Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - September 2021

YAMAHA RACERS GO HUNTING From Left to Right: Jeff Reynolds, Wade Middleton, Scott Newby, Walker Fowler, Chad Weinen, Michael Wersig.

The 2021 Yamaha Writer’s Event brought some of Yamaha’s top racers from the Yamaha Racing Team to the Yamaha Whitetail Diaries deer camp to put down their racing gear and pick up their archery equipment. It’s tradition each year for Yamaha to bring outdoor writers to the Yamaha Whitetail Diaries Deer Camp to showcase Yamaha’s lineup of Side-By-Side vehicles in a real-world off-road environment. The purpose of this is for the chosen writers to get real- world and hands-on experience with the Yamaha vehicles instead of just reading a press release. This year, however, Yamaha shook things up and brought in two racers from their racing division. Chad Wienen & Walker Fowler are both multi champions in their respected racing divisions were introduced to the Yamaha Wolverine X4 XT-R 850 and the Yamaha Wolverine RMAX2 100 XT-R Side-By-Sides. These vehicles were their

means of transportation as they enjoyed a week of hunting and trail riding with these Proven Off-Road Vehicles. The hunting conditions for the Yamaha Writer’s Event will be challenging for our hunters. They are going up against a 20+ month drought in the area. So a lot of deer have broken up already, and it’s still early in the season.

The first hunter we go out with is Chad Wienen, a seven-time AMA Pro ATV MX Champion. Chad has only shot a bow recreationally before now, so this