Making a last minute decision put Burlington native, Steven Fazzino, on the map with a huge 155-inch Person County giant on Nov. 14. But, this wasn’t the first time Fazzino had looked at this massive mainframe 10. […]
Although crossbows have been around for thousands of years, until recently, their use for deer hunting has been legally limited or restricted in most of the country. […]
On Nov. 12, Clif Holloman of Pine Level, N.C. killed the biggest buck of his life, a mainframe 8-pointer with one scorable sticker that has been green-scored at 120 inches. A little over two weeks later, he killed a bigger one, an 11-point buck that scored 135 6/8 inches. […]
Melinda and Bryan Rooks, who own a wildlife management company in Culloden, Ga., found something they weren’t expecting to see when checking on a hog trap recently. Alive and well, but obviously wanting free, was a 13-point buck. […]
In November of 2015, Marcus Church of Seneca, S.C. spotted a deer on his trail camera that caught his eye. The 9-point buck sported a messed up tine that led Church to nickname it Crabby Nine, and it made the deer easy to keep track of. […]
By December, most of South Carolina’s deer are primarily in a post-rut pattern, and biologist Charles Ruth said the change in deer activity from the peak of the rut to post-rut can be characterized as a simple job change. […]
Late-season deer hunting in terms of rut and post-rut activity is literally all over the map in North Carolina, because peak breeding dates vary greatly, according to biologist John Shaw. […]
Corn is the most-widely used bait for deer in North Carolina but in some areas of the state, the golden kernals may not be No. 1. […]
By December, popular deer stands and other heavily hunted areas have been abused to the point where the deer only use them nocturnally, which doesn’t help hunters fill a late-season tag. […]
Morgan Ellington from Reidsville is no stranger to killing big bucks. Last year, she killed a 143-inch buck that took honors at the 2016 Dixie Deer Classic as the largest muzzleloader buck killed by a youth hunter in North Carolina. She struck again this week with another 140-inch class buck with 10 massive points. […]
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