Deer Hunting
Habitat-improvement projects
Gary Barrett has initiated a number of habitat-improvement projects at Oakhaven that North Carolina deer managers can implement on properties they own, lease, or hunt on if the landowners agree: […]
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All Terrain, All Turkeys
By 8:45, only two toms had sounded off a total of four times on Arthur Dick’s 1,800-acre Willow Oaks Plantation in Rockingham County outside of Eden. […]
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Ghost Hunting calls and lures
Guide Israel Gibson of Rivers Edge Outfitters in Spruce Pine is a big fan of Ghost Hunting Calls and Lures in Marion, especially the company’s friction ones. […]
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Willow Oaks’ role in preparing future hunters
Judy Gardner, vice president of the North Carolina State Chapter of the Quality Deer Management Association, praised Arthur Dick at Willow Oaks Plantation for their commitment to helping nurture the next generation of hunters. […]
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Prime Piedmont tactics
Tommy Kirby of Willow Oaks Plantation in Rockingham County is on the same page with his boss, Arthur Dick, when it comes to cutting down on the amount of calling a turkey hunter does and paying more attention to location. […]
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Mixed-up Gobblers
Forty-five minutes before sunrise last April, 54-year-old Fred Cox of Reidsville paused in the ebony darkness of a Tar Heel morning. […]
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Start-up Squirrels
Mark Ingram, then 8 years old, lightly tapped on the squirrel call while Harold Knight intently studied the tops of several hickory trees 20 yards away. […]
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Hot lures and hottest fly for smallmouth bass
Befuddled about what to toss to bronzebacks? Try fan-casting hard-plastic jerkbaits such as the Cordell Redfin, Original Rapala, or Lucky Craft Pointer SP to eddies, current breaks, and main channel dropoffs. […]
Bass Fishing
Think Small(mouth)
Last July, when West Jefferson’s Ben Lucas and I glimpsed the deep-water ledge 50 yards downstream from us on the South Fork of the New River, we knew exactly how to double-team it. […]
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Boss Border Birds
From hunting in Alleghany County a number of times, I had a fairly good idea where the gobbler might be in the pasture that lay level with the ridge above me. Nearing the mountaintop, I pulled out a crow call and sent forth several coarse caws. […]