For the second time in eight days, Rockingham County has spit out an apparent Boone & Crockett Club buck, this time a huge typical that may wind up among the four or five largest whitetails ever taken in North Carolina. […]
Four years ago, Koss LeGette of Galivant’s Ferry decided to take a break from deer hunting to pursue other interests. But on the weekend before Thanksgiving, he decided it was time to take a break from life and get back in his tree stand. […]
Deer hunters are funny. Many of them sit in their stands for months, peering through the woods hoping to see a trophy deer. […]
I sat motionless for hours, my breath lifting like steam in the bitterly cold morning air lofting as I waited for something to show. Frost covered everything, blanketing the area like a light dusting of snow. […]
A lot of North Carolina hunters store their deer rifles when December arrives, in part because many have filled their tags — especially during the November rut — and because big bucks seem to disappear in the final month of the year. […]
Suddenly, you find yourself in December with no productive deer hunts to remember. October optimism has become December despair, and you are anxious to put venison in the freezer and a positive end to your season. […]
North Carolina is home to over 18 million acres of forestland, and these wooded pavilions fuel the state’s top manufacturing industries. […]
After hunting nearly every morning and afternoon between work shifts, Bo Tucker of Inman finally got an opportunity on Nov. 23 to take one of the biggest bucks he’s ever seen, a massive, 20-inch main-frame 8-pointer he’d nicknamed “Hollywood” because the buck was on camera so much. […]
Over the past 10 years, Patrick Williams of Belews Creek has passed on hundreds of smaller bucks in hopes of killing one for the record books, and his persistence paid off on Nov. 22 with a dream buck that will almost certainly qualify for the Boone & Crockett Club’s all-time record book and rank among the top five non-typical bucks in state history. […]
Joey Mills was hunting over a creek bottom surrounded by hardwoods on Nov 20 when he killed what he thought was an 8-point buck he’d been watching on his trail cameras all season. Once he got to the buck though, he realized it was a different deer. […]
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