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Deer are so skittish late in the season from months of hunting pressure, setting up at much longer distances from areas they’re using can provide many more opportunities than trying to crowd them.

Take the long (range) road

There’s a lot of ways to kill a deer in South Carolina, from up close and personal with a bow to in front of dogs that scatter deer from almost impenetrable cover. […]

Quality optics — scope, rangefinder and binoculars — are essential to long-range set-ups.

Mike Cox of Awendaw has the mind-set of a long-range hunter when carrying a deer rifle. While he also loves the close quarters of bowhunting, he goes to great effort to set up his gun stands so he is from 180 to 250 yards from where a deer is likely to be first seen. […]

A ‘story card’ kept in a stand or blind can eliminate guesswork when it comes to estimating range and ballistics when a deer appears.

Don’t dodge the bullet

Terry Madewell

Mike Cox of Awendaw said another key ingredient in the long-range pursuit of a whitetail is the rifle and the specific bullet used. […]

Green food plots are late-season deer magnets, especially when located in areas of otherwise thick cover.

Food plots, thick cover a terrific combo for late-season bucks

Terry Madewell

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. […]

Hunting with a slug-loaded shotgun from a Martin County ground blind, Brian Thomas downed this 156 1/8-inch white-tail buck on Veterans Day.

Martin County produces huge non-typical for Hamilton hunter

Craig Holt

Brian Thomas of Hamilton rarely hunts deer during the morning because of his maintenance job with the Martin County school system. But Nov. 12 was a holiday, so he hit the woods early. […]

Mindy Huffines killed this 12-point Rockingham County buck she had nicknamed “Heartbreaker” because of a miss during archery season three years ago.

‘Heartbreaker’ no more — Reidsville woman kills trophy buck

Craig Holt

Mindy Huffines of Reidsville muffed a 10-yard shot at large-racked whitetail deer back in 2009 while bowhunting. Shaken to the core by the incident, she nicknamed the deer “Heartbreaker.” […]

Nathan Isner's 23-point Guilford County buck could approach the 180-inch mark as a non-typical. He killed it in a grown-up field out of the loft in a barn.

Guilford County hunter scores on huge non-typical

Dan Kibler

Nathan Isner of Julian started getting regular trail-cam photos of a huge, non-typical buck on some land in southern Guilford County late in the summer. He admitted later, he was a bit shocked. […]

This 153-inch Florence County 10-pointer "attacked" Ebbie Hodges' 4-wheeler next to his tree stand on Nov. 10. The buck did not survive the "attack" -- thanks to some quick shooting by Hodges.

Florence County buck doesn’t survive ‘attack’ on hunter’s 4-wheeler

Jeff Burleson

Ebbie Hodges, the owner of Quack Em Back Game Calls in Effingham, got caught off guard in a big way on Nov. 10 when a monster 10-point buck with a 24 3/4-inch spread crashed into his parked 4- wheeler only 15 feet from his tree stand in Florence County. […]

Follow a few basic instructions and scoring your own buck's rack will be a snap.

Learn to score your own whitetail buck

Bill Howard

The Boone and Crockett scoring system for whitetail deer is the most commonly used and recognized scoring system. The system is also used by the Pope and Young Club (archery), as well as most state organizations in determining records.

A typical whitetail deer is not difficult to score yourself with a little guidance. In this video, Bill Howard, an official Pope and Young measurer, shares how to green score your own trophies.
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