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

TO WHOM IT BELONGS

SWEET NOVEMBER

WHITETAIL STATE OF THE UNION

FAST, NARROW & DEADLY! • NEW FOR 2025 Killer Instinct Logix 435 RDC Crossbow

LOUISIANA’S NEW NO. 1 • TYLER JORDAN’S 194 3/8 TYPICAL, TAKEN DECEMBER 5, 2024, AT HONEY BRAKE IS ONE OF THE SOUTH’S FINEST WHITETAILS.

ACROSS THE BUCKEYE BORDER • CODEY REDD DOWNED THIS 230-CLASS NON-TYPICAL IN OHIO, ON DECEMBER 21, 2024.

ARKANSAS REDEMPTION • JOSH CANTRELL’S HUNT FOR THIS 180-CLASS WHITETAIL WAS FILLED WITH UPS AND DOWNS. BUT IT ENDED WITH A BANG!

TALKING BLINDLY • MANY DEER HUNTERS DEBATE WHETHER OR NOT TO TRY BLIND GRUNTING. FOR THIS PUBLIC-LAND WHITETAILER, THE TACTIC’S EFFECTIVENESS HAS BEEN PROVEN MANY TIMES OVER!

GOING TECH FREE • FOR THE 2024 DEER SEASON, THIS WHITETAIL HUNTER DECIDED TO GO THE ENTIRE YEAR WITHOUT USING HUNTING TECHNOLOGY. IN THE END, HE FILLED TWO BUCK TAGS AND LEARNED SOME VALUABLE LESSONS ALONG THE WAY.

MASTER THE ALL-DAY RUT HUNT • SITTING DARK-TO-DARK IN THE WHITETAIL WOODS CAN BE A GREAT WAY TO PUT YOUR TAG ON A BIG BUCK. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU COMMIT TO A 10-HOUR SESSION AFIELD.

KEEPING IT REAL PART 2

DEER GEAR FOR THE RUT • NOVEMBER, A DEER HUNTER’S favorite month of the year! From calls and scents to optics and clothing, we’ve got all the gear you may need to help you find rut success.

HALL of FAME

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