Deer of the Year
High water hunt ends with 10-point buck for Bear Grass hunter
For Jeremy Hardison of Bear Grass, the only bad day of hunting is a day he didn’t go. […]
Hunting
Deer of the Year
12-year-old hunter threatens South Carolina’s top record book buck
Twelve-year-old Justin Hodges of McCormick County blasted a whopper 19-point buck that is threatening the 176-inch Pickens County buck taken by William C. Wyatt as the all-time top buck scored in the Palmetto State. Hodges’ deer has been green-scored at 178 inches. […]
Featured
Outdoor cooking workshop Nov. 19 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education
Cooking is an art with an obvious reward. And even those who know their way around a kitchen often feel lost when it comes to cooking while on a camping trip. But the NCWRC has the solution with their Outdoor Cooking Workshop, which will be held at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education on Nov. 19. […]
Deer of the Year
Hartsville hunter’s quick hunt ends with 14-point, 143-inch buck
Last Saturday morning’s hunt for TC Lloyd of Hartsville was over in a flash as his rifle muzzle lit up the woods well before the sun crept over the horizon, and before many folks were out of bed, Lloyd had his hands on a 143-inch, 14-point Darlington County buck at 6:15 a.m. […]
Ducks
Know what affects duck migrations
Duck season that come in before December are often overlooked by many hunters because of other hunt seasons, warm weather or just waiting for the big push of migratory ducks after Christmas. […]
Deer Hunting
Frigid days bookmark deer activity this time of year
Unlike deer hunters in Canada or south Texas, hunters in the Carolinas have to prepare for both ends of the weather spectrum. It is not uncommon to get 80-degree highs for a few days and snow flurries a few days later. […]
Deer Hunting
Without alarms, deer more likely to run into trouble
The Carolinas, despite their rural setting, are far from what most people would call a wilderness. The overwhelming majority of the states’ deer population is accustomed to automobile horns, sirens, dogs barking and other symptoms of human occupancy. […]
Deer Hunting
Sex sells when it comes to deer scents
Using scents throughout the rutting period is mainstream to what most deer hunters accept as scent luring the animals into range. To whitetail deer, odors are a language until themselves that tell a very pungent story. […]
Deer Hunting
The lowdown on food attractants
Anyone who has ventured into the woods with gun or bow in hand has considered a strategy of hunting deer based around feeding preferences: natural, planted or dumped out on the ground. But have you ever considered a hunting strategy based on the scent of food? […]
Deer Hunting
Good glass is good judgement when hunting cutovers
Good optics are a must for hunting clear-cut areas. The need to search for deer in the briars and brambles that swallow them in these areas is essential. […]