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Daniel Nations was experiencing a slow morning in an Upstate hunting stand until this buck turned things around.

Pickens County hunter bags trophy buck after ‘blah’ morning

The morning of Nov. 4 was unseasonably warm and nothing was stirring in the woods behind Daniel Nations’ grandparents’ home in Pickens County, S.C. Even the squirrels seemed to be sleeping in. […]

Wayne Louya almost gave up on his Randolph County hunting land until a farmer tipped him off that some big bucks, including this one, were still in the area.

Farmer’s tip leads to 153-inch Randolph County trophy for Carthage hunter

Jeff Burleson

Wayne Louya of Carthage, N.C. hits the woods during deer season every chance he gets from opening day until the season ends. […]

Multiple counts of night hunting are among the three dozen charges that three Person County men are facing after a sting by the NCWRC uncovered evidence.

Three N.C. residents collectively charged with 36 wildlife violations

Jeff Burleson

Three Roxboro, N.C. residents are facing serious charges for a laundry list of wildlife violations from night-hunting to killing and possessing wild game out of season. […]

This big buck surprised Julie Cook during a hunt in St. Matthews. The 14-point trophy had never been spotted on her trail cameras and was bigger than anything she'd ever seen while hunting.

Gaston huntress kills multiple drop-tine 14-point buck

Brian Cope

Julie Cook of Gaston, S.C. has never considered herself a trophy hunter. She’s never been opposed to the idea of it, but she’s just never been in a position to shoot a trophy where she hunts around St. Matthews. […]

Steve Rabon was surprised to see this big 11-point buck after such a long absence, but he was ready for it, and dropped the deer in its tracks on Nov. 20, 2017.

Surry County hunter takes big buck that had disappeared

Dan Kibler

Steve Rabon of Mocksville, N.C., had a huge whitetail buck on his trail cameras before deer season opened in his neck of the woods, Surry County, back in September, but he suddenly vanished. […]

Late-season food sources can wind up being a trap for a buck that’s survived until December.

Pour the food to ‘em

Jeff Burleson

Deer hunters in the Carolinas are blessed to have some of the longest seasons in the country. By Thanksgiving, the parade of bucks across the region has thinned significantly, with more than 80 percent of the annual harvest already filled. […]

Haylie Richard killed this 144-inch brute in Granville County on Nov. 25, 2017.

Youth huntress kills 147-inch brute in Granville County

Jeff Burleson

Fifteen-year-old Haylie Richard of Butner, North Carolina arrowed a 144-inch trophy 12-point buck in Granville County, N.C. on Nov. 25. Richard isn’t new to killing trophy bucks though. […]

Jim Muehlbach was glad to get a crossbow shot at this big bruiser the day before gun season opened in Chatham County. The 153-inch 12-pointer is his biggest deer ever.

Chatham County bowhunter arrows 153-inch, 12-point bruiser

Jeff Burleson

Jim Muehlbach’s son Jake killed a 130-inch bruiser on the opening day of archery season in central North Carolina, and on the day before gun season opened, it was the dad’s turn to take down an even larger, 153-inch archery buck that will become the highest scoring deer either of them have ever taken off their Chatham County property. […]

Cover: December 2017

Carolina Sportsman

Cody Fields of Antreville, S.C., took this 16-point, 160-inch non-typical buck in Abbeville County on Oct. 13. […]

Stand, clink or bark? There are plenty of ways to kill Carolina squirrels.

Three techniques to bag bushytails

Pete Rogers

Like many of my generation I cut my teeth in the outdoors hunting squirrels along creeks and pastures. I will always remember my first successful hunt, sitting under a large cedar tree near an old abandoned farm house, motionless, imagining the family that used to call this place home, daydreaming of children playing under the tree, of chickens scratching for food and fields of cotton, corn and vegetables where giant trees now stand. […]