venison for the table. This could be viewed as a reflection of... Read More

Texas Whitetail | Odocoileus virginianus texanus

Texas Deer Hunting: Outstanding Whitetail Hunting in Its Five Regions

Whitetail deer hunting in the Lonestar State is unlike hunting anywhere else, largely in part due to the sheer size. Texas covers 268,586 square miles. For reference, Delaware, the first state could fit into Texas 108 times while Rhode Island, the smallest state, could fit 221 times. Luckily Texas whitetails are one of the most... Read More

Bowhunting Whitetails, East to West | Bob Robb

Bowhunting Whitetails Across the Nation is Amazingly Similar, Outstanding

I’ve been fortunate enough to have hunted whitetails across their range in North America, from Canada to the Carolinas, Montana to Mississippi. I’ve often been asked what is the difference between bowhunting whitetails in the East compared to the West. And while there are differences — more on that in a moment — it’s first... Read More

Guided Whitetail Deer Hunts: The Truth About Hiring a Professional

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... Read More

Elk Hunting on Public Land: 5 Expert Tips for Success

Elk hunting on public land can be difficult, yet rewarding. The rock group Europe’s song “The Final Countdown” was beginning to play in my head as I slipped along the rocky ridge trying to locate a band of bulls I’d found the day before. It was the last week of the archery elk season and... Read More

Nebraska Deer Hunting, Make Time for an Amazing Adventure

Nebraska deer hunting — whitetail with a muzzleloader — can be quite the adventure. I couldn’t have scripted the hunt any better. Whitetails — Dakota — were filing out one by one to the western Nebraska winter wheat field. In tow behind the brigade of does and fawns was a mature, classy-looking 4×4 buck only... Read More

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... Read More

Texas Panhandle Bucks, the author's buck

Texas Whitetail Deer Hunting | Panhandle Bucks

Texas Whitetail Deer Hunting | Panhandle Bucks | Mark Kayser Texas Whitetail Deer Hunting | Panhandle Bucks Texas whitetail deer hunting…there’s nothing else like it! By Mark Kayser [perfectpullquote align=”left” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Only one state holds the title for the birth of modern whitetail hunting: Texas.[/perfectpullquote] Only one state holds the title... Read More

Midwest Whitetail, Kansas Whitetail Adventure | Bob Robb

Time for Midwest Whitetail Adventure, Gigantic Bucks are Looming

The Midwest whitetail inhabits the central regions of the US from Colorado to Minnesota. For a reasonable chance at a trophy-class Midwest whitetail buck, there are few secrets. Midwestern states like Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and the like dominate the conversation. Then there are the outliers such as eastern Colorado or northern Oklahoma. Of course,... Read More

Idaho Whitetail Hunting, One Exciting Double

Scott Haugen doubles while hunting whitetails in Idaho. Positioned overlooking a rose hip-choked bench, it was obvious whitetails had been everywhere. Trails crisscrossed through and around the brush, and beaten paths led to and from the bordering stands of timber. We’d see a few does on that first evening of the hunt, and then a... Read More

Hunting Trophy Whitetail, Top Reasons to Hope for Gigantic Bucks

A Guide for Hunting Trophy Whitetails “I think he’ll go 180 inches or better,” one of my hunting partners stated with a straight face. That’s all it took; he had my full attention. I trusted his judgment on the buck he’d seen in September and he rarely added invented points to a score, but what... Read More