| Having decided to hunt in South Carolina, you must | | | | of techniques. |
| determine what it is that you wish to accomplish. | | | | Are you after meat? If so, minimization of time and |
| Some initiates begin their hunt with chief emphasis on | | | | cost may be in order. A legal doe or smaller buck |
| the deer's food value. Indeed the majority of new | | | | may be your tender quarry. You may choose an area |
| hunters just go after a deer, period. The primary | | | | to hunt where doe populations are relatively high and |
| motivation may be recreation, fellowship, a soul | | | | fill your freezer with comparative ease. Leave the big |
| search, or a trophy. Reasons for the hunt may | | | | antlers to grow larger for the trophy seekers. These |
| overlap one another and are vastly susceptible to | | | | genetically superior bucks make the best breeders in |
| spontaneous change. For example, a hunter simply | | | | the herd. Take a spike antlered deer or a puny |
| intent upon bringing a deer home by shooting the | | | | racked deer. These are the ones that usually don't |
| first one seen may catch a glimpse of a monster | | | | achieve big, wide antlers anyway. You don't eat |
| trophy buck and subsequently spend the rest of the | | | | antlers. The well-balanced deer herd requires some |
| season pursuing that animal and desiring to accept | | | | culling by meat-hunting outdoorsmen-the hunters who |
| nothing else. | | | | should be honored, rather than belittled by their |
| Although just about anything can happen, the hunter | | | | peers. Given the choice of shooting two, side-by-side |
| should begin with a clear goal to pursue. In this | | | | deer, one with puny, bent spikes and the other with |
| fashion confusion can be minimized, as careful | | | | well-shaped forks, the conscientious hunter should |
| planning and detailed organization pay off. | | | | choose the lesser animal and allow the better formed |
| What are you seeking in the deer hunt? Providing | | | | one to go on to maturity. |
| yourself with this answer will surely help you to reach | | | | In these times we can expect to see a major |
| your goals. | | | | improvement in wise game management. Hunter |
| Often "What you see is what you get." Use your | | | | awareness and participation will increase. |
| wonderful, inborn creative imagination to envision | | | | The hunter who enters the South Carolina woods |
| your quarry from the beginning. There is something | | | | with a defeated attitude usually leaves the wilds that |
| magically positive about this thought process in the | | | | way. If the voice of truth inside you tells you that |
| hunt. Not only will this skill assist the hunter in | | | | you are not going to get a deer that day, you may |
| developing hunter strategy by eliminating unnecessary | | | | as well stay home and do some needed chores. Save |
| steps, it may be the key to success. Knowing | | | | your deer-hunting energy for another day. This is |
| exactly what you are after may help you to more | | | | positive. Separate and heed your intuitions. The |
| readily identify it when it actually appears before you. | | | | positive, confident hunter has a much higher |
| What happens inside the head is something difficult | | | | productivity level than the one who really doesn't |
| to talk about, but any hunter who has been at it a | | | | believe he will score. If you think you are unlucky, |
| while will tell you that there is something going on | | | | then you will be unlucky. Have confidence, have faith, |
| there. The continually successful hunters just have it | | | | and listen to your inner self. Hunting in South Carolina |
| together to be winners, and this is a total mind set | | | | is fun and rewarding. |
| and not just blind luck or the ingenious employment | | | | |