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Dan has a friend who owns a duck-hunting lake. It also forms one of the most remarkable bowhunting spots he's ever seen for giant whitetails.
The lake is big and wide, formed by a half-mile-long earthen dam in a shallow, heavily timbered valley. Below the dam, along the creek forming the lake, it's a network of briers and tangles, as thick as Cambodian jungle. Impenetrablejust the way bucks love it for bedding and resting away from man and predators.
On either side of the lake, above the...
More About Cut-Off Zones
Dan hunts one piece of property where there's a long, wide gas-pipeline right of way. It's a great spot to rifle hunt, but he'd always thought it wasn't worth much for bowhunting because he believed deer could cross the open, 50-yard wide grassy pipeline anywhere. But he was wrong.
One morning while checking the gas line from his ATY Dan spotted a dozen deer cross the open ground in a spot that pretty much looked like all the other places along the pipeline. Later that morning, he checked the...
Wild Fruits and Deer Hunting
Years ago on a special three-day, permit-only public bow hunt, South Carolina bowhunter Tom and a friend were wearing out their boot soles scouting for deer sign. The place was big and fertile, and they quickly found plenty of spots to hang stands. Tom decided to hunt a field corner where several trails led up from a steep draw. Shortly after daybreak the first morning of the hunt, he zipped a fat doe there, which immediately spun around and raced back into the bottom from which she came.
Tom...
Deer Love Wild Fruit
"I once found a fruit-heavy muscadine grape vine loaded with deer sign growing beside a rural South Carolina school house. Closest woods were behind the building, some 200 yards away. I walked the woods edge, located two deer trails emerging from the timber and heading to the grapes. I hung a stand between the two trails, 50 yards back in the woods, and arrowed a fat doe the first afternoon. That deer showed up early, simply milling around in the timber, apparently waiting for sundown before...
The Best Ways to Prepare Wild Game For Dinner
While hunting is itself a popular sport enjoyed by hunters all over the world, the premise upon which most hunting is based is a need for food and sustenance. For that reason many avid hunters will agree with the idea that the experience of the hunt is not complete until the game that is killed has been cooked into a delicious meal and shared with others. But cooking wild game such as boar, deer, alligator, rabbit, or any of the other various kinds of hunted animals is not such a common...
Which Animal is the Most Challenging to Hunt?
There are many animals that present great challenges to the skills of hunters. Among those animals in the United States that are most often described as extremely difficult to hunt are such elusive prey as the bull elk and trophy deer. Those who live in places where they can hunt mountain lions will almost always explain how hard those are to shoot, because they are nearly impossible to even find in the first place. But what all of the various hard to hunt prey have in common, as you may have...
Why Hunt in South Carolina?
South Carolina is one of the most popular places in North America to go hunting, and the reasons why South Carolina is a great place to hunt are many. For one thing, South Carolina is a rather diversified state in terms of its natural habitats for game and wildlife. Within its borders there are more than 31,000 square miles of land that includes mountainous areas, wooded flatlands, swamps, and marshy coastal regions. Native animals and birds include bears, coyotes, foxes, raccoons, deer, boar,...
What to Hunt in What Season?
Many of the common questions that hunters ask have to do with what types of birds, animals, or other prey to hunt during a particular hunting season or time of year. This is especially true for those who may be interested in hunting a type of prey that they have never hunted before or for those who may be completely new to the sport of hunting and not know what to hunt during which seasons.
The choice of what to hunt and when to hunt it will usually depend upon a variety of factors. But...
How to Practice Shooting for the Hunt
Hunting involves lots of different tactics from tracking prey without alerting it to calculating the right distance for an accurate shot and using the proper kind of firearm or other weaponry to take it down and then collect it and carry it home. You need to know what to wear for the hunt, where to go to hunt, how to follow signs in nature that lead you to your prey, and how to carry the slain prey out of the wilderness without it spoiling. Then you have to know how to safely prepare the prey...
Reloading Ammo For Hunting
Reloading ammo is a process that does not require lots of skill or practice, and once you learn how to do it and invest in some reloading equipment you can repackage your old cartridges at home. The way it works is that you buy gunpowder which is relatively cheap when you buy it in bulk from gun shops and measure out the right amount for your particular caliber and hunting needs. You also buy new bullets or projectiles to load on the end of the cartridges and seal in the gunpowder. These of...
Essential Hunting Equipment
Part of the fun and adventure of going hunting is the connection with nature, but anytime we venture out into the wild it is important to take some essential supplies with us to make the journey safe and easy.
Here are three categories of must-have hunting equipment:
First Aid Supplies
Hunters, like campers and hikers, should always carry some emergency first aid equipment. The first item on the list should be warm and protective clothing, because if you get lost out in the woods the weather...
Dressing Right for the Hunt
When it comes to dressing for success, most of us think of business power suits or starched blouses and polished shoes. But clothing can also make a big difference while hunting, and can in fact be the difference between a successful and satisfying hunt and a miserable and unrewarding one. Just as it is important to select proper hunting weapons and equipment, it is also absolutely essential to wear appropriate clothing for the hunt.
First and foremost, each hunter should invest in some...
Hunting
Adventure or Dinner?
Since the very beginning of time even before the days of recorded history people have been hunting for food. Otherwise they would starve. Then came the era of modern agricultural practices, when people began to cultivate crops and raise animals for food, rather than going out foraging and hunting into the wilderness for their sustenance. The earliest record of this kind of intentional cultivation and nurturing of food sources was in the ancient Mesopotamian regions of the world where we...
How to Hunt Quail
The hunting of quail which are also called bobwhite quail because they have a birdsong that sounds like they are saying Bob White is one of the most popular kinds of bird hunting. One of the biggest challenges for the quail hunter is to find suitable quail habitat. Quails like fields near wooded areas, so farmland is usually excellent terrain for finding quail. Because farmland is shrinking, the Conversation Department reports that the number of quail hunters has also diminished. So part of...
History of the Hunting Dog
The history of hunting dogs has been traced back many centuries, and the first hunters to use dogs in hunting probably used some type of domesticated wolf. Dogs are capable of tracking and finding prey, and when they are well trained they can do so and then notify the hunter without alerting the prey.
Dogs played an important role in the development of hunting history, and may have even been used back in the days before organized agriculture. Of course they are still a valuable part of hunting...
Different Weapons of the Hunt - What to Use For What
Throughout human history people have devised various weapons specifically for hunting, and today that evolution of weaponry for the hunt is more advanced than at any other time. There are literally millions of different types of weapons for hunting, depending upon what is being hunted, what resources one has to invest in weapons, and what one type of hunting and weapons one prefers. Most conventional weapons use gunpowder, and among firearms some are old fashioned muskets while others are...
Things to Look For in a Hunting Lodge
There are many things to look for in a hunting lodge. Your hunting lodge will be your refuge for a weekend or a week. If you are a beginner hunter, you may or may not know what to exactly look for while choosing between hunting lodges. You should also realize that there are hundreds of hunting lodges around the world. If you have no idea where to begin, then you can start at the beginning with a few key questions in order to determine what your hunting lodge needs.
Heres where you need to...
What to Hunt When ... Hunting Seasons
Hunting is a favorite pastime of many and it is a sport that many people are becoming interested in daily. However, many hunters like to hunt for specific wildlife which have particular hunting seasons. If you are unsure about the hunting season for your particular hunt, then this article should help you to identify specific hunting season dates and locations so that you can plan your next hunting trip around these dates.
These are a few of the general hunting dates for some of your favorite...
Boar Hunting in Argentina
If you are reading this article, then you are probably a very serious boar hunter. It is part of human nature to hunt in order to maintain human existence as hunting was one of the best ways to receive ones food supply. Nowadays, people still hunt for survival but it is much more common to hear about people hunting for sport. For the most avid boar hunters, taking their adventure around the world could be just what they need to create a new thrill out of an old pastime. Here, you will read...
Where to go Boar Hunting
Boar hunting is a great sport, which many people love to participate in. However, it is not available in every part of the world. Thats why we are going to show you some of the top lodges for boar hunting. These lodges will help you organize your boar hunting trip as well as give you a great comfy place to stay in during your vacation. Whether you want to head down south, way down south, to the west coast or to the land down under, you will have a variety of boar hunting options on your next...
The Real Truth About Does Part Two
The deer, being elusive and wild, could not be inoculated as a mass. Successful immunization is impossible in 97% of the herd. Unlike cattle, which develop the same diseases from overcrowding, deer cannot be supplementally fed and medicated.
If we do not hunt and kill does, nature will find a way to perform the same function. The wolf and the panther, the deer's natural predators, are all but extinct. Efforts to replace these predators are limited to rather small locations in relation to the...
The Real Truth About Does Part One
When deer were a threatened species due to vast market-hunting and poor laws to govern the hunt, many hunters revered the female deer as the source of fawns and future populations. People who took the lives of does were mocked, jeered, and even persecuted by those who hoped to see the deer herd reach the point that it has in 1990. The superior value of the life of the doe was imprinted in the minds of sportsmen. Fathers passed this idea down, and it is still prevailing attitude. The sanctity of...
Turkey Hunting: A Time Honored Tradition Between Men
Turkey hunting is a time-honored tradition between men. The tactics and strategies have been passed down through the ages. While you may be able to find many tactics online and in print today, the best are secrets shared only between father and son. These bonding rituals begin while many boys are still in diapers. In many families, a boy will know how to use a turkey call long before he can say his ABC's. You can ask many men about their fathers and the best stories they tell all happened in...
Is Turkey Hunting For You?
Wild turkey hunting is popular in many states. Wild turkeys are one of the most challenging foes in North America. These beautiful birds have excellent hearing and over perfect eyesight. It can be a challenge just to go unnoticed with these attentive birds around. Hunting one and not being discovered as the human you are, is a fascinating feet. These birds are easily scared, so you must be aware of the best techniques for hunting them if you are to have any luck.
Most hunters use a call to...
Deer Hunting: Where it All Began
Deer hunting began years ago as a way for men to provide for their families. Over the years, a mans stature began to be measured by how well he could hunt and provide food. In many Indian tribes, the elders were the best hunters or the group. As America was developed, this became a trait of the white civilization as well. Through the years, trophy deer hunting has moved past racial lines and the need to provide food for ones family. However, if you spend one day in a hunting club, you will...
The Hunter Personality
Many people are just not hunters. They are not inclined to hunt, nor do they need to. Perhaps their ancestors were nut-gatherers and not meat-eaters. Vegetarians, who avoid meat primarily for conscience's sake, usually shun hunting altogether; their minds are firm on the matter of taking the life of an animal. Many such people are influenced, sometimes unknowingly, by Eastern philosophy and religions wherein the lives of all animals are revered. Most are just very kind-hearted people.
People...
The Mind of the Hunter
The hunter should examine himself thoroughly prior to the hunt to determine his mental and emotional status with respect to these volatile, emotional matters. Some people make good hunters, hunters who can do it right.
In modern times we have a balance of nature in our civilization harmonious with the balance of nature in the wild. If hunting were for everyone, there would be no wild game. If it were not for the fear or distaste for spiders, snakes, poisonous plants, and so on, there would...
When to Hunt
For most people the answer to this question is when they can. It is dependent primarily upon the legal hunting dates. When you can get off from your job may be relevant too. There are hunters who work around deer-hunting seasons and there are hunters who hunt around their work schedules. Some people hunt year-round and others hunt only an hour or two. There are those who travel across states and around the world hunting deer at all times of the year, taking advantage of different climates and...
Float-Hunting For Deer is an Old Indian Method
Float-hunting for deer is an old Indian method. Camouflaged canoes flowing with the current allowed the hunter to get within stonehead-arrow range of unsuspecting deer, which had gathered at the water's edge to cool, to drink and feed. Deer eat aquatic vegetation. In addition to the general succulence of browse to be found at the sunlit edge of waterways, such as the favored willows, vegetation draws deer into the water for food. Deer will bring up whole lily pad plants with their feet to...
Big Bucks Like Cornfields
Big bucks like cornfields. When the urge to hunting hits unpicked corn often harbors incredible numbers of whitetails. Corn left standing during deer season is excellent hiding for deer. Here they have shelter from the overhead-stand hunters shooting at them since there are seldom any trees in the fields. They have plenty of corn to eat. They can usually find water in a nearby drainage ditch without exposing themselves excessively. They can hear most advancing hunters as they rustle through the...
Do Deer Love Soybeans?
Game management has been given proper credit for reestablishing the deer herds, but it is actually the deer themselves that should be credited for changing their habits to adapt to our civilization. Soybeans are not exactly the native forest environment of deer.
Deer love soybeans. Soybeans are a particularly good food source for nursing does because they enhance rich milk production. The excellent protein of the soybean produces fat little bucks. Deer can be spotted at night in soybean fields...
Backyard Bucks and Waterholes
While most hunters tend to think the biggest bucks are to be found in the farthest reaches of the wilderness areas, many are realizing that the deer they were after might have been right there at home all along.
Of course it is true that unhunted places harboring really big bucks do exist in some of the less accessible, out-country areas. These places become less and less of a haven each season as the motorized hunter enters the wilderness.
Many a buck has crouched low to watch the ATV go by...
Boars or Wild Hogs Are a Tough Test For Any Hunter
South Carolina boar hunting is well known in hunting circles. Boars or wild hogs can be a tough test for any hunter. They are hunted in a variety of ways: by rifle, by bow, or knife for the brave hunter. A wild boar can range from as little as one hundred pounds to three hundred and fifty pounds. Some wild boars have been known to attack if they feel threatened, so this is not a sport for the faint of heart. There are limits on how many boar you can kill in a day and you must purchase a hunting...
All About Quail Hunting
Quail hunting has been a tradition in the southern states for many years. Often referred to as Quail Country, states from Texas to Mississippi have been offering quail hunting for many years. Most quail lodges were converted from old cotton plantations in the late 1800's. Many were actually purchased by wealthy northerners, but there are quite a few still owned and ran by third and fourth generation southerners. Most of these lodges were family businesses. As quail hunting became a major sport,...
Quail Hunting - The Sport of Kings
Quail hunting has often been called the aristocrats sport. Maybe it is because you are not required to get up before dawn and freeze in a blind for many hours before you can take your shot as in duck hunting.
Quail hunting is very much a gentlemans game. It is often a participator and a spectator sport all at the same time. Usually a pair of hunters, along with a pair of bird dogs, are in the field together.
It can be one of lifes greatest experiences to watch you favorite pair of bird...
South Carolina - The Place to Hunt Boar
For the hunting enthusiast, few things can be more satisfying that hunting for wild boar. South Carolina has one of the largest populations of wild boar in the United States. These animals can be especially vicious, making the hunt that much more exciting.
South Carolina offers a number of options for hunting boar. On January 2 of every year, the Manchester State Forest, located near Sumter, holds a public-land, post season hunt. In February, you can also hunt with dogs for about three weeks...
What Vehicle is Best For Hunting?
What vehicle to use to scout or hunt is a decision largely based upon availability. Some hunters use elaborately set up rigs with big recreational vehicles sporting a canoe on top trailing an all-terrain two, three, four, or more wheeler to the rear. In some instances a bicycle may be just the thing to take you to the outskirts of town and stow away noiselessly where there are no places to park anything else. Of course packing your deer out may be another consideration! Most any automobile in...
How to Estimate the Body Size of a Deer
Learning to determine the body size of a deer in the field comes through actual sighting comparisons. Deer sizes range from that of a medium-sized dog to a full-grown mule. Truly big deer, does or bucks, are worthy game and in themselves trophies. In many states doe records are wide open for new entries. A doe exceeding 140 pounds is big anywhere. Bucks exceeding 200 pounds are considered big on the national average. Many such bucks are taken each year in most localities. Does exceeding 150...
How to Determine a Deers Sex
Antlered does are a phenomenon most hunters would like to see increase. It would really be great if does sported racks everywhere like bucks. If you do shoot an antlered deer that turns out to be a doe when the genitals are examined, it is a good idea to inform your district biologist so that the expert may examine it for research purposes. A few such animals turn up every year.
Sex determination becomes important especially when bucks are the only legal quarry. When population levels are not...
All About Hunting Guides
A qualified professional hunting guide may be the choice option for the urban hunter with little time to scout and investigate hunting prospects. When attempting to hunt unfamiliar territory, a guide can make the difference between a good and a bad hunt. Unless you have thorough knowledge of the land you wish to hunt, you might spend unfruitful days in the bush without the help of a guide. Another name for a guide might be a "scout."
A guide can keep you out of trouble. He can limit...
Mutant Deer ... Fact or Fiction?
The variety of deer encountered can add excitement to the deer hunt. You just don't know what you will see. In addition to the prized, perfectly shaped antler growth of the typical deer are the many and varied forms of non-typical antler growths.
A "typical" is a deer with regular antler configuration on both sides of the skull. Typical antlers need not be exactly alike or absolutely perfect to be classified as typical.
A "non-typical" is a deer with irregular or unusual antler growth....
South Carolina Hunting: What Do You Want To Hunt?
Having decided to hunt in South Carolina, you must determine what it is that you wish to accomplish.
Some initiates begin their hunt with chief emphasis on the deer's food value. Indeed the majority of new hunters just go after a deer, period. The primary motivation may be recreation, fellowship, a soul search, or a trophy. Reasons for the hunt may overlap one another and are vastly susceptible to spontaneous change. For example, a hunter simply intent upon bringing a deer home by shooting the...
About Trophy Hunting In South Carolina
I once knew a successful hunter who had a garage shelf lined with eight-point antlers from deer he had killed. He took them all in the same place, at nearly the same time of day, year after year. All his peers admired him as a hunter as he inevitably returned from his hunt with a nice deer. He had developed a pattern that provided venison and modest trophies which he eventually found hard to break. When he went after a larger trophy deer by switching locations and methods, his first efforts...
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