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September 18, 2026

Cover: December 2012 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

Hilton Head’s Bryan Hughes killed this massive 14-pointer during a Beaufort County hunt in mid-October. […]

An expandable, mechanical broadhead that shoots more like a practice tip will avoid the accuracy problems that broadheads present to shorter, crossbow arrows.

Crossbow broadhead issues

Mike Marsh

Arrows fired from crossbows are shorter and more touchy about broadhead flight than the shafts typically launched from traditional or compound bows. […]

Rig’Em Right Decoy Anchors

North Carolina Sportsman

Hunters looking for an easy and super-fast way to retrieve their duck decoys without worrying about tangles will love Rig’Em Right Decoy Anchors. […]

A ground blind is tailor-made for hunting with a crossbow.

Blind luck

Mike Marsh

Chris House and Jerry Simmons both like to hunt from tent-style ground blinds when using crossbows. […]

Deer are so skittish late in the season from months of hunting pressure, setting up at much longer distances from areas they’re using can provide many more opportunities than trying to crowd them.

Take the long (range) road

Terry Madewell

There’s a lot of ways to kill a deer in South Carolina, from up close and personal with a bow to in front of dogs that scatter deer from almost impenetrable cover. […]

Cover: December 2012 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

Johnathan McVey killed this monster buck in Orange County on the first day of the blackpowder season. […]

Guide Adam Jones admies a nice take of diving ducks from his scissors-rig boat.

Cutting up sea ducks

Craig Holt

Camouflage is a key element of successful hunting, especially for waterfowl. […]

Modern crossbows are much easier to cock than earlier models and much safer, but they should still be cocked before entering a blind or stand.

Cocking a crossbow

Mike Marsh

Jerry Simmons cocks his crossbow before entering a blind or stand. […]

Quality optics — scope, rangefinder and binoculars — are essential to long-range set-ups.

Mike Cox of Awendaw has the mind-set of a long-range hunter when carrying a deer rifle. While he also loves the close quarters of bowhunting, he goes to great effort to set up his gun stands so he is from 180 to 250 yards from where a deer is likely to be first seen. […]