Bass Fishing
Keowee spotted bass are biting right now
The spotted bass are biting in big numbers on Lake Keowee, and local anglers expect the hot bite to continue all winter long. […]
Articles by Glenn Corley
Bear
2020 Mountain Bear Season third best on record
South Carolina’s 2020 Mountain Bear Season was the third best on record, with hunters killing a total of 116 bears throughout Game Zones 1 and 2. […]
Bear
S.C.’s 2019 Upstate Bear Hunt netted 112 bears
During South Carolina’s 2019 Upstate Bear Hunt, hunters killed a total of 112 bears. […]
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124 bears taken during 2018 S.C. Mountain Bear Harvest
The 2018 Mountain Bear Harvest was the second best season on record with a total of 124 bears taken. This included 55 during the still hunt and 69 during the dog hunt which included 66 males and 58 females taken in three counties. […]
Deer of the Year
Third time is the charm for Granville hunter
James Williams had not killed a “good” deer in over 30 years. Lamont Williams, his son, was determined to help his father, who taught him how to hunt, to finally get a trophy. After two misses, it was the third time that James finally got a prized nine-point buck that scored 133 5/8 inches of hard horns and weighed in at 165 pounds. […]
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Top tips for sheepshead fishing on Apache Pier
Derrick Rogers of Weaverville, NC, drives down to the Apache Family Campground several times a year just to fish the Apache Pier in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. And on this pier, he only fishes for one thing- sheepshead. […]
Deer of the Year
Aiken hunter kills trophy buck after two-year hunt
Tyler Craig, his dad, and his neighbors had all seen a trophy buck on trail cameras, but no one had seen the buck during the day. But when the deer went looking for love in the wrong place at the wrong time, Craig finally saw it and bagged it. […]
Deer of the Year
Seneca hunter kills trophy 8-point buck at Botany Bay WMA
Gerald Foster of Seneca, S.C. and some friends have been drawn to hunt several different Wildlife Management Area (WMA) properties over the last 10 years. Foster said that Botany Bay is probably the most beautiful and now, his all-time favorite. […]
Bear
2017 SC bear season was second best on record
According to Tammy Wactor, SCDNR Wildlife Biologist and Upstate Black Bear Coordinator, the 2017 Bear Season was the second highest season on record. […]
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Upstate bruin is largest of 2017 season
Phillip Gosnell, a 36-year-old water treatment operator from Landrum, took the largest bear of the Palmetto State’s 2017 bear hunting season. Gosnell was still hunting on 40 acers of private land in Greenville County when he took the 597-pound bear. […]