Book excerpt: Deer hunting continues to be the number-one type of hunting in NorthAmerica, and it's easy to understand why. Unlike other big-game animals that have declined in population due to man's development of wild lands, the whitetail has thrived. In fact, some of the largest bucks in the record books were taken in small woodlots near major cities. Hunting Record Book Bucks focuses on the advanced strategies of the top whitetail deer experts in North America. More than a dozen well-known trophy hunters contributed to this book, including Toby Bridges, Gary Clancy, Mark Drury, Peter Fiduccia, David Hale, Brad Harris, Harold Knight, Jim Shockey, and Bill Jordan, producer and star of the popular TV series, "Bill Jordan's Realtree Outdoors."