Deer Hunting
Make your breaks with mock scrapes
Creating “mock” scrapes during the rut is a deer-hunting tactic many hunters practice. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer Hunting
That .06 of a deer must have been difficult to kill
Here are some facts about North Carolina’s deer harvest in 2013-14 and from the 2012-13 Hunter Harvest surveys compiled by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]
Deer Hunting
Food for thought
According to Clemson-based biologist Richard Morton of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, food sources are the primary key in locating trophy deer almost any time of year, but particularly during the rut. […]
Deer Hunting
Timing the rut
A number of factors influence exactly when deer will go into rut across South Carolina, but for most areas, the 30 days from Oct. 15 and Nov. 15 are historically when does go into estrous and bucks breed them. […]
Deer Hunting
Get vocal with big bucks – it might get them in range
Hunters will do anything they can to get a big buck within bow or gun range, but there is one technique that is used to great advantage by some, but totally overlooked or misused by many: vocalization – talking to the deer. […]
Deer Hunting
Keep deer stores stocked
For deer hunters rooted in the Carolinas, November is a demanding and sometimes challenging month in the deer woods. […]
Deer of the Year
Anderson man makes most of second chance at huge buck
Halloween Night provided both tricks and treats for Steve Crenshaw of Anderson, who admits getting physically sick when he missed a big buck across a huge food plot, then got well when the buck gave him a second chance he didn’t blow. […]
Deer of the Year
Woodbury WMA produces great buck — but on private land
Ever since the 25,000-acre Woodbury WMA was first opened to public hunting in 2010, hunters from around the region have licked their chops over the chance of taking a trophy buck, long-bearded turkey or oversized hog. […]
Deer Hunting
Piedmont deer hunters now having to sort through the bait pile
This year, deer hunters in the Piedmont are finding themselves confused for the same reason that hunters along the coastal plain and in the mountains have been since 2007. […]
Deer of the Year
Big non-typical buck taken by Bamberg County hunter; it has four beams
Dan Wynne hunts in deer-rich Bamberg County, where big bucks abound, and he has been a member of a club that has dedicated itself to trophy whitetail management for 25 years. […]