Dust off your deer stands and break out the camouflage because hunting season is here! Welcome to The T & D Hunting Section. We hope you enjoy it!
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The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is the premier big-game species in the United States. Annually, millions of sportsmen take to the woods in pursuit of the deer with a flag-like tail.
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It was cold even in the midday of December some 20 years ago in the swamp the locals called Deep Bottom. My best hunting buddy, Mike Taylor, and I had driven to Ruffin in the predawn just as we had done hundreds of times before after he and his father (Robin) Bo had introduced me to deer hunting in 1970.
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When I think bout deer hunting, I imagine sitting in a tall gum tree overlooking an oak flat. The sky is that deep, clear blue that we only get when the weather has just enough chill to it to need a light jacket, even in the early afternoon. I can see that big buck as he strolls along the edge, looking for does.
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Year in and year out, a close look at the Boone and Crockett record books will show there are certain areas of the country that will consistently produce big deer.
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The South Carolina white-tailed deer Antler Records Program was initiated in the spring of 1974 and since that time, 5,038 sets of antlers (4,858 typical and 180 non-typical) have been officially entered onto the list.
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Deer don’t make good pets, so don’t adopt a ‘lost’ fawn.
If a deer fawn is found alone in the woods, leave it there, advises a state wildlife biologist. Its mother has not abandoned it; she is probably nearby.
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Results of the 2007 Deer Hunter Survey conducted by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources indicate that the statewide harvest of deer last season totaled 239,193, an increase of 7 percent over 2006 and the first increase in harvest in five years.
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In pre-Columbian times much of South Carolina’s landscape was composed of mature hardwood and longleaf pine forest habitats. Deer were statewide in distribution but their overall densities could best be described as moderate. These moderate densities resulted from the lack of optimum habitat diversity, for deer, that was associated with historic, mature forests.
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Deer don’t make good pets, so don’t adopt a ‘lost’ fawn.
If a deer fawn is found alone in the woods, leave it there, advises a state wildlife biologist. Its mother has not abandoned it; she is probably nearby.
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PROPER DISPOSAL OF DEER REMAINS IS HUNTING RULE
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With deer season nearing, take stock of life's value.
- You trust your mom and pop, don't you?
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BIRD HUNTING
Four periods set for S.C. dove season
- The S.C. Natural Resources board has approved migratory bird hunting seasons for mourning doves, marsh hens(rails), woodcock, snipe, moorhens, purple gallinules, teal and an early season for Canada geese.
SANTEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Four periods set for S.C. dove season
- SUMMERTON — Santee National Wildlife Refuge announced opening of the refuge for public hunting of white-tailed deer, mourning dove and raccoon during special seasons. Non-toxic shot is required when hunting with shotguns.
2008 S.C. DUCK STAMP IS HERE
Blue-winged teal featured on 2008 S.C. Duck Stamp
- Nationally acclaimed wildlife artist Jim Killen’s print, “Blue-winged Teal at Santee Coastal Reserve,” chosen by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources as the 2008 South Carolina Duck Stamp print, is now on sale.
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