Currents
Listen and learn from deer hunters
South Carolina Sportsman and its sister publication in North Carolina have been running annual Bag-A-Buck contests almost since the moment the magazines were first published. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer of the Year
Deer of the Year 2014
Deer season opened back on Sept. 13 of last year, and almost instantly, big bucks started to fall. Within a week, a handful of enormous bucks had been tagged by archers across North Carolina, and the fun didn’t stop there. […]
Deer of the Year
2014 Deer of the Year
The 2014-15 deer season was an interesting one for Palmetto State hunters. In the Upstate, baiting is still a relative novelty, and with a huge acorn crop this past fall, it’s likely that big bucks didn’t have to travel too far to find something to eat. […]
Deer of the Year
New home, new land, new big buck
Karley Davidson may be 16, but she approaches hunting like a 40-year veteran. […]
Deer of the Year
Father’s fingerprints “all over” big Orange County buck
Kenny Snyder of Efland and his wife, Rhonda, have enjoyed a run of successful deer hunts for trophy bucks in recent years. […]
Deer of the Year
Raleigh teen archer had the right stuff
Sometimes it’s an easy read when encountering people, even younger ones, who have the right stuff. […]
Deer of the Year
Gates County beagles come through
Timothy Williams’ pack of beagles earned their dog food for an entire year on Nov. 29, when a chase that lasted more than four hours ended with Williams putting a great 12-point buck on the ground. […]
Deer of the Year
Passing on little bucks results in Randolph County trophy
Scott Niemitalo grew up in eastern Oregon where he hunted mule deer and elk with a bow and arrow. But tagging a large Randolph County whitetail buck provided one of his most satisfying experiences. […]
Deer of the Year
The hunting gods frowned, then smiled on hunter
Will Fussy skipped school on Nov. 25 because he had only one class, and the hunting gods punished him. […]
Deer of the Year
New Newberry No. 3
Newberry County may not be the county with the most record-book bucks reported, but it has produced 167, which ranks 11th among all of South Carolina’s counties. […]