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Cover: September 2017
The Carolinas offer public-land hunters plenty of opportunities for deer and other game species. […]
Hunting
Deer Hunting
SCDNR holding deer hunts for mobility impaired hunters
Mobility impaired deer hunters will again be treated to a unique opportunity to attend two special deer hunts this year in South Carolina. […]
Dove
Two dove fields on Bladen Lake State Forest Game Land closed
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has closed two dove fields on the Bladen Lake State Forest Game Land to hunting until further notice. […]
Dove
How to kill more opening day doves
Dove season opens on Saturday, Sept. 2, across both Carolinas, and thousands of sportsmen in both states will be taking to the fields in hopes of bringing home a 15-bird bag limit. […]
Deer of the Year
Bamberg hunter kills 195-pound, 12-point trophy
William Johnson of Bamberg, South Carolina experienced an action-packed evening during his first deer hunt of the season on Aug. 21. After laying eyes on nearly a dozen deer in Allendale County and getting ready to seal the deal on a 10-point, he changed his mind when a tall-racked, 195-pound, 12-point slipped into his shooting lane. […]
Deer of the Year
Lexington County huntress kills trophy buck
The August heat didn’t keep Fairview’s Daphnie Hallman from going deer hunting on opening week. And the second day of the 2017 season ended victoriously for the Lexington County native with a fine eight-point buck with an 18-inch inside spread. […]
Deer of the Year
Allendale hunter downs 14-point, 147-inch buck
With one of the earliest deer seasons in the country, South Carolina hunters get the opportunity to take velvet bucks long before the rest of the country’s deer hunters are even thinking about looking at one of these mysterious beasts. […]
Deer of the Year
Orangeburg County hunter bags two dream bucks on opening day
Fueled by trail cam pictures depicting a gang of nice bucks on one of his corn piles, Michael Jones of Gaston, S.C. was itching to get into the woods on opening day, Aug. 15. […]
Hunting
Archery hunters: be ready for field repairs
Every archery hunter should have the knowledge and tools to do field repairs. […]
Deer of the Year
Hampton huntress drops 9-point buck in velvet
Many times, especially early in the season, deer hunters pull the trigger too soon and never even know it. This happens when a decent buck walks into range and looks nervously into the woods, either in the direction where it came from or in another direction. […]