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I will be heading down to the Columbia SC area for a deer hunt the day after Thanksgiving, just wondering if anyone else has hunted that area recently. I hear there are alot of deer down that way. Any opinions?
 
Movement has been slow in our club of late, not so much if you are hunting agricultural land Deer have been chasing heavily for the last few weeks. They've also been educated by this time in the season, if you are hunting permanent stands, camo up, stay still and stay quiet. Get in early in the AM and stay until you can't see in the scope because that is when you will see them more than likely.
 
Welcome to South Carolina..... I live north of Columbia and the last deer taken was with my auto. I don't hunt deer like I used to but the guys in my hunt group have been fairly successful this year. Wish you the best of luck in getting what you want. Remember that we have a variety of BBQ houses and a number of good Mom and Pops restaurants also......have fun and be safe..

Lemmon from Rural South Carolina
 
I'm heading to Hampton county in few weeks to get a little meat on the table. What's the moon phase that we are in right now? I've never had any luck with evening hunting on full moons. Mornings on the other hand, well, got a nice 9-pointer getting mounted right now lol. Watch the weather, if its going to get in the 70's bring a Thermacell. Skeeters will carry your butt off if its warm. Good luck.
 
Finally made it down to So. Carolina to hunt, sat 5 sittings, 3 eves and 2 morns..saw a few doe and shot a spike horn buck. The deer were not moving well at all according to the locals but I did make some friends and was invited to head back down next fall. I like the way they hunt and I saw some fine racks hanging all around peoples properties and on the wall and my new friends house. BTW, the zone I hunted was no limit on bucks from mid aug to jan 1st..wow..
 
You are welcome

glad you enjoyed your visit to South Carolina...... You are welcome to come back to visit...

Lemmon from Rural South Carolina
 
Thats one of the beauties of hunting in SC. Not many restrictions and its such a common practice to hunt from August 15th to Jan 1st. You'll even see teenagers with trucks and dog boxes in the back ready to go for the weekend. My box didn't come out until Jan 2nd every year for a long time. At least you got to see some deer on a slow time. Could've been worse, could've missed a wall hanger lol.
 
I will be back. When I went this time I bought a 3 day license, next year I will buy one for the whole season and make a few trips down. I am really looking forward to it.
 
question for you Saltydog235 what about the heat of late summer? Isnt it still aweful hot down that way end of aug to 1st of sept? Do they still move when its real hot?
 
Heck, it's still hot here in October. I was hunting in shorts and a T shirt with my Bug Tamer and snake boots until late October. You do what you have to do to hunt. Deer move in late evenings and early AM, throw out the lunar tables, they don't mean a thing. Deer live in the elements every day, never seen one in an air conditioned field, never killed one in the air conditioning either. Though I do know of a rich landowner that had a air/heat conditioned stand. Had a garage and elevator too, his seat was a recliner, camo of course.

You just suck it up, take plenty of water and go sweat.
 
Salty dog, I have pretty good success hunting by solunar tables and weather patterns. Yeah, I can always see does and small bucks in my food plots early in the morning and late in the evening, but the older bucks seem to move more by solunar schedule and weather patterns.
 
You must not be hunting pine plantations in the lowcountry with active forest management and logging operations. Deer movement isn't on the lunar tables then. Early season it's morning, late evening and nights.
 
I am hunting in Georgia just a couple miles from the SC line. (Savannah River area)

The biggest bucks killed around here are usually killed when a major soulunar hunting period falls early in the early afternoon. The big bucks in this area are smart. The smartest ones are completely nocturnal during season. The almost as smart ones seem to have figured out that the hunters leave the woods during mid day.
 
Yeah, that's why I sit longer than about anyone in my club. I know in the AM when I hear the others start leaving, it's time to start paying attention to everything. To me you sit as long as you can every time out, good optics are a must for evenings.
 
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