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Cover: November 2017
Stephanie Ford of Raleigh, N.C., welcomed in archery season by killing this Wake County trophy with a crossbow on her second trip into the woods. […]
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Understand a deer’s body language and tag more bucks
From using the latest technology in optics, attractants and calls to different hunting strategies in the woods, deer hunters are always looking for something that helps them gain an advantage over their quarry. […]
Deer of the Year
N.C. bowhunter kills possible new state record archery non-typical buck
Two years ago, Patrick Williams of Belews Creek, N.C., tagged a giant, 195-inch non-typical whitetail buck on one of the Rockingham County farms he hunts, a buck that made the Boone and Crockett Club all-time record book. […]
Deer of the Year
Inman hunter shoots 14-point buck with one-of-a-kind rack
Derek James didn’t know what he was looking at on Tuesday morning when a buck strolled up before dawn broke — even though he’d seen him before in trail-cam photos. […]
Deer of the Year
Hunter with broken back and legs kills monster 6-point buck
Aaron Summitt of Chester is not only an accomplished bowhunter with several whitetail racks easily eligible for the South Carolina Deer Records List, he is now an outspoken advocate for using a safety harness in a tree stand. With good reason. […]
Deer of the Year
Caswell County Game Land produces whopper 11-point buck
For Lathan Peterson of Taylorsville, N.C., his annual trip to the Caswell County Game Lands for opening day of muzzleloader season proved to be a successful hunt when a brute 11 pointer stepped out of the brush. […]
Deer of the Year
South Carolina hunter kills old, trophy buck on 9-acre tract
Mack Martin hunts a small piece of property in Laurens, S.C., but he knew the tract held a big deer when he got several trail camera photos of the trophy during the 2016 season. […]
Deer of the Year
Cold snap produces monster 10-point buck for Spartanburg County hunter
When a massive 10 pointer showed up on Andrew Fowler’s trail camera on Sept. 9, he saw a big opportunity. Fowler has killed many big out-of-state bucks that are represented all over his house, but never has Fowler taken a buck of this caliber near his Enoree, S.C. home. […]
Deer of the Year
Heavy Cabarrus whitetail shot in the ‘burbs
Daniel Jacobs of Concord has known the value of hunting suburban whitetails for a long time, but on Friday, Oct. 13, he was surprised to see a huge buck with a 12-point, non-typical rack standing 10 feet from his stand, a deer he had no clue lived anywhere near his hunting spot of 20 years. […]
Deer of the Year
11-year-old huntress downs big 9-point buck
After studying hard all week, then acing her test, 11-year-old Mary-Katherine Tisdale went hunting on Friday afternoon, Oct. 20. Hunting with her father, Dale and younger sister Whitney, she drilled a massive 9-point drop-tine buck after only 10 minutes in the stand. […]