Deer of the Year Archives - Page 85 of 93

April 30, 2026

Bobby Davidson's enormous Moore County buck has a 4x4 main-frame rack with twin split G-2s.

Moore County produces huge buck for archery pro

Bobby Davidson of Sanford has travelled all over the country to kill big bucks as a pro staffer for Mathews Archery – Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, Missouri – so who would have thought that his biggest buck of his life would come from family farm in Moore County? […]

Brad Duke of Butner killed this huge 9-point Granville County buck in full velvet on Sept. 13, almost 11 months after he suffered serious injuries in a tree-stand fall.

Butner man arrows huge Granville County buck

Craig Holt

A Butner man who suffered serious injuries in a fall from a tree stand last year got a measure of revenge on the buck he was hunting that day. And what revenge it was! […]

Leslie Lawson of Roundo killed this beautiful 8-point buck in full velvet on Aug. 15, opening day, while hunting from a stand at the Briarcreek Dog Club in Bamberg County.

Roundo huntress rounds up a trophy buck on opening day

Phillip Gentry

Leslie Lawson of Roundo has been hunting for 20 years, since she was 4, but has only recently found success deer hunting. […]

Lynsey Koury killed this buck, which scored almost 145 points, in mid-November in Alamance County. She added a 130-inch deer two weeks later.

Burlington woman’s double play makes for a great deer season

Craig Holt

It’s a rare accomplishment for an archer to take two big whitetails in the same season, but it’s even less common for a female hunter. Consider Burlington’s Lynsey Koury an uncommon hunter. […]

Tommy Hogshead of Hayesville killed this huge Clay County buck last Sept. 30. Because of an injury to its genitals, the buck was still in full velvet.

Wide, heavy mountain buck carried his velvet extra time for a reason

Craig Holt

In the southwestern corner of North Carolina, Clay County is recognized more for black bears than whitetail deer, but Tommy Hogsed, owner of Parker’s Country Store in Hayesville, had seen a heavy-beamed buck chasing a doe in 2012. […]

Charles Byrd of Conway killed this fine Horry County buck with only a few minutes of daylight left on Sept. 3.

2013 Deer of the Year – Big bucks came this season from all across the Palmetto State

Jeff Burleson

Another season has come and gone for South Carolina deer hunters, but not without considerable bloodshed and a collection of fine bucks on their way into the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ record book. […]

Cody Caviness of Asheboro killed this huge buck on Friday, Dec. 13 -- his lucky day.

Friday the 13th was plenty lucky for Asheboro hunter

Craig Holt

A lot of people consider Friday the 13th an unlucky day, but don’t sell that superstition to Cody Caviness of Asheboro. On Friday, Dec. 13, the 22-year-old construction superintendent bagged his career-best whitetail. It has a nearly-perfect 5×5 rack that’s been scored at 1691/8 inches by Denton taxidermist Tommy Freeman. […]