Owen Reigler is a pro staff member of the Midwest Whitetail Main Show and lives in Southern Iowa. Owen grew up hunting and has created a passion for bow hunting whitetails. The post Owen Reigler appeared first on Midwest Whitetail ..read more

Max Mongrello is a pro staff member of the Main Show. Born and raised in Georgia, Max recently moved to southeast Iowa to work for 41 North Media. The post Max Mongrello appeared first on Midwest Whitetail ..read more

Grant Noble is a pro staff member of the Midwest Whitetail Main Show. Born and raised in Kentucky, Grant made the move to southeast Iowa to work for 41 North Media. The post Grant Noble appeared first on Midwest Whitetail ..read more

Mike Reed is a primary host of the Midwest Whitetail Main Show. Born and raised in Louisiana, Mike and his family made the move to southeast Iowa to follow their career paths. The post Mike Reed appeared first on Midwest Whitetail ..read more

Jared Mills is a primary host of the Midwest Whitetail Main Show and lives in southeast Iowa with his wife, Jacky and his daughter, Remi. The post Jared Mills appeared first on Midwest Whitetail ..read more

Deer hunting regulation changes are beginning to surface throughout the country. Here’s what we know so far. The author poses with one of his 2019 bucks. (Photo courtesy of Josh Honeycutt) In the Midwest Deer hunting regulation changes are common. So is opposition to them. The latest debates stem from Wisconsin’s annual fish and wildlife questionnaire, a series of 55 wildlife policy questions posed to the public by the state’s Natural Resources Board. Several questions proved controversial, and were met with significant opposition. The majority of hunters didn’t vote in favor of longer gun s ..read more

For thousands of years, deer were taken primarily with stick and string. Then, Europeans introduced gun powder to North America and reshaped the course of history. Today, most deer are bagged with lead, not broadheads. But, ironically, the harvest data is trending back toward more primitive means. I learned that and much more from the Quality Deer Management Association’s 2020 Whitetail Report. Here are some thoughts on deer harvests and data collection. Gun hunting is still king, but archery is on the rise. (Josh Honeycutt photo) Archery is on the rise. According to the data, modern firearm ..read more

Deer hunting regulation changes are beginning to surface throughout the country. Here’s what we know so far. The author poses with one of his 2019 bucks. (Photo courtesy of Josh Honeycutt) In the Midwest Deer hunting regulation changes are common. So is opposition to them. The latest debates stem from Wisconsin’s annual fish and wildlife questionnaire, a series of 55 wildlife policy questions posed to the public by the state’s Natural Resources Board. Several questions proved controversial, and were met with significant opposition. The majority of hunters didn’t vote in favor of longer gun s ..read more

I travel for whitetails a lot. No two states I’ve ever been to use the same deer tagging and reporting system. After digging a little further, I couldn’t find twin systems anywhere in the nation. There are numerous crazy differences in reporting harvests across America. A look at Kentucky’s harvest log. (KDFWR photo) Behind the Regs The extreme differences in tagging and reporting deer harvests can be arbitrary. It’d be a boon for continuity, wildlife research, harvest data, disease studies and more if hunters in every state tagged and reported deer the same way. That’s not how this nation w ..read more

Authorities have found paralyzed fawns in multiple locations in Massachusetts. (Josh Honeycutt photo) In November of 2019, authorities found paralyzed fawns in multiple locations on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. This prompted an investigation from area agencies and universities. “From early November to mid-December 2019, MassWildlife received reports of deer displaying signs of paralysis in West Tisbury and Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard. Six affected deer, all button bucks, were euthanized,” says MassWildlife Deer & Moose Project Leader David Stainbrook​. “Later in December, MassWi ..read more