The whitetail deer is the most widespread deer in the world and is by far the most popular game animal in the United States and Canada, pursued by millions of hunters each fall. In the pages of Hunting Whitetails East and West, master hunters J. Wayne Fears and Larry Weishun give you an in-depth look at what it takes to be successful in the hunt for the North American whitetail deer.
Fears and Weishun bring lifetimes of experience hunting whitetails to bear in their informative and in-depth discussion of skills, woodcraft, and equipment, brought to life through stories and anecdotes told by two skilled and extraordinary hunters.
The son of a North Alabama trapper, Wayne Fears holds a degree in agriculture from Auburn University and a graduate degree in outdoor recreation from the University of Georgia. An accomplished writer and outdoorsman, Fears has authored more than 14 books on outdoor subjects and over 3,000 magazine articles for major magazines. He has been elected a member of the Explorer's Club for his work in the Arctic and is currently editor of "Rural Sportsman" for Progressive Farmer.
Larry "Mr. Whitetail" Weishuhn, master sportsman and native Texan, has a lifetime of international hunting experience. He is a wildlife biologist by training, with a degree in wildlife science from Texas A&M, and is a consultant to the outdoor sports and game management industries. A respected outdoors writer and lecturer, Larry Weishuhn is a contributing editor of Shooting Times. He has been a producer, director and host of several television programs. Weishuhn makes his home in Uvalde, Texas.