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Whitetail Deer

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Buying vs. Leasing Whitetail Property

Looking for a new way to fill a deer tag or two? Consider buying or leasing whitetail property and forming your own deer management company. Here’s how.
How to Enter and Exit Deer Stands

Tips for How to Enter and Exit Deer Stands

If you don’t have a solid game plan on how to enter and exit deer stands, then whitetails will see or smell you — or both — killing your chance of success.
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Use Natural Barriers to Stay Downwind of Whitetails

You can’t beat a deer’s incredible sense of smell, but you can increase your chance of getting a shot by using natural barriers to stay downwind of whitetails.
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When to Draw Your Bow on Woodland Whitetails

Many bowhunters blow opportunities on woodland whitetails because they draw their bow too early or too late.
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Shed Hunt Like You Deer Hunt

If you shed hunt this winter, then keep these low-impact practices in mind to minimize your impact on already stressed deer.
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Why I Prefer Double Ladder Stands for Whitetail Hunting (Even Solo)

Double ladders are designed for two hunters, but the author prefers them when hunting solo, too.
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Stop Shooting at Running Whitetails

At some point in your deer hunting career, you’ll need to decide whether shooting at running whitetails is worth the risk.
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How Shed Antlers Can Help Your Whitetail Hunting

The world’s greatest Easter egg hunt for shed antlers is right outside your door and begins at the gate of your nearest whitetail hunting property.
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Understanding Whitetail Deer Movement

Understanding whitetail deer movement, especially for mature bucks, is a continual process. Learn how to stay in hot pursuit.
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When Is the Peak of the Whitetail Rut?

Predicting the peak of the whitetail rut in your area is most accurately done with aid of a fetus scale.
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Whitetail Scouting: Get Started Now and Don’t Stop

Collecting data on your local whitetail herd throughout the year will pay big dividends when bowhunting season rolls around next fall.
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Whitetail Hunting Boots: 4 Great Choices From Opening Day to Season’s Close

To hunt effectively throughout the 2020 deer season, the author will rely on four whitetail hunting boots to keep his feet comfortable and dry.
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Where to Find Shed Antlers

Lace up your boots, grab some water and stretch your legs while enjoying one of the best times to be in the woods. As a bonus, pick up some shed antlers!
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Scouting Tip: The Best Time to Visit a Whitetail Sanctuary

Do you stay out of a whitetail sanctuary on your property year-round? If so, that’s a mistake.
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Snort/Wheeze: A Whitetail Hunter’s No. 1 Long-Range Vocalization

With all due respect to a grunt call, the snort/wheeze is a whitetail hunter’s most effective long-range deer vocalization.
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Finding Joy (Again) in Whitetail Hunting

Pursuing mature bucks is great, but sometimes getting back to the basics of whitetail hunting and targeting any deer is welcomed.
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Winter Scouting for Whitetails

Put your boots to work, read deer sign this late winter and spring, and learn more about where whitetail bucks will be next fall.