On Nov. 15, Taylor Baumgarner of Easley killed a 140-inch, 8-point buck in Pickens County that he’d been pursuing for some time after first catching photos of the deer on trail cameras over two years ago. […]
Ten-year-old Jacob Pearce of Currie killed his first buck, an 8 pointer, on Nov. 5, and his dad said while it was a nice buck, especially for a first, it was nothing compared to the buck he killed just five days later. […]
For Jeremy Hardison of Bear Grass, the only bad day of hunting is a day he didn’t go. […]
Twelve-year-old Justin Hodges of McCormick County blasted a whopper 19-point buck that is threatening the 176-inch Pickens County buck taken by William C. Wyatt as the all-time top buck scored in the Palmetto State. Hodges’ deer has been green-scored at 178 inches. […]
Last Saturday morning’s hunt for TC Lloyd of Hartsville was over in a flash as his rifle muzzle lit up the woods well before the sun crept over the horizon, and before many folks were out of bed, Lloyd had his hands on a 143-inch, 14-point Darlington County buck at 6:15 a.m. […]
It’s an age-old, chicken-and-egg question with an answer that seems important because it’s generally accepted by old-time hunters. But likely it’s meaningless. […]
Unlike deer hunters in Canada or south Texas, hunters in the Carolinas have to prepare for both ends of the weather spectrum. It is not uncommon to get 80-degree highs for a few days and snow flurries a few days later. […]
The Carolinas, despite their rural setting, are far from what most people would call a wilderness. The overwhelming majority of the states’ deer population is accustomed to automobile horns, sirens, dogs barking and other symptoms of human occupancy. […]
Using scents throughout the rutting period is mainstream to what most deer hunters accept as scent luring the animals into range. To whitetail deer, odors are a language until themselves that tell a very pungent story. […]
Anyone who has ventured into the woods with gun or bow in hand has considered a strategy of hunting deer based around feeding preferences: natural, planted or dumped out on the ground. But have you ever considered a hunting strategy based on the scent of food? […]
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