Steve Flores is a passionate mountain hunter and credits his love for hunting to his dad who took the time to introduce him to be where he is today. A lifelong whitetail hunter, Steve knows his way around the woods and shares his knowledge on mountain whitetail bow hunting through a number of pages of major outdoor magazines such as Bow and Arrow Hunting, Bow Hunting World and Deer Hunting. He also writes articles for John Livingston's DeerLab. In addition, he serves as a pro staff for Matthews. Steve reveals hunting a mature whitetail is probably one of the hardest things to do, and then when you put a bow in your hand it makes it even harder. He adds hunting in the mountains increases the challenge even more, and he’s always been drawn to that challenge of match of wits with what he thinks is one of the smartest animals God ever created.

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Let’s connect with Steve Flores. Steve is a passionate hunter, enjoys chasing mountain whitetails in the native Southern West Virginia. Steve credits his love for hunting to his dad who took the time to introduce him to become what he is today, a lifelong whitetail hunter. Steve shares knowledge of mountain whitetail bow hunting through a number of pages of major outdoor magazines such as Bow and Arrow Hunting, Bowhunting World and Deer & Deer Hunting. He also writes articles for Jon Livingston's DeerLab. His insightful and helpful tips can also be found at various websites throughout the internet. In addition, he serves as a Pro-Staff for Matthews and uses this Under Armour gear exclusively for all his hunt.

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Steve Flores WV Mountain Hunter

We're going to talk to Steve Flores. Steve Flores is a Pro-Staff member for Matthews. This guy writes a lot of great articles. He writes some content for Jon Livingston down there at DeerLab. Steve writes for Bow and Arrow Hunting, Bowhunting World, Deer & Deer Hunting, Dan Schmidt up in Iola, Wisconsin. This guy knows his way around the woods and he knows his way around the pen. Steve Flores, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me. I really appreciate it.

Let's just jump right into the show and talk about why you love hunting whitetails?

The biggest thing is the chess match that’s involved in it. That's one of the main things. Hunting the mature whitetail is to me probably one of the hardest things to do. When you put a bow in your hand, it makes it even harder. For me, someone who hunts in the mountains that increases the challenge even more. I've always been drawn to that challenge of match of wits with what I think is probably one of the smartest animals God ever created. I always like to test myself against the animal to see how I match up. I don't always win but sometimes I do.

We win enough to keep us coming back, don’t we?

Yeah, just enough to keep you come back for a little bit more.

Let's talk about the terrain in West Virginia. I know we've got readers all over North America, so share with us where you hunt, what it looks like and how difficult it really is to match wits with a mature whitetail buck?

The terrain is nothing but mountains. There are no food plots. There are no CRP fields. It's basically just wooded mountains. The biggest challenge is, unlike hunting in Midwest, there are no established feeding locations and bedding locations. Deer can feed in bed in multiple locations in different days, different times of the year. Actually pinpointing an area where a deer is going to feed in the evenings is almost impossible because you can't predict which acorn tree that this buck is going to play when he gets up out of his bed. On top of that, you can't really predict which thicket this buck is going to bed in before he gets up to go to one of 50 acorn trees dropping acorns. It's impossible to figure out. That's the biggest challenge is putting yourself in a...