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August 27, 2026

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has scheduled nine public forums across the state to discuss deer management.

Commission plans nine public forums next month to discuss deer hunting

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will hold nine public forums across the state in June to discuss deer management. […]

Decreases in the size of South Carolina's deer herd have a lot of hunters asking, "Where have our deer gone?"

Decrease in deer herd caused by three factors, SCDNR biologist says

Terry Madewell

Since 2002, the deer harvest in South Carolina has dropped dramatically, more than 36 percent, causing many hunters to ask why and what’s being done. […]

A lot of North Carolina deer hunters would like to have had a shot at these two does; the 2014-15 harvest was off 18 percent, or 44,000 deer.

Deer harvest is off 18 percent over 2013-14, NCWRC announces

Craig Holt

North Carolina hasn’t experienced back-to-back deer-hunting seasons like 2013-14 and 2014-15 since records have been kept by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]

The statewide deer harvest was down again in 2014, continuing a trend that's lasted more than a decade.

Statewide deer harvest off 9 percent in 2014, SCDNR reports

Terry Madewell

South Carolina’s deer harvest dropped by 9 percent during the 2014 season, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, continuing a long-term decline in the statewide harvest. […]

Two Republicans in the state senate have introduced a bill to give control of deer farms to the N.C. Department of Agriculture, taking it away from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Deer-farm supporters find two friends in state senate

Craig Holt

Two Republican state senators, Andrew Brock and Brent Jackson, have introduced a bill that would strip the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission of regulatory authority to manage penned-in deer and turn it over to the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. […]

A disease outbreak around the Raleigh-Durham area and a tremendousd acorn crop are probably the driving factors behind a lower-than-expected deer harvest in 2014.

Poor deer season last fall has multiple causes, biologist says

Craig Holt

Evin Stanford, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s supervising deer biologist, faced dozens of questions from hunters at the Feb. 26-March 1 Dixie Deer Classic in Raleigh, but at least the questions were all similar […]

Fisher Whitlock's huge non-typical buck, taken last November in Henry County, Va., was Best in Show at this past weekend's Dixie Deer Classic.

Virginia youth’s buck wins Dixie Deer Classic’s top honor

Craig Holt

For sportsmen who battled the elements to attend this past weekend’s Dixie Deer Classic, the trip was worth the effort, especially for those interested in the annual Big Buck Contest, which sent a 10-year-old Virginia boy home with its top prize. […]

A trained dog can make hunting shed antlers a great postseason treat.

Shed Happens – Extend your deer season! Spend some time hunting for shed antlers and you’ll be a leg up on bucks in the fall

Phillip Gentry

Deer hunters who didn’t get the chance to collect that trophy buck’s antlers while they were still attached to his head this past deer season still have a chance to get them now that deer season is over and he is done with them. […]

Last year’s budget bill gets a secret amendment to help deer farmers

Craig Holt

A legislative move that prevented scrutiny of a substitute amendment to the 2014 state budget bill has kept alive the potential for more cervid farming and relaxed rules for penned deer. […]

Supports of deer-farming in North Carolina got a shock earlier this month when a leading spokesman for the movement was arrested on charges of obtaining property under false pretenses.

Vocal supporter of deer-farming has been arrested

Craig Holt

A man arrested in Wake County earlier this month for obtaining property by false pretenses in Stanly County is a long-time supporter of the North Carolina Deer Farmers Association’s legislative attempts to relax import-export rules for captive cervids and allow more cervid farms in the state. […]