Deer Hunting Archives - Page 106 of 249

South Carolina's youth hunters will get a free day to hunt before the official beginning of deer season in each of the state's four game zones.

Youth hunters get free deer hunting days before regular opening of season

Legislation passed by the South General Assembly earlier this year will provide new, additional deer hunting opportunities for youth in South Carolina. […]

Garmin’s Xero Bow Sight combines a rangefinder and a bow-sighting sytem.

Get a good look at this new sight

Sammy Romano

Each year at the Archery Trade Association’s trade show, there is ordinarily one new product that has the most “buzz” going around the show. […]

Pokeweed: Bad for you, great for deer

Jeff Burleson

Every hunter in the Carolinas has come across pokeweed from time to time. Pokeweed thrives in many landscapes across the region, with its bright, purple berries, purple stems and luscious green foliage. […]

Hunters looking to improve the wildlife habitat on their hunting properties should not fail to ask local farmers for advice or other help in making food plots as productive as possible.

Ask a farmer

Jeff Burleson

With planting season arriving in the next few months, hunters wanting a good fall food plot need to get their ducks in a row. While they can read books and articles and scan the internet for a planting guide, it will never take the place of advice from an experienced, local farmer. […]

Public-hunting opportunities abound in both Carolinas for deer hunters who don’t have access to private land through a lease or a hunt club.

Don’t pass up public hunting

Jeff Burleson

Deer hunting and habitat-management activities can go hand in hand, but not every hunter gets the opportunity to own land or lease land and practice land-manipulation techniques. […]

How big is a big enough food plot?

Jeff Burleson

How big should you make your food plots to attract deer to your property? While bigger is always better, you’ll be off to a good start if you have more available food than the areas that surround your property. […]

South Carolina's 2017 deer harvest increased over the previous year.

South Carolina’s 2017 deer harvest shows increase over previous year

SCDNR News Release

Results of the 2017 Deer Hunter Survey conducted by SCDNR indicate that the statewide harvest of deer increased about 7 percent last season and was comprised of an estimated 102,261 bucks and 83,025 does which made up a total harvest of 185,286 deer. […]

A big food plot is a great wildlife attractor, but make sure it’s in an area that won’t force deer to feed at night.

Time to figure out food-plot plans

Jeff Burleson

The summer heat often fails to deliver warm, fuzzy feelings about this fall’s deer season. Yet few people get ready for a dream fishing trip to the Seychelles or start buying Christmas presents on Dec. 25, either. […]

The late Gene Sutherland loved the woods and whitetails in a life that spanned almost 70 years.

A life well lived: Remembering a hunter and friend

Sammy Romano

This month, I am stepping a bit outside of this column’s normal subject matter, but I feel strongly about this message. […]

A good, standard fertlizer such as 10-10-10 can jump-start new growth in areas that have been mowed or bush--hogged

Fertilize fire breaks, forest openings for food plots

Jeff Burleson

For one reason or another, property owners routinely crank up the bush hog on old fields, fire breaks and other places they want to keep maintained in an herbaceous state. These freshly-mowed areas stimulate the production of tender grasses and forbs, especially in the spring after routine rainfall when warm air and soil temperatures are suitable. Both big and small game will quickly take advantage of the tender greenery, as new sprouts of grasses and shrubs can be palatable and quite tasty. […]