Deer Hunting
Don’t fall into a rut
Deer hunters, including those in the Carolinas, understand that the peak of the mating season, aka rut, rut can be an important factor in putting venison on the table or impressive antlers on the wall. […]
Hunting
Ducks
Big Lake’s T-Rex duck calls
It wasn’t a long stretch for the call designers at South Carolina-based Big Lake Outdoor Products, who earlier this year debuted a pair of T-Rex duck calls, one in acrylic and one in wood. […]
Deer of the Year
Rougemont teen strikes again, this time with 135-inch, 9-point trophy
If Chris Glosson, a 14-year-old ninth-grader at Granville Central High School in Stem, N.C., keeps this up, a lot of grown-up deer hunters will be wishing for a fountain of youth. […]
Deer of the Year
Oak Ridge hunter arrows massive Guilford County 9-point buck
On Sunday afternoon, Sept. 23, Tory Pegg of Oak Ridge, North Carolina ended the day in a big way, when a massive Guilford County 9-pointer with 11-inch tines and a 22 1/8-inch spread stepped broadside at 15 yards from his tree stand. […]
Deer Hunting
Youth crossbow hunter tags out 10 days into season
While most 6-year-olds stay pretty busy just being kids, Carter Lee Phillips of Pittsboro is adding a healthy dose of the outdoors to his youth. Fostered by a long lineage of hunters including his father, Jonathan Phillips, Carter was able to put an arrow through not one, but two respectable bucks a mere 10 days into this season — the largest being a Chatham County 10-point that taped out at 119 ⅜ inches on Sept. 18. […]
Columns
Bowhunters, sweat the small stuff all the time
September always turns my thoughts to deer and bow hunting. Archery season is already open in some places and about to open in many others. No matter where you hunt though, game time is imminent. […]
Deer Hunting
VIDEO: How to butcher a deer
The Bearded Butchers YouTube channel promotes itself as the place where you’ll find tips on how to kill it, chill it, cut it, season it, and grill it! […]
Deer Hunting
UPDATE: SCDNR expands deer hunting closure areas
Based on continued monitoring of the flooding situation and additional input from staff in the field the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) has expanded the temporary hunting closure zone (issued on 9/17/2018) to encompass more of the Pee Dee River drainage. […]
Featured
Early Canada goose season is best kept secret in Carolinas
The early Canada goose season opened this week in the Carolinas, but it’s probably the best kept secret in the outdoor world. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer hunting temporarily halted in portions of Pee Dee, Waccamaw areas
Due to the extreme high river level and widespread flooding following Hurricane Florence, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) has declared a temporary closure for hunting within the Pee Dee and Waccamaw River drainage systems on all game species except for alligator, doves, hogs and coyotes. […]