Deer Hunting Archives - Page 156 of 247

June 27, 2026

Despite their ease of operation and availability, only 40 percent of hunters use safety harnesses when hunting from elevated stands.

Wear a harness!

Even with the market flooded with easy-to-wear safety harnesses and many models from which to choose, only 40 percent of hunters wear one when hunting from an elevated stand. […]

Gunsmith Mark Sloan examines a powder measure, a tool that has largely been replaced by cylindrical powder pellets.

Modern tools of an old trade

Phillip Gentry

Black-powder hunters used to be burdened with carrying all types of gear into the field for the inevitable misfire and cleaning. […]

Roger Metz and his daughter, Jordan, got revenge on this Chester County buck with a flintlock muzzleloader in 2005 after it rammed his brother, Paul.

Among his many talents, Roger Metz is a great storyteller. He tells this story of a black-powder 2005 deer hunt in Chester County. It has a happy ending for everyone except the deer — and Metz’s brother, Paul. […]

A well-blown grunt or bleat call is often enough to tweak a buck’s curiosity and lure him into range.

Hey deer, come over here

Jeff Burleson

If more deer knew the old English proverb, “Curiosity killed the cat”, a few more might survive each hunting season. […]

Have plenty of backups for wind

Jeff Burleson

If deer couldn’t smell, they would have been hunted to extinction thousands of years ago. They rely on a keen sense of smell to find food, communicate with other deer and avoid dangerous situations. […]

High water moved the SCDNR to place a temporary ban on deer hunting in some areas of the state. One reopens tonight, but three other areas remain closed.

Deer hunting ban in one area expires tonight, three other areas get extensions

Brian Cope

The Edisto River Drainage area that was a part of the SCDNR’s temporary closure on deer hunting will reopen tonight, but some other areas remained closed for a short while longers. […]

The SCDNR extended the temporary deer hunting ban in four areas through Wed, Oct 14.

Temporary deer hunting ban extended in 4 areas

Brian Cope

The SCDNR has extended the temporary hunting closure on four of the five areas involved in the original suspension. […]

Keith Hiers took these two bucks in velvet with a shotgun on a hot day in Round O.

Round O hunter wins Sept Bag-A-Buck contest

Dan Kibler

Keith Hiers of Round O wasn’t expecting a lot when he headed into the woods the afternoon of Aug. 15, opening day of gun season in the Lowcountry. […]

Many hunters in the Pee Dee and Grand Strand areas have no place to hunt during the temporary halt to deer season, but Field and Fin Adventures is not affected by the closure.

Loris plantation not included in hunting suspension zone

Brian Cope

Grand Strand and Pee Dee-area hunters are finding that many of their usual hunting grounds are temporarily closed to deer hunting thanks to the recent flooding. […]

The areas in red are off limits to deer hunting through Sunday, Oct 11 at midnight.

SCDNR maps clarify areas closed to deer hunting

Brian Cope

The SCDNR temporarily closed deer hunting season in several parts of the state last night at midnight. […]