Learning From Mistakes to Become a Better Big Deer Hunter

Most of us aren’t exclusively trophy hunters or meat hunters. We’re deer hunters who love eating venison, but who would also rather shoot big bucks than little ones. I’ve been deer hunting for about 30 years myself, and I’ve always hunted areas with high deer numbers and generous bag limits. As a result, I’ve killed my share of whitetails. I’ve lucked into some decent bucks along the way, too, but my success rate on mature animals has increased dramatically over the past decade.

Is that because I’ve started trophy hunting exclusively? No, I still have an itchy trigger finger. Is it because I have all kinds of great new land to hunt? Far...

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