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July 4, 2026

Prescribed fire, aka controlled burns, is a management tool to improve wildlife habitat, but wild fires may have provided some South Carolina mountain areas with similar results last fall.

Wildfires may have improved some public wildlife habitat

No outdoor enthusiast enjoys seeing wildfires rage on public or private land, but in the aftermath, a smidgen of a silver lining can exist. […]

Make every moment of your hunt count with quality optics

Jeff Burleson

Luring a trophy buck onto your hunting property is a big feat, but killing it is even better. Quality optics will help you do that even in waning light. […]

Deer hunters need to do some map scouting before they try to pinpoint whitetails in the 1.1 million acres of the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests.

Map out western strategies

Craig Holt

With North Carolina’s two largest game lands, the Nantahala and Pisgah national forests, containing 1.1 million acres, the question for hunters is where to go for the best chances of success. […]

Remove the internal organs from your deer as soon as possible after harvesting so the carcass can begin to cool down.

How to get your deer from tagged to tenderloins

Pete Rogers

Once your deer is on the ground, how do you turn it into meat for the freezer? […]

Trail cameras can provide great information as the rut approaches on the specific bucks using an area; try placing some around scrapes and rubs.

Identifying bucks on scent markers

Jeff Burleson

During the rut, the action can get hot and heavy. As does come into estrus, odors filter through the deer woods like smoke in a forest fire, driving bucks crazy. Hunters who spend a lot of time in the stand get many opportunities to see deer moving in and out of their property. […]

Bradley Hughes just wanted some doe meat for the freezer, but he couldn't pass up the opportunity when this 10-point in velvet offered him a shot.

Elloree hunter goes doe hunting, bags a trophy buck in velvet

Dusty Wilson

With his living room overflowing in buck mounts, Bradley Hughes of Elloree, S.C. admits he’s not really a “horn hunter” anymore. Unless he’s got a real trophy in his crosshairs, he’d rather fill his freezer with doe meat. But, on Aug. 19, he laid eyes on a buck that he could make room for — a full velvet, Orangeburg County 10-point. […]

After 43 years of hunting, Joey Johnston finally killed the record book buck he's been dreaming of.

After 43 years, Horry County hunter bags trophy book buck

Jeff Burleson

For over four decades, Joey Johnston of Conway, South Carolina has trampled the woods in search of a buck capable of making the cut into the South Carolina record book. Every few years, Johnston kills a nice buck that always tapes out a few inches short of the 125 net minimum. […]