Derek James didn’t know what he was looking at on Tuesday morning when a buck strolled up before dawn broke — even though he’d seen him before in trail-cam photos. […]
Aaron Summitt of Chester is not only an accomplished bowhunter with several whitetail racks easily eligible for the South Carolina Deer Records List, he is now an outspoken advocate for using a safety harness in a tree stand. With good reason. […]
For Lathan Peterson of Taylorsville, N.C., his annual trip to the Caswell County Game Lands for opening day of muzzleloader season proved to be a successful hunt when a brute 11 pointer stepped out of the brush. […]
Mack Martin hunts a small piece of property in Laurens, S.C., but he knew the tract held a big deer when he got several trail camera photos of the trophy during the 2016 season. […]
Daniel Jacobs of Concord has known the value of hunting suburban whitetails for a long time, but on Friday, Oct. 13, he was surprised to see a huge buck with a 12-point, non-typical rack standing 10 feet from his stand, a deer he had no clue lived anywhere near his hunting spot of 20 years. […]
When a massive 10 pointer showed up on Andrew Fowler’s trail camera on Sept. 9, he saw a big opportunity. Fowler has killed many big out-of-state bucks that are represented all over his house, but never has Fowler taken a buck of this caliber near his Enoree, S.C. home. […]
After studying hard all week, then acing her test, 11-year-old Mary-Katherine Tisdale went hunting on Friday afternoon, Oct. 20. Hunting with her father, Dale and younger sister Whitney, she drilled a massive 9-point drop-tine buck after only 10 minutes in the stand. […]
Three years ago, Kevin Ackim of Lexington, S.C., missed a big buck on his Lexington County hunting property. Ever since, he has kept tabs on that missed deer through dozens of trail-camera pictures, all snapped under the protection of dark skies. […]
Earlier this fall, Joe Wilson was afraid he’d lost an “old friend” — a whitetail buck he’d been watching for several years, in person and in trail-camera photos. […]
For Will Berry of Batesburg, S.C., the three rifle cartridges loaded in his Remington 7mm magnum almost weren’t enough to take down his biggest buck ever. Berry cycled three shots into the chamber and only got performance from the last one in his rifle. […]
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