Sometimes you just get lucky. Friday I hunted all day. At first light this awesome big boar came in and one shot from the 4570 knocked him straight down. Wild hogs get a bad rap. I understand why. They absolutely destroy areas and they are invasive, but man are they fun to hunt and I think the...
No shame here. I shoot a Barnett Stalker 390 that actually shoots about 365fps. Rage 2" expandable. Hawke 1.5-5x36 scope. Crossbow is legal during all seasons in SC so that's what I use during archery and muzzleloader.
Whitetail hunting on public land in the deep south can be pretty tough. The learning curve is steep. I’ve gotten pretty good with it over the years basically by failing over and over, but now I see deer on a fairly regular basis. Our bag limits here in South Carolina are pretty liberal, which is...
I love high country deer. It gets in your blood. I’ve got a pretty good pocket full of points in Wyoming for deer and I think I’m going to cash them in next year for high country deer.
Day 10 & 11- September 10th & 11th
I had a plan. I was going back up the big ridge. The same ridge where I went opening day. I was going to glass it first thing then slowly work my way down the back side still hunting my way through until I found a deer. I was motivated again. I only had 3.5...
Day 7-9 - September 7th & 8th
Day #7 - I decided on another big day. The alarm went off again at 3. I was up and eating breakfast, but I was getting low on food. Only a couple days left and I'd have to hike to the truck for more. I decided I would hike about 2 miles down valley then begin...
Day 6 - September 6 - Opening day
There was a spot I'd been saving for opening morning if I hadn't found a buck I wanted to kill. The spot would require me to drop down 500' verticle to the valley floor then climb up over 1500' that was fairly steep to a saddle to hunt on the backside. I'm not...
Day 4 & 5 - September 4th & 5th
Day 4 was the first day I really got up early. The alarm went off at 3am. I decided I was going to do a bigger hike into a high bowl 2.5 miles away. It was a nasty hike in. The final 300yds up to the saddle were almost vertical. I didn't see anything but Pikas...
Day 3 - September 3rd
I decided on the third morning I'd head to a glassing point about 600 yards farther up the basin than the spot I glassed the first afternoon. As I neared the glassing location I looked up in front of me 100 yards or so and standing on the skyline was a lone doe. I took...