Iconic Mr. Whitetail - Larry Weishuhn

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Iconic Mr. Whitetail - Larry Weishuhn:

Professional wildlife biologist, outdoor writer, book author, speaker, television show host, radio host, podcaster, and always hunter/conservationist, Larry Weishuhn is one of our country's most recognized and respected outdoor personalities.

Even though known internationally as “Mr. Whitetail” because of his many years of researching, managing, hunting and promoting whitetail deer and their habitat, Larry has hunted and worked with big game throughout North America, Africa, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe.

Larry grew up in Colorado County, Texas. He attended Texas A&M University and earned a B.S. Degree in Wildlife Science. After serving as a research wildlife biologist with Texas A&M University’s Department of Veterinary Pathology and the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, he was appointed the Technical Assistance Biologist for South Texas where he worked with landowners and hunters in establishing and maintaining quality wildlife management programs.

He later left State employment and established his own wildlife management company, Quality Management, Ltd., with emphasis on habitat restoration and species management concentrating on such big game species as whitetail deer, mule deer, pronghorn antelope, elk, and desert bighorn sheep.

His research has been published in numerous professional journals and he has

frequently served as a featured speaker at international wildlife symposiums

devoted to wildlife conservation.

As an outdoor writer Weishuhn served on staff with Shooting Times, Deer

& Deer Hunting, North American Hunter, Petersen’s Hunting, Sporting Classics, Game Trails and many others. He has written seven award-winning books which are these days considered classics. Larry currently serves as the whitetail columnist for Texas Fish & Game.

Larry is the host of “DSC’s Training The Hunter’s Moon” television show and has been doing a weekly radio segment, “Campfire Talk with Larry Weishuhn” on Luke Clayton

Outdoors since 2008. He and Luke Clayton also do a weekly podcast, “Campfires

with Luke and Larry” for Sporting Classics Daily.