To become a "PhD Whitetail", a whitetail deer has to have gone to school on hunters. He knows when to move, where to move, and how to move to avoid detection. Most deer hunters rely on luck to occasionally have the opportunity to see a PhD buck. But the professional hunters in this book have spent their lifetimes finding these bucks-with-doctorates and putting themselves in position to take these monster bucks using hunting strategies that few of us employ.

Let's face it, getting-up before daylight, taking a shower, and washing yourself with Scent-A-Way hair and body soap, washing your clothes every night with Scent-A-Way detergent, putting those clothes in a scent-free bag and not putting on your Scent-a-way Tech 4 base layer, as well as your other hunting clothes, until you get to your hunting site, is a major hassle. Using deer lures, cover scents and deer calls requires more time than most hunters want to spend. Carrying a decoy to the stand and properly positioning it to be most effective is another hassle. However, because the men in this book perform these rituals every day, they consistently take the PhD bucks about which most of us only dream.

The men who have learned their lesson from the PhD deer are videographers, producers, TV hosts, and/or professional hunters. They have earned their PhDs in taking trophy deer from the unique animals they hunt.