The pursuit of trophy-sized whitetail deer now dominates the pages of magazines such as “Outdoor Life” (OL) and “Field & Stream” (FS).  Consider that between August 2010 and February 2011, the editors at FS included a cover photograph of massive, trophy-sized whitetail antlers in four of its six issues.  ”Outdoor Life” did the same.  Four of OL’s last six issues contained a cover image of bucks with gargantuan racks.  Countless articles on how to successfully hunt trophy deer also appeared in these two magazines during that six-month period.  For instance, the writers for OL ran an article in the September 2010 issue under the cover heading “Trophy Deer.”  The next’s month’s cover of OL contained a header with the words “The New Whitetail Trophy Zones.”  ”Outdoor Life” followed in the November issue with yet another cover that proclaimed in bold letters “Best of the Rut: We Researched 17,882 Trophy Records to Find the #1 Day to Hunt This Month.”  ”Field & Stream’s” most recent issue contained a cover line with the brash assertion “More Big Bucks For You.” Continue Reading »