Deer Hunting
What qualifies as an antlerless deer?
South Carolina’s new deer hunting laws require the tagging of every deer, including antlerless deer. But what qualifies as antlerless? Isn’t an antlerless deer just a doe? No. […]
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SC deer harvest is off 11 percent
Deer hunters continued to find fewer whitetails in the woods and fields of the Palmetto State last fall, if the recent Deer Harvest Survey released by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources is any indication. The 2016 harvest was off 11 percent from 2015, down to 172,315. […]
Deer Hunting
North Carolina hunters asked to give input on deer management
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will conduct nine interactive public forums across the state to solicit input regarding white-tailed deer management, including potential changes to seasons and bag limits. All forums will begin at 7 p.m. […]
Deer Hunting
Three summer tips for deer success
I’s still too early in the year to put your crosshairs on a deer. But you can help improve your 2020 hunting season beginning this month. […]
Deer Hunting
N.C. deer harvest is off 7.8 percent
North Carolina hunters mostly found last year’s deer season a downer, and statistics released in late April by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission proved them out. […]
Deer of the Year
2016 Deer of the Year
It didn’t take deer hunters in North Carolina and South Carolina very long to make their marks this past fall. Even with a big crop of acorns on the ground in many places — usually a harbinger of a tough whitetail season — a lot of big bucks began falling in September, and they never quit. […]
Deer of the Year
Caswell County hunter kills 17-point, 170-class buck
With a borrowed rifle, and with his wife sitting in a nearby stand hoping to see a massive trophy buck they’d been tracking for more than 3 years in Caswell County, Mike Gibbs shot that very buck, a 17-point brute that has been green-scored at 170-inches. […]
Deer of the Year
Teen huntress kills her biggest buck, kills an even bigger one the next day
The 2016 N.C. deer season will be one for the record books for 14-year-old Tori Henderson of Rougemont. Henderson shot a 112-inch six pointer on Nov. 17 and then turned around and shot a 137-inch, 13-point whopper the next day from the same Person County tree stand. […]
Deer Hunting
In November, hunters should spend more time in the stand
November means one thing to most bowhunters: time to hunt whitetails. As the most widely distributed, abundant and accessible big-game animal in North America; they are hunted more than any other species. […]
Deer of the Year
Cheraw hunter kills 140-class buck in Chesterfield County
Glen Lampley of Cheraw was late getting in the stand on election day. Late enough that he heard another hunter shoot in the near distance. But that didn’t stop him from killing the biggest buck of his life, a 140-class 8-point buck with an 18-inch inside spread. […]
