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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

Glassing the West for Deer

Glassing the West for Deer by Shelton Boggess I was introduced to glassing at an early age, and grew up behind my dad’s pair of 15x56 Swarovski Binoculars. At the age of five, I remember sitting behind those powerful binos on a Northern Arizona Coues deer hunt, watching, while my dad took a shot at a mountain lion. He didn’t connect, but shortly thereafter, I witnessed my … [Read more...] about Glassing the West for Deer

Deer Season Game Plan

Deer Season Game Plan by Darren Choate Put together a Game Plan to make your hunting season more successful. Another football season has come to an end, as has the hunting season. In the NFL, the New York Giants crowned themselves Champions with their victory over the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. Since last April, the Giants, as well as every other NFL team has … [Read more...] about Deer Season Game Plan

Year Round Practice

Year Round Practice by Kevin Reese The art of year-round practice: a good hunter is a practiced hunter. If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times! “The season opens up next weekend. I need to get out and sight-in my bow.” As an ethics-driven hunter, who works diligently to promote and protect our outdoor heritage, few things make my blood boil more than lack of … [Read more...] about Year Round Practice

Endure

Endure Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity. -Paulo Coelho We have all had those moments on a hunt where it feels like everything that could go wrong has. Blown stalks, broken … [Read more...] about Endure

Coues Super Sets

Coues Super Sets by Darren Choate, Editor In Chief The difference between success and failure during early-season archery hunts is as simple as having the right set; however, finding the right set is not as simple. Early one morning, a few summers ago, I was out scouring the woods for a new Coues set. Some of my Coues sets had been encroached on by elk and deer hunters … [Read more...] about Coues Super Sets