Deer of the Year
Oxford hunter drops huge Granville County buck
Chase Watson of Oxford, N.C. is glad he’s a patient deer hunter. For two years, he had a big buck in trail-camera photos on a farm in Granville County and had let him walk. […]
Hunting
Deer of the Year
Big 10-point goes down in Anson County, N.C.
Phillip McBryde of Matthews, N.C. celebrated Veterans Day with a hunting trip with his uncle in Anson County on the morning of Nov. 11. And he killed the biggest buck of his life when a 10-pointer with a wild-looking rack showed up and offered him a shot after following a doe in a loop that took it four times around McBryde. […]
Deer of the Year
Carthage, N.C. huntress kills big 9-point buck in Moore County
When Karley Davidson of Carthage, N.C. was 16-years-old, she killed a big 10-point buck in Randolph County that landed her in the pages of Carolina Sportsman Magazine. Then she went on a four-year drought without killing another deer at all. But she ended the drought on Nov. 13 with an even bigger buck — this time from Moore County. […]
Deer of the Year
Rockingham County hunter takes down 142-inch, 12-point trophy
Matt Isley of Rockingham County killed the biggest deer of his life on Nov. 8 when the 12-point buck he’d been observing on trail cameras showed up about 8:30 a.m. The deer has been green-scored at over 142 inches. […]
Deer of the Year
Winston-Salem hunter downs big Forsyth County trophy
Travis Manuel won an award at the Dixie Deer Classic in 2010 for a 147 6/8-inch buck. Unfortunately, it was under the non-hunting category for a beast that he actually did shoot, but wasn’t able to find until running across it 6 months later. And he’ll likely attend the 2019 Dixie Deer Classic with a 147-inch (green-score) buck he killed on Nov. 16 while hunting with his muzzleloader in Forsyth County. […]
Deer of the Year
Mecklenburg County bowhunter sticks potential Pope and Young buck
Jonathan Chermak has killed some quality deer over the past few years on his farm in Mecklenburg County, N.C., but he killed his biggest one yet while bowhunting on Nov. 17. It was a stud in every way. The 9-point, 5 1/2-year-old buck weighed 226 pounds, and has been green-scored at 143 7/8 inches. […]
Deer of the Year
Teen hunter kills 160-inch beast in Moore County
For all of Chase Fraley’s teenage years, the 15-year-old has yearned for a one-on-one with a special Moore County buck. And on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 17 at 4 p.m., the deer of his dreams showed up 65 yards away from his stand chasing a doe. […]
Columns
Crossbow scopes 101: Sight them in correctly with these tips
Due to increasingly more liberal regulations and an aging population with accompanying physical limitations, crossbow use has increased dramatically almost nationwide. […]
Featured
500-yard shot downs 600+ pound bear in Pamlico County, N.C.
Jeff Murphy of Madison, N.C. isn’t new to bear hunting — he’s killed nine bears in the past 15 or so years — but the one he killed on Nov. 13 was one unlike any he’s ever seen. Even from 500 yards away, which is the distance the bear was when Murphy shot it, he could tell it was abnormally large. […]
Deer of the Year
10-point monster goes down to Granville County muzzleloader
After losing his hunting lease earlier this year, Alec Kearns of southern Granville County never would have believed that he would take home a 145-inch monster 10-point buck on a new property just eight months later, but that’s exactly what he did on Oct. 28. […]