FTPO, Episode 11, Season 2

Buck Core Areas

As I wrote in my book “Proven Whitetail Tactics”, core areas are those places inhabited by big bucks during non-breeding or non-stressful times. When they’re not chasing hot does or struggling to survive life-threatening situations or harsh elements, bucks will spend the majority of the time feeding, watering and traveling within the boundaries of an established range.
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FTPO, Episode 12, Season 2

Hunting Small Tracks

If I've learned one thing from my many talks with deer hunters, it's that hunters everywhere are steadily being forced to pursue whitetails on smaller and smaller tracts of land. As I wrote in my book, "Aggressive Whitetail Hunting", there are a number of reasons for this phenomenon. But destruction of habitat, urbanization and the increasingly popular "No Trespassing" sign are the main reasons.
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FTPO, Episode 13, Season 2

Pursuing Individual Bucks

If there was one chapter from any of my five books that I would consider to be required reading for every aspiring trophy whitetail hunter, it would be a chapter from my first book, "Aggressive Whitetail Hunting". That chapter is entitled "Pursuing Individual Bucks".
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