Big Buck Business: Whitetail Gear Roundup

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posted on November 28, 2025
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Moultrie Edge 3

Moultrie Edge 3 Cellular Trail Camera

Moultrie’s new Edge 3 Cellular trail camera sports features like Moultrie A.I., which filters and delivers only the content you want to see—like bucks. It extends battery life and saves you from looking over countless useless images. The Edge 3 will also integrate with your onX Hunt app and boasts 40 MP resolution, GPS, built-in memory, on-demand images and video and more.

$99.99; moultrie.com

Sitka Ventlite

Sitka VentLite GTX Boots

Sitka did away with neoprene and rubber in their new VentLite GTX boots, replacing those clunky materials with lightweight and waterproof Gore-Tex laminates. Packed with PrimaLoft Gold insulation for warmth, these boots sport reinforcements for puncture and wear resistance and enhanced traction via Vibram Litebase Megagrip outsoles with Sitka’s Apex tread system.

$399; sitkagear.com

Nomad

Nomad Harvester VX3 MONBU

Nomad brings forth a blast from your hunting past with its new collection clad in Mossy Oak New Break Up camo. Resurrecting this classic pattern, Nomad’s new line includes the mid-season Harvester VX3 system consisting of a warm, quiet and wind-resistant vest, jacket, pants and bib overalls along with a beanie, gloves and neck gaiter for total concealment.

$40-$180; nomadoutdoor.com

Millennnium M8

Millennium M8 Hang-on Stand and M225 Vulcan Climbing Sticks

The aluminum M8 Hang-On stand from Millennium Outdoors weighs only 9 pounds, folds flat for easy carry, and features a 20-inch ComfortMax seat and a 20x20.5-inch platform. The new M225 Vulcan Climbing sticks are lightweight, sport wide anti-slip steps and are stackable for easy carry. The combination offers the mobility that can change your season.

M255 climbing sticks

$256.99/stand, $209.99/sticks; millennium-outdoors.com

Wildlife Research Center

Wildlife Research Center Golden Rope  Scent Rope Kits

The Golden Rope from Wildlife Research Center made creating a mock scrape an easy and super effective endeavor. Now, with three new Golden Rope Scent Rope kits, you can create a veritable buck playground on your hunting property. New kits include the Golden Rope Single Scent Rope Kit, the Scent Rope and Scrape Dripper Combo and the Scent Rope and Branch Holder Combo.

$23.99-$47.99; wildlife.com

Zeiss Conquest

Zeiss Conquest HDX 8x32

Having a compact binocular in your deer pack is a valuable resource. The 8x32 Conquest from Zeiss houses premium glass and coatings for 90 percent light transmission resulting in high-contrast and brilliant images, even in dark woods. Waterproof and shockproof, the Conquest HDX sports a durable rubberized armor coating on its exterior housing and a hydrophobic LotuTec coating on its lenses to shed water.

$979; zeiss.com

Latitude Method 3

Latitude Outdoors Method 3 Saddle

Saddle hunting with Latitude Outdoors is a quick and stealthy way to hunt from a tree, and the Method 3 saddle is a completely new design that offers all-day comfort, simple set up and total versatility. Able to be worn as a two-panel system for the ultimate in support and versatility, or as a single panel unit for when simpler is better, the Method 3 saddle sports a new drawstring system for fast deployment and a magnetic panel system that takes the place of clunky clips and straps.

$299.99; latitudeoutdoors.com

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