How to Use whitetail in a Sentence

whitetail

noun

• 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
• In the wild, turkeys pick and pluck at many of the same forbs preferred by whitetails.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024
• The cougar takes the whitetail to the ground, its powerful jaws clamped on the animal's neck.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 13 June 2017
• 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
• Like whitetails, turkeys seem to prefer white oak acorns over all the rest.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024
• Schmit takes time off from work to bowhunt the Minnesota whitetail rut each fall.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
• That deer is still the Texas non-typical state record whitetail.
  — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2024
• The bucks are aged using the tooth-wear method standard for aging whitetails.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 1 Nov. 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
• 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 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
• 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
• New York, which doesn't have a statewide ban, is home to a preserve hosting what is believed to be the largest herd of leucistic whitetail deer in the world.
  — Samantha Drake, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
• 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
• This makes a picked (but not plowed) cornfield even more attractive to whitetails.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• The fees will be converted to gift certificates at their shops if hunters don’t bag a whitetail.
  — Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
• Here’s a quick breakdown of predator speeds compared to whitetails.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024
• A tribal member was rattling for whitetail deer and called in a wolf instead.
  — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 5 Aug. 2017
• Whitetail took off with the other racing birds from France to cross the English Channel but, along with most of the other birds, vanished.
  — National Geographic, 15 May 2016
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The area supports abundant wildlife for whitetail deer, turkey and hog hunting.
  — Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 21 May 2017
• The most effective way to kill a giant whitetail is to pattern him on trail camera and hunt him to the exclusion of all others.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 5 Jan. 2021
• Miniature whitetails do exist, so the deer that Dillard photographed isn’t totally out of the norm.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
• The 2023 deer season is now well under way and some absolute giant whitetails have already hit the dirt.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
• If the terrain allows, this is the perfect time to spot and stalk a whitetail bedded or traveling slowly.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 Oct. 2020
• In late December 2016 a young woman riding her horse through the woods around Springfield found two huge whitetail bucks with their antlers locked up.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 23 Oct. 2017
• But whenever a whitetail had trouble with its prey, the gray sharks sprang into action (above).
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Science | AAAS, 2 Oct. 2020
• While Dall sheep move down the mountain in winter, whitetails are left to fend for themselves against the ermine and wolverines that rely on them for protein.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 16 Oct 2024