Inshore Fishing
Call it the “kayak coast”
North Carolina’s coastal waters provide a perfect kayak and canoe angling environment, if you know where to go. […]
Articles by Bill Howard
Inshore Fishing
Paddle close to home
Everyone who has ever put a line in the water understands the best places to fish are not always in huge lakes and rivers. […]
Small Craft Advisory
Paddle up a gobbler
Late-season gobblers can drive a hunter insane. They become wary of the same old calls from the same old spots in the same old fields. […]
Fishing
Paddle your way to fish
Over the past few years, paddle sports have invaded the outdoors world, with no signs of slowing. […]
Deer of the Year
Granville County hunter, 7, takes two trophy bucks in first week of season
Brayden Morris of Rougemont killed the two biggest bucks of his life the opening week of archery season, taking a 118-inch buck on opening day and a 124-inch buck the next Saturday. The most-interesting thing is, Brayden Morris is only seven years old. […]
Featured
Preserve that special fish with gyotaku — Japanese fish rubbing
Gyotaku is Japanese for ‘fish rubbing’. It is a simple and inexpensive yet beautiful project that can be used in place of taxidermy. […]
Featured
Youth-Only turkey hunting is great chance to involve kids in the outdoors
Youth-only hunting days are designed to entice adults to mentor young hunters without succumbing to the temptations of hunting for themselves, and this year, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission expanded youth-only turkey hunting from one day to a six, from the first Saturday of April through the Friday that precedes the regular-season opener. […]
Deer of the Year
Buck with third ‘beam’ protruding from middle of skull killed in Edgecombe County
Rusty Owens of Stantonsburg succeeded in a season-long pursuit of what he calls the “Unicorn Buck” in the last few minutes of the 2012 deer hunting season. […]
Events & Announcements
Judge halts night-hunting of coyotes with lights in 5 eastern North Carolina counties
A Wake County superior court judge has granted a temporary injunction prohibiting the taking of coyotes at night with the aid of lights in five counties in eastern North Carolina, one week after a red wolf was found killed – the fourth such killing since the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission passed a temporary rule allowing night-hunting for coyotes in July. […]
Deer Hunting
Learn to score your own whitetail buck
The Boone and Crockett scoring system for whitetail deer is the most commonly used and recognized scoring system. The system is also used by the Pope and Young Club (archery), as well as most state organizations in determining records.
A typical whitetail deer is not difficult to score yourself with a little guidance. In this video, Bill Howard, an official Pope and Young measurer, shares how to green score your own trophies.
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