Boone and Crockett Club's Complete Guide to Hunting Whitetails Deer Hunting Tips Guaranteed to Improve Your Success in the Field

by Boddington, Craig; Whittington, Gordon; Weishuhn, Larry; Winke, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781940860008
• ISBN10: 1940860008
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-08-07
• Publisher: Boone and Crockett Club

Summary

The best-known name in trophy big game hunting teams up with the world's most knowledgeable deer experts to present the definitive resource for the whitetail hunter. Equally illuminating to both beginning and seasoned hunters, this engagingly written guide is packed with real-world strategies and exclusive data to help hunters beat the odds in today's changing environment of dwindling public land access, evolving deer population dynamics and new hunting technologies. Learn how to pinpoint the ideal places, dates and times to find trophy whitetails—and then identify a record-book buck before pulling the trigger. The guide includes fully updated, illustrated instructions for scoring your own trophy.

Contributors include biologist and TV personality Larry Weishuhn, noted outdoor writer Bill Winke and Gordon Whittington, editor of North American Whitetail. In addition, hunters Glen Salow, Rene Barrientos and Ken Hayworth explain the tactics that helped them each bag multiple record whitetails. The book also features proprietary trophy whitetail data collected and analyzed by the Boone and Crockett Club, America's premier wildlife conservation organization.

Author Biography

Craig Boddington is a writer and Outdoor TV personality from Paso Robles, CA.

Gordon Whittington is the editor-in-chief of North American Whitetail Magazine resides in Marietta, GA.

Larry Weishuhn is a wildlife biologist and TV personality from Uvalde, TX.

Well-known outdoor writer and hunter Bill Winke lives in Waukon, IA.

Table of Contents

Foreword | Craig Boddington
1. How to Score a Whitetail Deer by Jack Reneau, Wm. H. Nesbitt, & Philip L. Wright
2. Field Judging Tips by Jay Lesser & Richard T. Hale
3. The Perfect Shot by Craig Boddington
4. Aging Whitetails on the Hoof byDave Richards & Al Brothers
5. Hunting Tactics, Techniques, and Insights:

• This Way to Paradise by Gordon Whittington
• Older is Easier by Bill Winke
• Success is Sometimes a 5-Letter Word by Larry Weishuhn
• The Elusive Whitetail in Texas by René R. Barrientos
• Whitetails North of the Border by Ken Hayworth
• Persistence, Patience, and Willpower by Glen Salow

6. Whitetail Statistics by Justin Spring
Reference Section
B&C Whitetail Records and Distribution
Field Photo Tips
Suggested Reading
Wildlife/Hunting Organizations
About the Authors
Acknowledgments