Deer Hunting
12 steps to better hunting
As a certified master bow technician who has hunted whitetail deer all across the country, Doug Goins of Matthews Archery has seen the best and worst in a lot of deer hunters. […]
Articles by Phillip Gentry
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Rut Research
The pictures on the trail camera were more than just encouraging. To bass pro and hunting guide Matt Arey of Shelby, they were a reward for several years of dedicated work in trophy deer management. […]
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Sunrise Woodies
It’s hard to imagine how sitting in a deer stand during the rut could infuse a die-hard South Carolina hunter with the urge to duck hunt, but it happens. […]
Deer Hunting
Scouting report
According to Richard Morton, an SCDNR wildlife biologist, the quantity and quality of deer hunting available at Fant’s Grove WMA has changed since the SCDNR began managing the area in 2000. […]
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Cross ‘em Up
The scene could have been taken directly from a 1980s Vietnam-era war movie, only in this case, the unsuspecting victim wasn’t a soldier, but a respectable 8-point whitetail buck, and the backdrop was the shoreline of Lake Hartwell, not the Mekong Delta. […]
Bass Fishing
Blackwater Slabs
Some days it’s hard to separate the biologist from the fisherman. With the more temperate days of October at hand, Kevin Dockendorf was playing fisherman. […]
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Pre-packaged crappie tightlining rigs available
When Ronnie Capps and Steve Coleman were winning an unprecedented seven national crappie-fishing championships, they credited their success to a slow-trolling system they designed. […]
Alligator
Casting for Gators
Alligator hunting can be as high-tech or as low-tech as a hunter chooses. […]
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Tighten up for Fall Slabs
In days gone by, crappie fishing was a springtime, single-rod venture aimed at filling a stringer with slabs and a frying pan with tender white fillets. […]
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Make a Point
Slipping out of Pirates Cove Marina and heading toward Oregon Inlet, Capt. Harold Smith was steering The Spray, his 61-foot sportfisher, through the pre-dawn darkness toward the bluewater, when the radio crackled. […]