Here’s how to lay eyes on your target deer in midsummer so you can build a fall hunting plan

It wasn’t that long ago that the word “hit-lister” didn’t exist in the whitetail-hunting lexicon.
With the growing-deer movement, that has all changed. It’s no longer just the power couples on hunting shows who name deer and develop a long history with individual bucks before they are deemed worthy of a tag. This style has bled through the fabric to everyday hunters, and it makes sense. Nearly everyone wants to shoot a big buck, and it’s more common to try to lock up a whitetail spot now than ever before.