Tagging a ‘City boy’

Ornamental shrubbery and flowers in your yard look like nothing more than dinner and a midnight snack to the average whitetail deer.

Opportunities for taking nice bucks in urban and suburban settings are growing every year for South Carolina hunters.

Wilderness hunting for whitetail deer is a great experience; being away from civilization and enjoying the peace and quiet has a great appeal to most of us. The reality is that deer are very adaptable creatures and often exist on the margins of densely populated areas. All they need is a little cover to mask their movements, a source of water and they will eat the ornamentals in your yard down to a nub.

Sometimes, shifting our focus from rural areas to the urban scene can pay big dividends. This scenario can be a bonanza for bow hunters who can quietly hunt along the edges of subdivisions where deer have become a nuisance, their stands often close enough to civilization to see television sets through picture windows and smell hamburgers grilling on someone’s deck.Click here to read more on Tagging a ‘City boy’

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