Deer of the Year
Antreville, S.C., hunter takes big non-typical buck
It took less than 10 seconds last Friday afternoon for Cody Fields’ deer season to become a tremendous success. […]
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Deer of the Year
Easley, S.C. hunter kills 12-point, 163-inch trophy with strategic management plan
Zach Phillips of Easley, S.C., missed out last season on a massive buck on his Abbeville County hunting land. He started getting trail camera photos of the same buck this year and developed a plan to get the buck in his sights. […]
Deer of the Year
VIDEO: Allendale County youth hunter smacks 5 1/2-year old brute
On Sept. 23, 13-year-old Jake Wall shot one of his biggest bucks ever in a disked up iron clay pea field on his uncle’s Allendale County, S.C. farm. For years, Wall and his uncle, Josh Wall, had watched this deer on camera. […]
Deer of the Year
Win great prizes in the Carolina Sportsman Bag-A-Buck Contest
Have you entered our Bag-A-Buck Contest? It’s easy to enter and you can win a great prize package, including a two-day deer-hog hunting combo at Cherokee Run Hunting Lodge in Chesterfield, S.C. and a three-year subscription to Carolina Sportsman Magazine. […]
Deer Hunting
Delay doe harvests until December
Every year, hunters look to kill a nice buck to add to their trophy collection and to put a load of fresh venison in the freezer. And every hunter looks to supplement his venison stock and control his local deer herd with a handful of doe harvests as well. […]
Deer Hunting
Timing the South Carolina whitetail deer rut
A large portion of South Carolina experiences peak rut activity within a well-defined time period. […]
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Timing the North Carolina whitetail deer rut
When does the deer rut occur throughout North Carolina? […]
Deer of the Year
Lexington, N.C. hunter bags 22-point Forsyth County freak
For two years, Ben Anderson and Levi Tussey kept tabs on a huge non-typical buck on their Forsyth County hunting land. But this wasn’t just any buck. It was a gnarly-racked beast with four main beams, 22 scorable points, and a 14-inch drop tine extending down past the deer’s face. […]
Deer of the Year
220-pound, 8-point buck ends string of bad luck for S.C. huntress
Jon Schutte had a proud moment in the outdoors last week. But it’s not because of anything he did. It’s because his wife killed her first deer, and it was a good one. The 220-pound, 8-point buck she killed in Horry County put an end to a lot of bad luck for his wife Marti, and proved that perseverance pays off. […]
Deer of the Year
Gaffney bowhunter arrows 215-pound, 9-point trophy
Holden Poole of Gaffney, SC was already noticing fresh scrapes and rubs near a bumper crop of acorns on his 100-acre lease, despite the balmy, end of September weather […]