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July 12, 2026

Rattling with shed horns can produce life-like sparring and fighting noises.

Pick the right calls, rattling horns

Deer calls on the market today produce a variety of sounds. Look for ones with adjustable reeds that are loud and capable of making many sounds. […]

Use a leaf blower or rake to clear a path to your stand so your approach will be a quiet one.

Be quiet going in

Pete Rogers

Access is everything. Being able to get to your stand is critical when hunting big bucks. […]

This main-frame 10-pointer with one split brow tine was taken Nov. 8 in Moore County after James Diesfeld helped a friend trim around his stands.

Watch the wind, cover scent when deer hunting

Jerry Dilsaver

James Diesfeld’s biggest advice for other deer hunters is to manage what you can, and two of the easiest are working with the wind and eliminating human scent. […]

Trail cameras set near bedding areas can give hunters a better idea of where to set up after the peak of the rut passes.

Check your trail camera after dark

Pete Rogers

Hunters use game cameras to monitor deer movements and identify mature bucks. […]

Donald Bateman's huge Guilford County deer was taken on Tuesday night with a muzzleloader.

Gibsonville man kills huge blackpowder buck in Guilford County

Dan Kibler

Rarely does a deer hunter get a second chance at a trophy buck, but Donald Bateman is thrilled that miracles do happen. […]

Be ready for a buck to show up almost as soon as you put down your call; immature bucks are especially susceptible to calling, as they can often get in and sneak off with a doe while bigger bucks fight it out.

Be prepared

Jeff Burleson

Calling to wildlife is definitely an active way to entice game into close range. The animal’s nature and mood will determine how intense the response is. […]

Wood ducks are among primary species taken by hunters at Holly Shelter; the habitat is the kind they like, and it has improved since a 2011 wildfire.

Fire is friend and foe

Mike Marsh

The 2011 Juniper Road Fire burned holes in Holly Shelter’s Lodge Road Impoundment dikes; however, it did more good for ducks than bad. […]

Decoys with realistic paint jobs and actions, like these Fowl Foolers, can give waterfowl hunters an edge in small waters.

Putting out decoys, even for woodies, can be a plus

Brian Cope

Talk to a dozen hunters, and you’ll get your share of those who’ll say wood ducks don’t respond to decoys, but you’ll get just as many who’ll say the opposite. […]

Choose a deer call for its versatility when it comes to making different sounds at different levels of volume.

How to choose a call

Jeff Burleson

Game calls have been around for nearly 400 years. Duck calls were among the first type readily available; they were used to entice ducks into caged enclosures. […]

Carolina Swamp Calls were born out of a handful of duck hunters’ desire for calls better than those commercially available.

Lee County duck hunters came up with new line of calls

Brian Cope

Calling is a major part of duck hunting to Chuck Amerson. After years of unhappiness with the inconsistencies of commercially-available duck calls, Amerson, his brother Ethan, his father Mike, and friend Scott Rollins, all of Lee County, partnered to make their own calls. […]