Jacob Shepherd of Wilkesboro, N.C., had never seen the big buck that stepped out on him on Monday, Sept. 10, the third day of bow season, but it didn’t take him more than a second to recognize it as a shooter. […]
Matt Atkinson popped an 11-pointer on Sept. 8 after just recently joining a hunting club near his Aiken County home. And what a buck it was! Atkinson’s buck boasted several 11-inch tines with bases over six inches in circumference, and is expected to score upwards of 140 inches. […]
Heath Rayfield of Chesterfield, S.C., nicknamed one buck he saw last year in trail-camera photos “Clusters” because the main beams of his antlers ended sort of in clumps. […]
Darryl Fox of Weaverville, N.C., had no idea he was going to kill the biggest buck of his life last fall. A teacher and baseball coach at North Buncombe High School, he didn’t get to do everything he usually does leading up to deer season, or even get in the woods during archery season, because of the sickness and death of his father last year. […]
Dillon Vaughn of Gastonia, N.C. had an early encounter with a big Gaston County 9-point buck that was just out of bow range. For the rest of the 2017 season, he scouted for this deer, and finally killed it on the last day of the season. The buck carried a 21-inch spread. […]
When Marc Cavanaugh of Granville County, N.C. was getting ready for the 2017 deer hunting season, he placed two trophy bucks on his target list. And what a season he had, killing both of his intended goals, making it his best season ever. […]
For Jacob Miles of Statesville, N.C., a chilly December morning brought him the perfect conditions and the biggest buck of his life, a 159-inch mainframe 9-pointer. […]
On the cold morning of Dec. 29, Easley hunter Bryan Crocker ended a six-year pursuit, finally killing a big buck he and his hunting pals had nicknamed “Chippewa” in eastern Greenville County S.C. […]
Tyler Craig, his dad, and his neighbors had all seen a trophy buck on trail cameras, but no one had seen the buck during the day. But when the deer went looking for love in the wrong place at the wrong time, Craig finally saw it and bagged it. […]
Taylor Apple is all of 12 years old, but she has a deer-hunting resumé the equal of many veteran hunters. […]
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