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There are a few wild quail in South Carolina, too
Billy Dukes, SCDNR’s small-game project leader, said hunting for wild quail in South Carolina is a “hit or miss” proposition at best. […]
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It’s Now or Never
All the fall months have fabulous redfishing, but November may just be the cream of the crop. Guides, who pole anglers year-round to within casting range of spot-tail bass, rank the two-month period ending around Thanksgiving as the best possible time to catch spot-tails because of the consistent weather patterns, clearing water and aggressive feeding patterns of fish fattening up for winter. […]
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River Runners
A typical female shad, laden with eggs, puts a huge bend in a fishing rod when she turns her slab-sided body — 20 inches long, weighing four pounds — broadside to the current. […]
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Winter is fly-rod time
Winter weather can be blustery at times, but often the wind is dead calm, and those days are perfect for fly fishing. […]
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Deal Those Ducks an ACE
Duck hunters in the Lowcountry’s ACE Basin either have connections with a plantation owner who plants food plots and possibly buys raised mallards, or they are rugged individualists with masochistic tendencies. […]
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The perfect boat for Marsh Hens
Hunters can always use a new fiberglass or aluminum boat, but what about building the perfect boat for marsh hens? […]
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Marsh Rail Roads
Fly, damn it! Shooting them is easy; the toughest job with marsh hens is making them fly. […]
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Snubbed Not Stopped
An old proverb tells us “There are plenty of other fish in the sea,” but you couldn’t prove it by Lowcountry anglers’ actions in May and June. […]
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High Water Mark
The best shallow-water guides in the Lowcountry around Beaufort and Hilton Head agree that November is high season for both trout and redfish. […]
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Double Play on Sharks
A day-lighter? For many of us, the first one was compliments of Peter Benchley’s movie Jaws. […]