Rusty Owens of Stantonsburg succeeded in a season-long pursuit of what he calls the “Unicorn Buck” in the last few minutes of the 2012 deer hunting season. […]
Michael Rogers typically is settled into his deer stand well before daybreak, so he wasn’t feeling too optimistic about his chances for success on Dec. 5 when he had to drop his granddaughter off at school before hitting the woods. […]
A Montgomery County buck had given a family of hunters the slip for three years until Dec. 15, when Robbie Bennett finally downed the deer they called “Big Nasty.” […]
The third week of November is typically the peak of the whitetail deer rut in North Carolina’s Piedmont area, and the results hunters had this year aren’t proving otherwise. […]
Once bucks are in the height of pursuing does, their instincts for survival are somewhat diminished. […]
Once bucks are in the height of pursuing does, their instincts for survival are somewhat diminished. Their eyes, ears and noses are focused on estrus does, and although they can still respond to threats, most of the time it takes them a few seconds longer to put two and two together. This stupor of hesitation on a rutting buck’s part offers a grand opportunity to bring him down.
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It’s all downhill from here for SouthCarolinaSportsman.com user “mrfriedm”. […]
NorthCarolinaSportsman.com user “G5 bowhunter” has won the November Bag-A-Buck contest presented by Leupold and Barnes Precision Machinery. […]
Chuck Porter of Sumter said that when the rut ends, it can occur rather abruptly, and unless you hunt frequently and know the signs, you’ll continue to hunt for rutting bucks too long. […]
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