Seth Reynolds of Greenwood, SC killed an 8-point buck in Greenwood County, SC on Oct. 18, 2026.
He shot the buck with a Browning AB3 in .30-06 during a morning hunt while sitting in an elevated stand from 35 yards away.
Reynolds summed up the hunt with these words:
“In my first sit of season, I was blessed to be able to take this 8 pointer that I had seen hanging around on camera for a few weeks. I got in my stand when it was still pitch black out, after around 25 minutes of sitting there, two does made there way out about 50 yards in front of me. I observed them for a long while, eventually, I heard footsteps directly under me. I looked down, and this fella was standing there looking at the two does. The does began walking off in the opposite direction of the buck and I. He walked out from under me, in the direction of the other deer and stopped about 30-35 yards in front of me. He stood there, broadside facing me while smelling the air, and that is when I took my shot. He made it roughly 10 yards before a stumbling fall, and that was it.
This was a hunt full of first. My first sit of the season. My first solo hunt. My first hunt on this particular property, and my first buck.”
Reynolds is now entered in our Bag-A-Buck Contest, and is eligible to win our monthly prize pack, which includes a set of Ultimate Eyes & Ears Combo from ShellShock Pro, a YETI Rambler bottle, a prize package from Buck Commander and Duck Commander, and a Carolina Sportsman hat, as well as our Grand Prize, a 2-day hunt for two to Cherokee Run Hunting Lodge in Chesterfield County, SC.
