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HybridLight’s Mammoth
Talk about a flashlight that’s much, much more. That’s HybridLight’s Mammoth, a multi-light/charger that can take on just about any lighting task a sportsman can think of. […]
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Deer Hunting
Climb for the prize
If you were to survey any given piece of hunting property, there are areas that cry out to be hunted. A majority of the times, these areas are soon saddled with a permanent hunting stand, be it a ladder, box or other permanent fixture. A hunter may even take one or more deer from that stand the next season, or it may be one of those rare stands that produces every season. But the reason that site was chosen is because it looked good to the hunter, not because it was conducive to the deer. […]
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Time for the big duck migration
Even though waterfowl hunters got a brief chance to bag a few ducks over the past two months, the meat of the season doesn’t arrive until now. […]
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Cover: November 2018
Dylan Martin of Stoneville, N.C., killed a potential North Carolina state-record crossbow buck when he took this 171-inch Rockingham County buck on Sept. 8. […]
Deer of the Year
Another Rockingham County brute goes down
Clay Hall of Stoneville, N.C. has been hunting deer in Rockingham County since the 1980s, and he’s killed plenty of quality deer. But he killed his biggest, a 13-point, 150-class buck, this past Saturday, Oct. 27, when a buck he’s watched on trail cameras for years finally showed up during shooting hours and offered him a good shot with his Thompson Center Omega .50 caliber blackpowder rifle.
Deer of the Year
Two 14-point bucks go down to father-son duo
Father and son duo, Jerry and Carson Lee of Johnsonville, S.C., blasted two 150-inch bucks less than 12 hours apart in the wake of Hurricanes Florence and Michael. The Lees had been watching both 14-pointers for more than a year on their two hunting properties — one in Williamsburg County and the other in Florence County.
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Huntress kills humongous hog in Williamsburg County, SC
When Teresa Ard of Andrews, SC got in her deer stand on the evening of Oct. 27, the last thing she expected to see was a 540-pound hog, but as soon as she laid eyes on it, she didn’t hesitate to pull the trigger on her Ruger .270 after leveling her crosshairs on the big animal.
Deer of the Year
Reidsville, N.C., teen drops 11-point albino buck
After three years as acquaintances, Alec Robertson of Reidsville, N.C., finally got to meet an old friend.
Robertson, an 18-year-old student at Rockingham Community College, had three years worth of trail-camera photos of a glorious white buck on some family property in his home county. He saw him for the first time this past Saturday around 6:15 and killed the big buck moments later on opening day of blackpowder season in Rockingham County.
Deer of the Year
Lexington, SC hunter kills deer of his life on stormy day
Jason Lindler of Lexington, South Carolina has beaten the bushes looking for a trophy buck for over 30 years. And on Oct. 26, a day of relentless rain and wind, Lindler finally found one. He killed the biggest deer of his life — an eight-point, 140-class trophy that evening.
Deer of the Year
Lawsonville bowhunter arrows late-season velvet buck
When Codey Cromer of Lawsonville, NC saw a tall-racked, full velvet buck on his Stokes County hunting lease on the morning of Oct. 21, he knew it was a special deer. So he wasted no time drawing back on his Buckmaster BTR bow and firing straight through the buck’s vitals from 20 yards away.