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May 3, 2026

Larry Essick dredged this nice puppy drum out of a marsh creek off the Cape Fear River.

Snap, Crackle, Pop

Craig Holt

The dead of winter. It’s a term that perfectly describes February. […]

Hunters who pay attention to what makes for good squirrel habitat are a step ahead when it comes to putting bushytails in the game bag.

‘Person-al’ Secrets

Mike Marsh

Squirrel hunting has fallen down on the list of popular hunting pursuits, but it wasn’t always so. […]

Jan Peele caught this redfish on the low end of the tide cycle in a backwater creek in the Little River area — which has no shortage of great habitat for both reds and speckled trout.

Stripping for Reds

Jeff Burleson

The chilly breezes and frigid waters of winter often fail to deter fishermen targeting redfish that prowl the pristine, remote mud flats around the North Carolina-South Carolina border. […]

Cover: February 2010 (SC) – Freshwater

South Carolina Sportsman

Sure, it’s cold, but bass and redfish have got to eat, and they might as well feast on what you’re feeding them. […]

Cover: February 2010 (SC) – Inshore

South Carolina Sportsman

Sure, it’s cold, but bass and redfish have got to eat, and they might as well feast on what you’re feeding them. […]

Keep the ‘Change’

Terry Madewell

When Sam Johnson of Sumter launches his boat at Lake Wateree before dawn on a cold February morning, he knows he has a number of options when it comes to catching bass. […]

Art Thompson has hunted rabbits around Alamance County for decades, and he’s wise enough to their tricks to be able to a good share of the take in his game bag.

The beagles’ tails appeared to be wagging fingers, a wave of vertical, white-tipped periscopes, eight to 10 inches long, moving purposefully through the green and gray of a frost-covered January morning. […]

Prior to the rut, young males are constantly testing one another. They will even instigate mature bucks to engage. Yet as females enter estrous and signposting intensifies, the dynamics of these interactions turns highly aggressive and dangerous.

Deer Dynamics

Tommy Kirkland

When the rut is in full swing, mature bucks are tending and breeding estrous does while young bucks, instinctively desperate to test their testosterone, attempt to spoil the party. […]

Speckled trout are among the most-popular of all inshore saltwater fish in North Carolina waters.

Say ‘HI’

Jerry Dilsaver

While it bustles along pretty well from about Easter to Thanksgiving, Harkers Island is a very slow-paced place during the winter — and that’s not a bad thing. […]

Cover: January 2010 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

Cape Fear red drum chase away the winter blues. […]