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October 26, 2026

A great wood duck hunt may last only 30 minutes before limits are filled.

Ammo for wood ducks: the long and short of It

Veteran duck hunters Bobby Mead, Luke Mathis and Mike Jolly all shoot 12-gauge shotguns when targeting wood ducks, but the similarities end there. […]

Keep trail cams out as the rut nears; they carry info that’s both new and important as deer change

Jeff Burleson

Trail cameras are about as important to today’s hunter as his or her weapon of choice or tree stand, and they’re not the same as they were 10 or even five years ago. […]

Occoneechee Hunting Lodge

Jerry Dilsaver

Occoneechee Hunting Lodge is near Jackson, N.C., in Northampton County, N.C., just a few miles east of I-95, which makes it very accessible by road. The property also has a grass airstrip near the lodge. […]

Cherokee Run Hunting Lodge

Jerry Dilsaver

Cherokee Run Hunting Lodge is in Chesterfield County, S.C., near the town of Chesterfield, in a triangle bounded by I-95, I-77 and I-85. The lodge encompasses almost 3,500 acres on 15 different properties across the county. […]

Travis Smith was hunting near some crab apple trees from a ground blind when this Guilford County buck showed up.

Bethany, NC hunter kills 146-inch, 8-point buck

Jeff Burleson

Travis Smith of Bethany, N.C. was pleasantly surprised on the afternoon of Nov. 9 from his ground blind when the biggest deer of his life showed up unexpectedly less than 50 yards from his feet. […]

Kenny Snyder regretted a risky move he made while hunting, but it turned out he made the right choice, which resulted in him bagging this Orange County, N.C. trophy buck.

Risky move helps Efland hunter bag 10-point trophy buck

Craig Holt

Kenny Snyder of Efland, N.C. had to make a decision Nov. 6, and regretted it almost immediately. […]

Austin Hanks of Reidsville arrowed this Rockingham County trophy during the final day of central muzzle-loader deer season.

NC bowhunter kills big Rockingham County buck

Craig Holt

Austin Hanks of Reidsville, N.C. is heavily dialed into archery hunting. […]

Chuck Hiatt of Mt. Airy found a water source during a dry spell. It paid off for him with this trophy buck.

Mt. Airy hunter takes water-hole trophy in Surry County

Craig Holt

Chuck Hiatt of Mt. Airy, a native son who has taught construction at North Surry High School for 20 years, arrowed an impressive 10-point buck on Sept. 18. […]

Brandon Campbell almost missed out on this trophy Rockingham County buck, but thanks to his hunting partner, he finally saw it in time to take a good shot on it.

Winston-Salem hunter smokes trophy Rockingham County brute

Jeff Burleson

Brandon Campbell from Winston-Salem, N.C. almost missed the boat on a massive 8-pointer feeding in a soybean field late Friday afternoon, Nov. 3. Thankfully, Campbell’s brother-in-law, Michael Brown could see him from a neighboring tree stand and alerted Campbell of his location. […]