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August 27, 2026

Randy Lambert uses a Golden Estrus Trophy Leaf as a cover scent, not as a deer lure as it was designed.

It makes scents to him

Dan Kibler

Randy Lambert doesn’t consider using lures or scents as a big part of his deer-hunting program, with one exception. […]

Willie McCutcheon is a big believer in grunting and bleating to get bucks within gun or bow range.

Get vocal with big bucks – it might get them in range

Terry Madewell

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. […]

Lush, green food plots really become deer magnets when early-season foods disappear and mast is consumed.

Keep deer stores stocked

Jeff Burleson

For deer hunters rooted in the Carolinas, November is a demanding and sometimes challenging month in the deer woods. […]

Steve Crenshaw of Anderson didn't miss when this big buck gave him a second chance on Halloween night.

Anderson man makes most of second chance at huge buck

Phillip Gentry

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. […]

T.J. Jordan of Marion killed this 12-point, 190-pound buck on a tiny tract of land surrounded by the Woodbury WMA.

Woodbury WMA produces great buck — but on private land

Jeff Burleson

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. […]

Piedmont deer hunters are learning that changes in bear-hunting regulations have changed what they can use as bait for whitetails; throw out the molasses and salt!

Piedmont deer hunters now having to sort through the bait pile

Tony Robinson

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. […]

Dan Wynne took this Bamberg County buck on Oct. 19, an unusual non-typical that had three main beams and a drop tine growing from the base of its right antler.

Big non-typical buck taken by Bamberg County hunter; it has four beams

Brian Carroll

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. […]