Deer Hunting Archives - Page 215 of 247

May 3, 2026

Buck fights get pretty violent and more common as the peak of the rut approaches across South Carolina. It’s the best chance to take a trophy.

Caution! Rut ahead!

It’s the time of the season when deer hunters in South Carolina have their best chance of taking the trophy buck they know lurks in their woods. […]

This is one of the options for the third round of voting inthe SouthCarolinaSportsman.com Trail Cam Contest.

Third round of voting begins in Trail Cam Contest

Andy Crawford

The second round of voting has begun in the 2011 Trail Cam Contest in which SouthCarolinaSportsman.com users name the monthly winner. […]

Roanoke Rapids' Douglas Brown killed this fine 8-point in a small Halifax County plot of land after finding signs of activity earlier in the year.

Big buck is big surprise for Halifax County hunter

Dan Kibler

There’s a little piece of woods in Halifax County that is special to Douglas Brown of Roanoke Rapids. […]

Michael Lisenby killed this wild buck Oct. 22 in Chesterfield County.

Freak buck killed in Chesterfield County

Dan Kibler

Michael Lisenby can rest easy knowing that, while there may be some whitetail bucks killed this year in South Carolina that are bigger than the one he killed in his home county of Chesterfield last Saturday (Oct 22), there will be none that will be able to match it. […]

Swansboro fishing guide Mike Taylor killed this 152-inch buck when he took some time off to hunt with client Drew Getman, who killed a big 10-point on opening day of bow season.

Alamance County property produces second monster buck

Dan Kibler

Hunting buddies Drew Getman of Raleigh and Mike Taylor of Swansboro had two huge bucks on trail cameras on a piece of property they were hunting in Alamance County. […]

Corey Merritt Jr. killed this 141-inch Berkeley County deer Oct. 21, after being talked into going hunting by his parents.

Moncks Corner hunter downs 141-inch Berkely County buck

Jeff Burleson

Chores around the house almost kept Corey Merritt Jr. out of the woods on Friday (Oct. 21) afternoon, but a little encouragement from his parents resulted in the off-duty volunteer fireman killing a huge buck. […]

Conway's Helen Chavis killed her first South Carolina record-book buck Oct. 17 in Horry County.

Woman kills big Horry County buck

Jeff Burleson

Staying alert paid off for Helen Chavis of Conway on Oct. 17 when a 10-point, 202-pound buck made a brief appearance in a shooting lane in front of her deer stand. […]

William Gainey III wanted to kill this monster 8-point with his father, but cancer treatment kept the elder Gainey at home the day the deer stepped out.

Chesterfield hunter kills huge 8-point buck discovered on trail camera

Brian Carroll

You’ll probably never catch William Gainey III of Chesterfield without a trail camera, not after one led him to an enormous 8-point trophy buck in early October. […]

White-tailed deer held in captivity are at the center of a controversy involving the N.C. Wildlife Commission.

Penned-deer killing results in court date; NCWRC says no CWD found in euthanized animals

Craig Holt

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission released information Oct. 19 that none of the nine deer killed during a raid on a Randolph County deer-pen farm showed signs of chronic wasting disease. […]

Deer hunting in the Central Section of North Carolina opens on Nov. 12.

Correction: Central deer season opens Nov. 12

North Carolina Sportsman

On page 132 in the October issue of North Carolina Sportsman, incorrect dates for opening day of muzzleloader and gun seasons in the Central Deer section are listed. […]