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September 8, 2026

Hunting this 600+ pound Wateree River gator was quite an adventure for Andrew Metze and Tyler Blanchette.

Gator hunting duo bags 11-foot, 5-inch long beast

Tyler Blanchette of Pomaria and Andrew Metze of Ballentine have applied for South Carolina gator hunting permits for several years, and finally got one for the 2017 season. […]

Bear Island and a handful of other WMAs are currently closed due to storm damage.

Several South Carolina WMAs closed temporarily

SCDNR News Release

The SCDNR has closed several WMAs temporarily. […]

Stephanie Ford killed this trophy the day after her brother killed a big one on opening day. It's the second time in three years the brother-sister duo killed big bucks on back-to-back days.

Brother-Sister act is tough on trophy bucks

Dan Kibler

Colin Ford of Fayetteville, N.C., and his older sister, Stephanie Ford, of Raleigh, N.C., killed a couple of big bucks on back-to-back days two seasons ago. […]

Joey Brunson was familiar with this Clarendon County buck, having let it walk throughout the 2016 deer season. It paid off for the Manning hunter.

Manning hunter kills 200-pound, 138-inch, opening day buck

Jeff Burleson

For the opening day of Clarendon County’s rifle season on Sept. 1, Joey Brunson of Manning started his season off strong with a 200-pound, 138-inch buck with several tines reaching out 12 inches long. And this wasn’t just any deer. […]

Thanks in part to his Covert Scouting Camera alerting him of this buck's presence, Jack Lloyd killed this trophy in Colleton County, S.C.

Colleton County hunter kills big 10-point buck

Dusty Wilson

Few hunters are lucky enough to get a wakeup call from a buck on their hit list, but while hunting in Colleton County, South Carolina, Jack Lloyd came pretty close. […]

Jake Muehlbach had only one day to kill this buck, thanks to Hurricane Irma, and he made good on the afternoon of opening bow season.

VIDEO: Chatham County hunter arrows opening day trophy

Jeff Burleson

For Pittsboro native Jake Muehlbach, North Carolina’s opening day of bow season was almost his last opportunity at a big nine-point buck he had been watching for over a month, thanks to Hurricane Irma, even though the storm damage was over 1,000 miles away on the Florida peninsula. […]

The NCWRC recently confirmed a rare case of rabies in a deceased deer in Cherokee County, NC.

Rabid deer confirmed in Cherokee County, N.C.

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission recently confirmed a rare case of rabies in a deceased deer in Cherokee County. […]

Zac Mellott joined his wife in the velvet buck club, then surpassed her a minute later on an Aug. 16 hunt that produced these two trophy bucks.

North Augusta hunter kills 12-point, 134-inch velvet buck…

Brian Cope

Zacheriah Mellott killed two trophy bucks, both in full velvet on Aug. 16, and if that sounds greedy, it was anything but. He could have shot quite a few more if he’d wanted to, but after his wife killed a velvet buck on opening day last year, he was just happy to join — then pass her — as a member of the velvet club. […]

Caroline Reid killed this velvet buck in Allendale on Aug. 29. The deer weighed 165 pounds and was green scored at 110 inches net.

Little Mountain huntress kills 10-point velvet buck

Dusty Wilson

Caroline Reid of Little Mountain, South Carolina is no stranger to a deer stand. In fact, thanks to proper raising from her dad and brothers, she’s been hunting all her life. […]

North Carolina's hunters must now report big game harvests by phone, online, or at a Wildlife Service Agent location.

North Carolina hunters must now use real-time harvest reports

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission reminds hunters that, starting this fall hunting season, all big game harvests must be reported either by phone at 800-I-GOT-ONE (800-446-8663), online at “Report a Harvest” or at a participating Wildlife Service Agent location. […]