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Tick or Treat – how to bringing hard-to-work turkeys within range
Hung-up gobblers are so common in turkey hunting as to be cliches. Discover some experts’ tactics to draw them closer. […]
Articles by Jim Casada
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Stream of Dreams
Loosely translated from the Cherokee, Nantahala means “land of the noon-day sun.” The descriptive place name is apt, because over much of its flow, and especially in the gorge marking its lower reaches, sunshine reaches the Nantahala River for only a few hours each day. […]
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Best spot on the trout map
Look no further than this spot on the map for the best trout fishing in the Carolinas. […]
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From the archives: Turkey Statement
Parker Whedon, widely recognized as one of the grand old men of the turkey hunting world, has hunted South Carolina gobblers for portions of six decades. […]
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Three Faces of Squirrel Hunting
How soon we forget! Three generations ago, when both deer and turkeys were scarce as hen’s teeth, squirrel hunting was the top-rated sport in terms of hunter participation in South Carolina and across the South. […]
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Back of Beyond
Some years back, a study found that the average deer hunter ventured less than a half-mile from his vehicle, and game wardens will readily tell you that rarely does a hunter on public land get far from roads or maintained trails. […]
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Trout Getaways
A century ago, Horace Kephart, the “Dean of American Campers,” came to the North Carolina mountains seeking a place “back of beyond.” […]
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Early Birds? No Problem!
At long last, after what seems an eternity of cabin fever, messy weather, and weeks my Grandpa Joe characterized as “a time when a man has the miseries,” the rites of spring arrive. […]
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Small Game, Big Time
Strange though it may seem to many, the hunting habits of South Carolinians have changed immensely in just two generations. […]
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Brown Beauties
The late Frank Young, a man with whom I talked and fished from boyhood days right up until his death, knew streams in the high country with an intimacy few will ever match. […]