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Cover: November 2013 (NC)
Aaron Bates of Wadesboro killed this trophy buck in Anson County in mid-September, hunting out of a ground blind set up for his father. […]
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Buck Dynasty? Four bucks, including three trophies, in 11 days is North Carolina hunter’s dream
The 2012 deer season didn’t start well for James Diesfeld of Sanford, but when it finally got going, it quickly became one he will never forget. […]
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As peak of North Carolina’s deer rut approaches, aggressive tactics sometimes produce wonderful results
For two months, hunters armed with arrow-slinging devices, blackpowder cannons and assorted other modern weapons have searched forests, fields and riverbottoms in search of a trophy buck. […]
Deer Hunting
Inaugural Farmers Manage Deer termed successful
It may seem odd to spot a hunter holding a rifle in the bed of a grain trailer parked behind a tractor in a soybean field. But that’s exactly where Bill Cannon’s guide had put him on one of the first Farmers Manage Deer hunts; the guide was the farm’s owner, Chandler Worley. […]
Deer of the Year
Rockingham County spits out another huge archery buck
You can’t blame Eric League if he’s looking forward to his father, Art League, going deer-hunting in Kansas next season and leaving him home again. […]
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New adhesive product can provide quick repairs in the field to almost anything
Vettec’s SG-20 is a new product marketed as a quick fix for leaky waders and hip boots, but we discovered rather quickly that it works on more than those two problems – and heavier ones at that. […]
Deer of the Year
Teen’s 600-yard shot downs possible record-book buck
“Sometimes things are just meant to happen.” That’s how Eddie Wilson of Newberry described the Oct. 12 hunt when his 13-year-old nephew shot a potential record-book buck while sitting on his lap – at 600 yards! […]
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SCDNR has plans for cormorant hunting season on Santee Cooper lakes
The impact of an increasing population of double-crested cormorants on the forage base in the Santee Cooper lakes has become so severe that the S.C. Department of Natural Resources has announced a plan for a nearly 2-month hunting season on the birds after the close of duck season. […]
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SCDNR transfers six bears kept in captivity to sanctuary in Colorado
Six of the seven black bears held in captivity by permit in South Carolina have been turned over to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and relocated to a 720-acre wildlife sanctuary in Colorado. […]
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Turkey hatch is worst on record, SCDNR reports
The bad news for the South Carolina turkey population, and turkey hunters, just keeps getting worse. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ summer brood survey has been released, and the 2013 recruitment is the worst on record. […]