Deer of the Year

Alamance County cattle farmer downs big 11-point buck

Prime grade beef is not the only product Travis Graves is capable of producing on his 300-acre cattle ranch in southern Alamance County. On Nov. 3, Graves took down a massive 11-pointer with his black powder rifle. And it’s not the only big buck that has come off this stand either. […]

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18-point buck goes down in Forsyth County

George Mattison of Trinity, N.C. was hunting with his 4-year-old son from a double ladder stand on Nov. 17 in Forsyth County when he killed the biggest buck he’s ever seen. The 18-point buck had four drop tines on the right side of its antlers, including one that was over 8 inches long. […]

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Winston-Salem hunter downs big Forsyth County trophy

Travis Manuel won an award at the Dixie Deer Classic in 2010 for a 147 6/8-inch buck. Unfortunately, it was under the non-hunting category for a beast that he actually did shoot, but wasn’t able to find until running across it 6 months later. And he’ll likely attend the 2019 Dixie Deer Classic with a 147-inch (green-score) buck he killed on Nov. 16 while hunting with his muzzleloader in Forsyth County. […]

Deer of the Year

Rockingham County hunter downs 325+ pound bear

When Randall Collins of Rockingham County, N.C. noticed a bear was living on the private farm he hunts, he decided to add the species to the list of wild game he enjoys pursuing. He’d never killed one before, or even tried, but after running into the bear last year and continually seeing sign of it, he decided 2018 would be a good year to harvest it. […]

Deer of the Year

VIDEO: Wilton bowhunter kills 19-point cactus buck

After Jeff Annis of Wilton, N.C. got a few interesting photos last year on the trail cameras located on his Granville County hunting land of a mature, non-typical buck with a little palmation on its rack, he was hoping to catch a glimpse of the deer in person. His trail cameras caught two night photos of it this year, and it had grown quite a bit. […]