Deer Hunting
Effective deer bait varies by location
Corn is the most-widely used bait for deer in North Carolina but in some areas of the state, the golden kernals may not be No. 1. […]
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Deer Hunting
For late season, shift stand sites, begin supplemental feeding
By December, popular deer stands and other heavily hunted areas have been abused to the point where the deer only use them nocturnally, which doesn’t help hunters fill a late-season tag. […]
Deer Hunting
Late-season deer movements: a ‘job change’
By December, most of South Carolina’s deer are primarily in a post-rut pattern, and biologist Charles Ruth said the change in deer activity from the peak of the rut to post-rut can be characterized as a simple job change. […]
Deer Hunting
Peak of rut in North Carolina can vary greatly by location
Late-season deer hunting in terms of rut and post-rut activity is literally all over the map in North Carolina, because peak breeding dates vary greatly, according to biologist John Shaw. […]
Deer of the Year
Reidsville 13-year-old kills 140 class buck in Rockingham County
Morgan Ellington from Reidsville is no stranger to killing big bucks. Last year, she killed a 143-inch buck that took honors at the 2016 Dixie Deer Classic as the largest muzzleloader buck killed by a youth hunter in North Carolina. She struck again this week with another 140-inch class buck with 10 massive points. […]
Deer of the Year
Greensboro hunter kills 10-point Rockingham County trophy
In 2015, Bud Long of Greensboro killed a trophy buck on Halloween day. And on the day before Thanksgiving this year, Long killed another whopper on the same property – a 10-pointer sporting a green score of 158 inches. […]
Inshore Fishing
A wish list for paddlers
With colder weather in the air, it’s time to look at re-outfitting your plastic boat to get ready for spring. Never before in the history of paddling have outdoor manufacturers, designers and marketers been so attuned to the needs and wants of the paddler. […]
Featured
Alamance teen kills 580-pound bruin in Hyde County
Growing up in a bear hunting family, 13-year-old Taylor Horner’s desire to kill her first bear was part of tradition. And on Nov. 14, she became the third generation member of her family to bag a 500+ pound black bear in eastern North Carolina. […]
Deer of the Year
Junior-high school girl kills 8-point, 120-inch buck in Randolph County
Kinley Ferguson, a 13-year-old seventh-grader from Liberty, N.C., has killed 14 deer since taking her first whitetail at age five. But she admitted that the most-recent one, an 8-point Randolph County buck, was the most exciting — but maybe even more exciting for her hunting buddy. […]
Deer of the Year
Reidsville hunter kills monster Rockingham County 15-point buck
When a deer hunter says that he’s paid his dues, you know it means he’s spent plenty of time in the woods. After finding time to hunt nearly every day this season, Darrell Edwards of Reidsville was rewarded with a Rockingham County 15-pointer that green-scored 175 inches gross, including a drop tine on the right beam that was 6¼ inches long. […]