Ambushing Trophy Whitetails, John Trout, Jr.
daverichey December 16th, 2007
TITLE: Ambushing Trophy Whitetails: Tactical Systems For Big-Buck Success
AUTHOR: John Trout, Jr.
PUBLISHER: The Lyons Press
CONTACT:
The Lyons Press
Guilford, CTWEBSITE: www.lyonspress.com
ISBN: 1-59228-922-3
PRICE: $24.95; dust jacketed and hardbound book
John Trout is a savvy deer hunter. I’ve read his books and magazine articles for what seems to be 20+ years, and his copy rings with the truth of someone who has been there and has done what he writes about. Trout knows deer, and also knows how to hunt the bigger bucks.This is a great deal more than the usual rehashing of previously printed deer books. This presents to the reader a new formula that works. For instance, the author discusses issues that other book writers either ignore or don’t know about. Chapter 1, for example, is titled “Big Bucks, Big Bellies: Creating The Food Ambush.”
This chapter covers topics such as Understanding the food source, The oak phenomenon, Other isolated foods, Getting to and from isolated foods, and Agri-Handouts. Think about it for a moment, and food is one major requirement for growing big bucks. The others are genetics, lack of stress and time enough to grow.
Chapter 2 is The Rut: Before, During, And After. Chapter 5 is Reading rubs and scrapes: How to profile a big buck based on his sign, and how this influences the Ambush. The book contains 20 similar chapters of Trout’s hard-earned deer-hunting wisdom, and as with his earlier books, he again has hit the mark.
I honestly believe that any deer hunter can learn from this book. Read it, study it, and apply some of his tactics. The obvious secret is to use whatever may apply to your personal hunting areas, its habitat and the habits of local deer. If just one new trick works, it will make this book a winner for deer hunters.
