Deer Hunting
Habitat-improvement projects
Gary Barrett has initiated a number of habitat-improvement projects at Oakhaven that North Carolina deer managers can implement on properties they own, lease, or hunt on if the landowners agree: […]
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Tactics for urban deer hunting
If you are a bowhunter, you may have an undiscovered bonanza closer to home than you think. You need to take an analytical look at the small, urban woodlots that you have passed by on the way to your “out-of-town” hunting spots. […]
Deer Hunting
Circumstances favor increased urban huntings
It’s no mystery why the number of urban and suburban deer hunters are increasing. While deer are a favored species, when numbers soar due to lack of predators, the results are undesirable. […]
Deer Hunting
Upstate urban hunts
Opportunities often go unnoticed or may be forgotten. We are creatures of habit. We find a location to hunt and get locked into it and don’t make the effort to try new locations. […]
Deer Hunting
State chapter of QDMA criticizes Commission’s penned-deer proposals
The North Carolina chapter of Quality Deer Management Association recently raised concerns about the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission proposed regulation changes that would relax restrictions on importing pen-raised deer into North Carolina and may open the door for Chronic Wasting Disease to enter the state. […]
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Caswell County produces huge muzzleloader buck for Orange County man
The big buck first showed up on one of Johnathan McVey’s trail camera on Aug. 8 at 10 p.m., and he knew immediately that all of his deer-hunting efforts this season would be focused on that animal. […]
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Hunter ‘re-racks’ a little/big Beaufort County trophy
Bryan Hughes of Hilton Head still doesn’t know what happened the first time he pulled the trigger on Oct. 11. Sitting in a ground blind, looking down a 125-yard shooting lane in the middle of an 80-acre cutover in southern Beaufort County, he squeezed off a shot at a buck he described as looking “like he had a big fan on his head waving around.” […]
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It’s a girl thing: 4 Sumter classmates all take deer
Four girls between the ages of 9 and 11 are the envy of every boy – and many other girls – at Sumter’s Wilson Hall School. […]
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Double Play
Whitetail deer are elusive animals with highly developed survival skills. It is a great achievement when a hunter takes a deer in a fair-chase hunting situation. […]
Deer Hunting
CWD in Pennsylvania deer forces NCWRC to change regulations
A whitetail deer born and raised in captivity in Pennsylvania has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), prompting the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission to implement restrictions regarding importing deer heads from Pennsylvania. […]