Deer of the Year
10-point buck wins Dec. Bag-A-Buck contest for Winnsboro hunter
Rob Taylor admitted that he was out to kill a doe one afternoon about two months ago when he climbed into a stand near Winnsboro in York County. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer of the Year
Pelzer hunter shoots 8-point buck which stands firm, then charges him
Deer season is over, but late reports of deer hunts that took place in 2015 are still trickling in. One of the strangest involves a Greenville County 8-point buck that didn’t seem to realize it was even shot. […]
Deer of the Year
Sunshine female hunter kills 120-class buck toward end of deer hunting season
On Dec. 18, Cory Hill of Sunshine checked the weather and noticed conditions would be right for deer hunting. It looked like what might be the last cold front before the end of deer season, and he’d been wanting to help his girlfriend, Ashley King kill one of a handful of decent 8-point bucks they’d been watching on trail-cameras all season. […]
Deer Hunting
4 charged in deer slaughter in Edgecombe County
Officers with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission are investigating a case that have left them in disbelief. At a home in Pinetops, officers found 26 dead deer. […]
Deer Hunting
Guilford County hunter kills 142-inch buck with muzzleloader
Jake Shields of Guilford County was getting ready for bow season in early October when he realized his crossbow string was broken. It got worse when he realized it also had a broken cam. […]
Deer Hunting
Pelzer hunter kills 146 1/4-inch trophy buck on New Year’s Day
On Jan. 1, the final day of deer season, Jeffrey Cape of Pelzer finally got to meet his nemesis face to face, but not quite the way he had hoped to. Cape was nearly three-quarters of the way up the tree to his stand when he heard a commotion 10 yards away. […]
Deer Hunting
Wilkes County hunter kills 151-inch buck
Terry Henderson knew he had a good spot to hunt when he got permission to use his pastor’s property in Wilkes County just 1/4-mile from the Blue Ridge Parkway a number of years ago. […]
Deer Hunting
Yadkin County hunter kills 130-class buck, son kills 120-class 5 days later
Barry Bryant of Yadkin County grew up hunting quail and never was interested enough in deer hunting to set foot in a deer stand until about five years ago after he’d turned 50-years-old. […]
Deer Hunting
Guilford County hunter pegs 141-inch piebald buck
Big bucks are becoming more common every year for Tarheel hunters. Still, few true trophies arrive at the taxidermist painted white. […]
Deer Hunting
Person County hunter kills trophy 158 5/8-inch, chocolate-racked buck
Killing a big buck is every deer hunter’s dream, but when you kill a trophy buck that has some kind of cool feature to it, that’s a bonus. […]