It is estimated that over ninety percent of the nation's three million bowhunters cut their teeth on the whitetail deer and many of those sportsmen may never try to pursue anything else. That deer are the number one big game animal is quite understandable given the still burgeoning whitetail populations across the country, the challenging nature of the quarry, the fact they can be hunted with the most basic of equipment, and all this can be done without extensive travel or planning.