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Looking for Lady Love: Catch a buck that’s got his guard down
Modern North Carolina hunters face different situations when it comes to preparing for and participating in pre-rut deer hunting. […]
Hunting
NEW PRODUCTS
Fowl Foolers
Instead of wobbling side to side in the water like many other decoys on the market, Fowl Foolers decoys are designed to move front to back like a real duck. […]
Deer Hunting
Watch this buck shed its velvet and eat it
This video shows a buck shedding its velvet, and using lots of natural and man-made objects to help. Then, the buck eats the velvet. […]
Deer of the Year
Efland woman scores on 11-point crossbow buck
Rhonda Snyder of Efland is going to circle Sept. 15 and 16 on her calendar from now on. Two years ago on Sept. 16, she used her crossbow to take an 8- and 7-point bucks six minutes apart. […]
Deer of the Year
Wadesboro hunter kills giant Anson County non-typical trophy
Aaron Bates wasn’t “supposed” to kill the big buck that showed up in front of his ground blind early on Saturday evening. But when the 180-inch non-typical gave him a perfect broadside shot, he took it. […]
Alligator
Sumter hunters strike again; another 12-foot Santee gator bites the dust
On Thursday night, Sept. 19, Jim Strong and Ronnie Jackson became the third group of Sumter outdoorsmen to harvest a 12-foot-plus alligator in less than a week, and like the previous two, this one also came from the upper reaches of Santee Cooper. […]
Alligator
Another big Santee Cooper gator makes waves
Two men from Sumter took a 12-foot johnboat on an alligator hunt to the Santee-Cooper lakes on the evening of Sept. 17. While Joe Parmenter and Wesley Ridgill weren’t the most well-equipped hunters, they managed to boat a 12-foot-5 beast that weighed 656 pounds. […]
Alligator
Lake Marion produces 820-pound gator that finally dies in hunters’ boat
Three hunters from Sumter tagged a 12-foot-2, 820-pound alligator on Monday, Sept. 16, while hunting out of Pack’s Landing on Lake Marion. It was an animal that should have measured a good deal longer, but it proved plenty tough in the end — requiring an extra shot after he was in the trio’s boat. […]
Deer of the Year
Granville County hunter, 7, takes two trophy bucks in first week of season
Brayden Morris of Rougemont killed the two biggest bucks of his life the opening week of archery season, taking a 118-inch buck on opening day and a 124-inch buck the next Saturday. The most-interesting thing is, Brayden Morris is only seven years old. […]
Deer of the Year
Durham County 11-pointer, taken opening day, green-scores 163 2/8
Eddie Dunnagan of Durham has managed several central North Carolina properties through his Advantage Outdoors Company to produce trophy bucks for clients. […]