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NEW YEAR NEW NAW

In 1982 the United States retail gasoline price was $1.22 per gallon, compared to today’s $3.45 per gallon. In October of that same year, North American Whitetail launched its premier issue. Our first annual subscription package sold for $14.95 for eight issues. Surely a magazine in its 41st year of production costs more now than it did in year one, right? Fortunately for you, that’s not the case. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ CPI Inflation Calculator computes that our original subscription price would be worth $47.05 today. Luckily, though inflation has raised the cost of virtually all other goods sold, NAW fans have managed to dodge the brunt of this blow. In fact, visit our website today (northamericanwhitetail.com), and you’ll see our subscription package still contains eight annual installments and…

NEW YEAR NEW NAW

MANAGEMENT ON THE BIG SCREEN

In addition to heart-pounding hunts for free-ranging whitetails, NAW TV also features in-depth land management and whitetail biology information with its Dr. Deer and Build Your Own Deer Factory segments. Tune-in to NAW TV weekly for industry-leading whitetail land management content. Photo by Blake Garlock WEEK OF MARCH 20–26: “Sub-Zero in Iowa”: Haynes Shelton joins Paul Fountain of Fountain Outfitting for a heart-pounding late season muzzleloader hunt in Iowa. In Build Your Own Deer Factory, the team talks about natural and supplemental water. Haynes Shelton profiles the Tony Lovstuen buck, a 307 5/8-inch giant from Iowa. WEEK OF MARCH 27–APRIL 2: “The Finale”: Haynes Shelton takes his Browning rifle to Alabama to chase rutting whitetails with Mark Ezell at the Pushmataha Plantation. In Build Your Own Deer Factory, the team talks management maintenance. In a…

MANAGEMENT ON THE BIG SCREEN

WHAT’S WITH ALL THE BROKEN ANTLERS?

The two most common questions we are asked each year deal with antlers. Hunters want to know: Why are some antlers dark brown and others white? And why do we see so many broken antlers where we hunt? The answers to both questions really are inter-related and have a great deal to do with the demographics of the herd and their nutritional plane. Thus, a whitetail’s habitat, diet and social structure all play a role in their antler color and composition. In the following article, I’ll describe why that’s so. ANTLER GROWTH & COMPOSITION Let’s start with a primer on antler growth. Antlers evolved millions of years ago in the deer family, and they apparently served several functions. These functions include social display structures, scent dispersal organs and weapons for defense and…

WHAT’S WITH ALL THE BROKEN ANTLERS?

After years of managing my land for wildlife and visiting a lot of hunting properties every season, I have noticed a common theme: lack of equipment service and maintenance. For an alarming number of habitat managers, the last thing that gets attention in the attempt to grow that monster buck is the equipment. I’ve seen all kinds of equipment in every condition possible, and I’ve decided to take this opportunity to give some tips and lessons I have learned the hard way about keeping this equipment in working order for the long haul! EQUIPMENT SERVICE & MAINTENANCE I bought my first piece of equipment in 1972, so that gives away my age a little. That allowed me lots of years to make mistakes, so hopefully that gives me a little credibility. Since then,…

MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. LANDS Of LEGEND

Every whitetail hunter has dreamt of finding some woods never touched by man. It’s logical to believe we can’t improve on Mother Nature, so if we could stumble onto such a location, it surely would be the ultimate whitetail destination. What could be better? To support this view, some hunters point to vintage bucks in the record books. These are the legendary bucks that lived long before the term “food plot” even was coined. They ran wild and free on open range, and they did so long before there was any effort to manage the habitat for their benefit. They were the glorious products of untouched land. Really? Think again. True, it wasn’t until around 1970 that anyone started managing private habitat specifically for whitetails. But long before, man began changing the land…

MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. LANDS Of LEGEND

A TEXAS WHITETAIL TOUR

Texans eagerly boast that their home state is “like a whole other country,” and it’s hard to argue with this braggadocious claim — except perhaps to suggest Texas really is more like several other countries. It’s obviously a huge place, and within its widely spaced borders you can find subtropical swamps, desert mountains, sweeping prairies and many other categories of wildlife habitat. Yet as disparate as these locations might be, one common denominator links them: the presence of native whitetails. Over six decades of hunting the state, I’ve found them virtually from border to border, whether in the swampy flatwoods along the upper Gulf coast, the arid plains of the Panhandle or the tangled brushlands of the Rio Grande Valley. The elevation differences from one of these locations to the next…

A TEXAS WHITETAIL TOUR

THINNING YOUR DEER WOODS

The goal of each individual in a species is to have its offspring survive long enough to mature and reproduce themselves; thereby perpetuating the species. Wildlife population growth generally is divided into two categories: r-strategists and K-strategists. I’ll begin by explaining the difference in how each category reproduces and cares for offspring. The r-strategists put a lot of effort and resources into producing many offspring, that are simply “dumped” into the environment so that enough survive to the next generation. There seldom is much parental care for these species. The Atlantic Salmon is a good example; they fight their way to the breeding waters, mate, lay their eggs and die. The “r” in the title refers to an equation population ecologists use to designate reproductive rate, r. Contrary to this, the K-strategists…

THINNING YOUR DEER WOODS

SHOUTOUT TO SHRUBS

Managing whitetail habitat involves laying out all the elements of the whitetail landscape in the correct location and quantity. I spent some 26 years studying the spatial requirements of whitetails, concluding the basic management unit includes around 80 acres in the eastern U.S. and 160-plus acres in the west. Within this area, the optimum mix includes natural forage, hard and soft mast, thermal cover (warm and cool season), screening cover, travel corridors, sanctuaries and water. In general, my research showed the optimum percentages of these elements are 30-40 percent of the landscape in forage, 20 in mast, 20 in cover and the remainder being in travel corridors and sanctuary/bedding areas. Each unit should also have at least one permanent water source. Of course, some of these serve more than one purpose, so…

SHOUTOUT TO SHRUBS

SEED SIZE MATTERS

In 1974, after spending a year building a wildlife program here at Stephen F. Austin State University, my colleagues and I decided to create an Institute devoted solely to deer research and management — The Institute for White-tailed Deer Management & Research. At that time, I had accumulated a host of peer-reviewed publications in journals, but this success left me with less than satisfaction. Much of the information remained hidden from the folks who actually needed it, so our goal would be to conduct meaningful research and get the results into the hands of people who really need it; landowners and hunters. We decided on conducting what today is called “focus groups,” to find out exactly what people needed to know. Our focus groups were made up of landowners, hunters, foresters…

SEED SIZE MATTERS

QUESTIONS FOR YOUR LAND CONSULTANT

Hiring a deer hunting land consultant isn’t for everyone, but it’s exactly the thing to do for some landowners. And there are certain things to consider before selecting a consultant, as well as questions you should ask once you’ve hired them. While this isn’t an exhaustive list, it’s a grea t starting point for your pre-consultation planning. What should I do about neighboring lands? One thing you can’t control is your neighbors. It’s important to have good relationships p with neighboring landowners and hunters before pouring a ton of resources into your land. Unless you control thousands of acres, it’s difficult to overcome challenges posed by neighbors who aren’t on the same wavelength as you. In fact, land consultants will ask about this, and if you have a small acreage and challenging…

QUESTIONS FOR YOUR LAND CONSULTANT

THE GOOD, BAD & UGLY OF HINGE-CUTTING

Hinge-cutting is a big-time buzz word in the world of modern deer hunting land management. For those unfamiliar with it, hinge-cutting is the practice of felling trees, but without cutting completely through the tree. Instead of cutting all the way through, a cut is made 1/2 to 2/3 of the way through the trunk, which allows the tree to fall while a portion of the downed trunk remains attached to the stump. This keeps the tree alive, which offers eye-level food and bedding cover for whitetails. While that sounds great, and in many instances it can be, hinge-cutting can have a dark side. Done incorrectly, it can lead to irreversible harm to yourself or the landscape; and, unfortunately, there is plenty of bad advice out there on hinge-cutting. In turn, people…

THE GOOD, BAD & UGLY OF HINGE-CUTTING

From MONOCULTURE To MASTERPIECE

The setting sun was just starting to hit the western horizon, and I had yet to see a deer as I sat with my cameraman, Kyle Heuerman. We were hoping to get a shot at a giant typical buck I had named “Smokey.” Our perch overlooked a field of Real World switchgrass with a plot of Deadly Dozen right in front of us. It was a perfect setup, we just needed Smokey to cooperate. As if on cue, I noticed as the still switchgrass began swaying and knew a deer was making its way toward us. I couldn’t make out the deer at all due to the grass being a full seven feet tall, but it was obvious what was happening. Finally, as the movement in the tall grass got closer,…

From MONOCULTURE To MASTERPIECE

EVERYMAN MANAGEMENT PLANS

ONLY FOUR PERCENT OF THE U.S. POPULATION purchased a hunting license in 2022, equating to around 15 million Americans taking to the fields and forests in search of game of all kinds. Some folks are upland bird hunters, some chase rabbits with beagle dogs in the winter, some plink squirrels in August or yelp up gobblers in the spring. If you’re like me, your focus is the whitetail deer of autumn. And if you’re like me, the subject of land management seems a bit out of reach. How so, you ask? Because I’m not a landowner. My brothers and I hunt our modest family farm here in Illinois, and we are blessed to have strong relationships with other local farmers and landowners that allow us access to their properties. We don’t…

EVERYMAN MANAGEMENT PLANS

GET GEARED-UP FOR MANAGEMENT

One of our favorite times of year here at North American Whitetail is upon us: management season. Getting out and completing our “deer work” is what we look forward to the most this time of year. And to properly manage our land for the herd’s benefit, we need the right gear. If you’re looking for a new tool, food plot seed or piece of equipment to properly prep your deer land, look no further. We’ve compiled 2023’s best habitat management gear into this section. Enjoy! SEED & FEED BIG TINE Big Tine’s Foundation Clover mix contains five clover varieties designed to provide year-round forage. Since Foundation can be planted in either the spring or fall, it is a highly versatile mix that can be used to fit your needs. Another great quality of…

GET GEARED-UP FOR MANAGEMENT

1 Talon Whetham was with his dad when he shot this great buck during the Arkansas youth hunt. The buck chased a doe through an open field, giving Talon a shot at 20 yards. 2 Ryan Steele killed this incredible buck in Pennsylvania on Dec. 3, 2022. Ryan shot the buck on a deer drive, while hunting with a group of his friends. 3 Caiden Riggs took this big buck he called “Elliott” on Sept. 24, 2022, in Indiana. Caiden watched the buck all summer before getting an opportunity. 4 Jason Matthew shot this mature whitetail in southeast Colorado during the early plains rifle season. He grunted the buck from thick cover and shot it at just 10 yards. 5 Molly Soda was hunting with her dad in Wisconsin on their family farm when…

Long in the face and short in his teeth, a fully mature whitetail buck stares ahead to summer’s end. With warm season’s curtain fall comes another autumn, when the buck’s dominance will be challenged by younger, eager males. As his fight for chiefdom ensues, every day the old and wise one will be tested by his peers, predators, Mother Nature and no doubt, by man. Dominant bucks like this one are and always will be the lowest percentage of the herd. And for that, they command the highest respect.…

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