Deer Hunting Archives - Page 185 of 247

May 5, 2026

Using a grunt call is an aggressive and often successful tactic after the peak of the rut passes.

Make the right call! With the peak of the rut finished, make the right call this month for South Carolina bucks.

For three years, I hunted this same buck with only fleeting sightings of him — usually in the opening week and during the rut. Not once did I ever have even a remote opportunity to draw my bow. […]

James Diesfeld's hunting season was one for the books.

Buck Dynasty? Four bucks, including three trophies, in 11 days is North Carolina hunter’s dream

Jerry Dilsaver

The 2012 deer season didn’t start well for James Diesfeld of Sanford, but when it finally got going, it quickly became one he will never forget. […]

As peak of North Carolina’s deer rut approaches, aggressive tactics sometimes produce wonderful results

Jeff Burleson

For two months, hunters armed with arrow-slinging devices, blackpowder cannons and assorted other modern weapons have searched forests, fields and riverbottoms in search of a trophy buck. […]

Bill Cannon waits for deer from his stand in the back of a parked grain trailer at the farm of Chandler Worley in Columbus County. Cannon killed four deer on one of the Farmers Manage Deer hunts on Worley's property near Fair Bluff.

Inaugural Farmers Manage Deer termed successful

Mike Marsh

It may seem odd to spot a hunter holding a rifle in the bed of a grain trailer parked behind a tractor in a soybean field. But that’s exactly where Bill Cannon’s guide had put him on one of the first Farmers Manage Deer hunts; the guide was the farm’s owner, Chandler Worley. […]

Eric League killed this huge Rockingham County buck the afternoon of Oct. 25. It may rank in the top five all-time among North Carolina bow kills.

Rockingham County spits out another huge archery buck

Craig Holt

You can’t blame Eric League if he’s looking forward to his father, Art League, going deer-hunting in Kansas next season and leaving him home again. […]

Bryson Longshore of Newberry killed this 20-inch, 8-point buck at 600 yards on an Oct. 12 hunt.

Teen’s 600-yard shot downs possible record-book buck

Pat Robertson

“Sometimes things are just meant to happen.” That’s how Eddie Wilson of Newberry described the Oct. 12 hunt when his 13-year-old nephew shot a potential record-book buck while sitting on his lap – at 600 yards! […]

The SCDNR is offering 10 students spots in a deer-hunting clinic to be held near Columbia on Nov. 11.

SCDNR has 10 spots available in students’ deer-hunting clinic

SCDNR News Release

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is offering students between 10 and 16 a great opportunity to attend a deer-hunting clinic on Nov. 11 at a hunt club in the Columbia area. […]

Steven Sullivan's huge Colleton County buck, taken Oct. 12, had a 21-inch inside spread.

Colleton County produces another whopper buck

Jeff Burleson

Every year, a short list of South Carolina counties produces a band of whopper bucks eligible for the state-record list, and on Oct. 12, Steven Sullivan of Summerville did his part to keep Colleton County in the upper ranks by taking a 10-point, 140-class giant. […]

Edith Dooley killed this great buck near Rimini on Oct. 18, hunting with her grandson, Tyler Pearson.

‘Grandma” has a new favorite: a 140-inch 10-point buck

Brian Carroll

What child wouldn’t want to be known as “Grandma’s favorite?” How ‘bout one with a white tail and a huge set of horns? […]

Bowhunter Chuck Mulkey of Anderson poses with “High Tower”, a buck he’s hunted for three years and shot on two separate occasions.

Anderson County hunter scores on second chance at trophy buck

Phillip Gentry

Those who don’t believe lightning never strikes twice have never met Chuck Mulkey. On Oct. 16, he arrowed a magnificent 5 ½-year-old buck with an impressive rack that measures almost 155 inches – the same buck he shot two years ago and never recovered. […]