How to Use whitetail in a Sentence

whitetail

noun
  • That’s what a whitetail hunter wants.
    — Will Brantley, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The odds against a novice’s dropping a whitetail on his.
    — Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Bobwhite quail and whitetail deer can be found on the land.
    — Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • And in whitetail hunting, that just doesn’t work.
    — Will Brantley, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Sure looks to me like that whitetail along the edge of the frame is about to be alien poop.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Tall rows of corn held the more skittish whitetails, while the mule deer stood out in the open.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Like whitetails, turkeys seem to prefer white oak acorns over all the rest.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024
  • In the wild, turkeys pick and pluck at many of the same forbs preferred by whitetails.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Most deer hunters will agree that even the smartest whitetail buck can be pretty dumb when the ladies are on his mind.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2020
  • This gun should make a great whitetail rifle from coast to coast—or sheep rifle from ridge top to ridge top.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2019
  • That deer is still the Texas non-typical state record whitetail.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Schmit takes time off from work to bowhunt the Minnesota whitetail rut each fall.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The bucks are aged using the tooth-wear method standard for aging whitetails.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Spotted fawn are baby whitetail deer.
    — Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Here’s a quick breakdown of predator speeds compared to whitetails.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Still, a good rain would be a fine way to welcome the next generation of whitetails to that group.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 16 June 2018
  • The fees will be converted to gift certificates at their shops if hunters don’t bag a whitetail.
    — Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The cougar takes the whitetail to the ground, its powerful jaws clamped on the animal's neck.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 13 June 2017
  • The first whitetail to appear looks to be a mature buck, with a sagging back and belly, but a small rack.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The area supports abundant wildlife for whitetail deer, turkey and hog hunting.
    — Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 21 May 2017
  • My father, a longtime whitetail deer hunter, had been going on and on about how great her venison recipes were.
    — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Current skull cleaning prices are $175 for a whitetail.
    — Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
  • With just a smattering of does coming into estrous, the main whitetail rut is on its last legs.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 Oct. 2020
  • But whenever a whitetail had trouble with its prey, the gray sharks sprang into action (above).
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Science | AAAS, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Picture a Saskatchewan whitetail and compare its body size to a Texas whitetail.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
  • The wildlife population includes whitetail deer, as well as feral hogs and ducks.
    — Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2020
  • The feeder crumpled beneath the weight of the whitetail, and both animals fled the scene before the video cut out.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 23 Aug. 2023
  • As the deer rut begins to kick in this fall, there are likely more wild whitetails in the county than human residents.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2017
  • But no such work has been conducted in an area of whitetail abundance in the East or Midwest.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Most high hits are the result of nervous, string-jumping whitetails and steep shot angles taken from a high treestand.
    — Will Brantley, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025

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