Statistics show that the deer density is lower in Game Zone 1, but the deer are larger, with 2 1/2-year old bucks sporting 7.3 points compared to the statewide average of 6.3 points for deer of the same age. […]
Until the last few years, hunters who used lock-on style stands were limited to hanging one stand in one location, and that stand was likely affixed for the season. […]
John Tuttleof Reidsville lives in a deer-rich area of North Carolina and is involved intimately with deer and deer hunting, but he rarely gets to hunt, and then only with a bow. […]
After purchasing broadcast feeders and stocking up on shelled corn in anticipation of the opening of deer season in the Upstate, many hunters are reporting a less-than-enthusiastic reaction from the local deer population, mostly because there’s more natural food on the ground around oak trees. […]
A Kershaw County hunter is the winner of South Carolina Sportsman’s first monthly Bag-A-Buck contest for his entry of a huge non-typical in full velvet killed on Sept. 28. […]
The second time was the charm for Jake Muehlbach. Early in bow season, Muehlbach, from Pittsboro, had a big 8-point buck wander in close to his stand in Chatham County, but the buck was skittish and left without giving him a shot. […]
A late-September goose hunt kept Cory Christensen from killing a huge buck near his home in Bonneau – for a day, that is. […]
Modern North Carolina hunters face different situations when it comes to preparing for and participating in pre-rut deer hunting. […]
Alan Brackett never dreamed he’d be hunting whitetail deer from a wheelchair this season, but he joined 55 other physically-challenged hunters Sept. 27-28 for guided hunts in Chatham County and took a 9-point buck that was the weekend’s biggest. […]
Legislative changes in deer-hunting regulations over the past two seasons have breached the great divide between hunters in the Upstate and those in the Midlands and Lowcountry. […]
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