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. […]
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Deer Hunting
Talk to me!
Deer and other wild animals communicate through scent, body language and, of course, vocalization. […]
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SCDNR’s online viewer
South Carolina is covered with public-hunting opportunities, and most are part of S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ WMA program. […]
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North of the boarder bucks
Dustin Reamey of Chase City, Va., used a muzzleloader rifle to down one of Virginia’s greatest whitetailed bucks in November 2011 just across the North Carolina state line in Mecklenburg County. […]
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Stokes is hotbed for trophy bucks
If a hunter wants a chance at a trophy whitetail, he couldn’t do much better than spend time in Stokes County. […]
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When opportunity knocks, be ready
Gary Barrett has three bucks on his office wall: the 2006 and 2007 trophies, and a third one that comes with a different story. […]
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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
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. […]
Deer of the Year
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. […]