I feel that the classic book, "shots at whitetails" by Larry Koller is simply the best book on hunting deer ever written. It covers every aspect of the deer hunt. Since it was written many years ago, a lot of it is outdated, particularly the chapter on which gun to use. His choices are still valid, but there are many other guns and cartridges now that simply did not exist in 1948. The sections on how to hunt though, will never go out of style. Another pretty good bood is by Ken Heuser, called "The Whitetail Deer Guide". "Hunting Whitetails Successfully" by J. Wayne Fears has a lot of good information too. Probably the best source of info is the old guys around where you live that have been filling their deer tags year in and year out.