trophy deer Archives - Page 58 of 65

Kelly Sutton missed much of the 2015 season due to an unexpected cancer diagnosis, but he's already making up for it, starting with this 10-pointer.

Morrisville hunter kills 10-point trophy

Aren’t hunters forced to lease massive tracts of land to get access to mature bucks? Not necessarily. While some hunters believe it is critical to secure large 1,000-acre tracts, Kelly Sutton of Morrisville takes a mature buck every year from one of his small 15-acre leases with barely enough real estate available to erect a single stand. And on the opening day of North Carolina’s 2016 archery season, Sutton followed through by bagging and tagging a huge 10 pointer minutes before dark on his Wake County lease. […]

Patrick Walker almost settled for shooting a doe on his first hunt, but he waited. His patience was rewarded with this trophy Guilford County buck.

1st-time hunter arrows 149-inch Guilford County trophy buck

Jeff Burleson

Patrick Walker, a 20-year-old student at UNC-Greensboro, wasn’t about to set an easy goal for his first archery deer this fall, not after a huge buck showed up in trail-camera photos this summer on his family’s Guilford County land. […]

On Aug. 15, Staci Walker killed this 9-point buck on the first deer hunt she's ever been on

First-time female hunter kills trophy buck in Hampton County

Brian Cope

Staci Walker had never been hunting before this year’s opening day, and she backed herself into a corner by telling her guy pals that she wasn’t going to shoot “just any deer. It’s going to be a buck worth showing off.” […]

Jeffrey Cape of Pelzer poses with the 12-point buck he killed on New Year's Day.

Pelzer hunter kills 146 1/4-inch trophy buck on New Year’s Day

Jeff Burleson

On Jan. 1, the final day of deer season, Jeffrey Cape of Pelzer finally got to meet his nemesis face to face, but not quite the way he had hoped to. Cape was nearly three-quarters of the way up the tree to his stand when he heard a commotion 10 yards away. […]

Seth York killed this brute on Nov. 28. The buck was green-scored at 158 5/8-inches.

Person County hunter kills trophy 158 5/8-inch, chocolate-racked buck

Brian Cope

Killing a big buck is every deer hunter’s dream, but when you kill a trophy buck that has some kind of cool feature to it, that’s a bonus. […]

Josh Hyde killed this 120-class buck after a 15-minute boat ride, a mountain hike, and a 1-mile walk. Not Hyde's biggest buck, but said it's still his biggest trophy for other reasons.

Graham County hunter kills 120-class trophy

Brian Cope

Some trophies are measured in more ways than shear size, and sometimes it’s the smaller trophies that are the most memorable. That’s definitely the case for Josh Hyde’s 120-class buck he killed at the end of November in Graham County. […]

Upstate hunter kills 223-pound, 141-inch trophy buck

Brian Cope

For many hunters, deer season starts way before opening day, and it’s not uncommon for them to have one particular buck on their mind long before it’s time to don their camouflage. […]

Jeff Burgess killed this beast after oversleeping on Dec. 5. The Rutherford County buck had 18-points and scored 151 1/4-inches.

Rutherford County hunter kills trophy 151 1/4-inch, 18-pointer

Dusty Wilson

We’ve all been there. You’re super excited about the next day’s hunt and for whatever reason, you oversleep. […]

Joe Clarey of Greer poses with the buck that helped him win the November Bag-A-Buck contest.

Greer man’s 9-point trophy wins SCS Bag-A-Buck contest for November

Dan Kibler

Joe Clarey of Greer didn’t have time to think when a big Greenville County buck rolled into bow range the morning of Nov. 12, and that was probably a good thing. […]

Kasey Ferguson poses with the sheds she and her husband have found of this buck she killed Dec 8.

Liberty hunter kills trophy buck after 2-year pursuit

Brian Cope

Finding antler sheds after duck season has become a passion of Kasey Ferguson and her husband, and when they found the right-side shed of one particular deer they’d been watching on camera, they felt blessed. […]