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July 17, 2026

Bucks are moving as the peak of the rut arrives across the Carolinas. Try to get in their way.

The rule of the rut

Craig Holt

Few hunting secrets exist today for whitetail seekers, especially during the rut or mating season. […]

Wood ducks lead the field of waterfowl making their presence felt in the Carolinas in November.

Don’t wait for December ducks

Jeff Burleson

Fall is a difficult seasons for outdoorsmen because of all the available options, including hungry speckled trout, hormone-crazed bucks, speedy doves and smoking king mackerel. […]

Lake Wylie bass bite jerkbaits when the water cools

Pete Anderson

When fishing Lake Wylie during late fall and into the winter, jerkbaits perfectly mimic the population of shad struggling and dying in the cold. […]

Cotton isn’t at the top of a deer’s list of favorite foods, but they’ll feed through cotton fields, using the tall plants for cover, on the way to other agricultural crops.

Fields of dreams – Crop fields can mean great deer hunting in the Carolinas

Terry Madewell

A common denominator for deer-hunting hot spots in the Carolinas is the presence of agriculture fields. Not all terrain is suited for large-scale crops of soybeans, corn, peanuts, sorghum and cotton, but a lot is utilized for this purpose […]

A piebald whitetail often has other abormal body characteristics: short legs, Roman noses, an overbite, and malformed feet and hooves.

Don’t worry about the whitewash

Jeff Burleson

At the beginning of each deer season, hunters thumb through thousands of trail-camera photos, glass peanut or soybean fields, and think about ways to get a wall-hanger into range. […]

Early fall is when the reproductive instinct changes the way deer behave toward each other and alters their movements.

Follow the move – Deer behavior changes as September gives way to October

Craig Holt

Deer hunters know scouting is an important part of success, but many don’t know, like everything in the natural world, changes occur that alter deer patterns. […]

Wood ducks make up the highest harvest totals among species that visit North Carolina.

Early birds – Don’t be late for North Carolina’s early ducks

Dusty Wilson

If an outdoorsman is driven by his passion, then a duck hunters would be a Ferrari. Brimming with a childlike zeal for his quarry, you can rest assured that Oct. 5-8 is circled on his calendar with a big, red heart to show how he feels about the first statewide opportunity to hunt ducks that haven’t dodged steel in North Carolina in more than eight months. […]

Anglers may catch dozens of stripers in the 20- to 25-inch range on October trips at Santee Cooper.

Fall frenzy

Jeff Burleson

Anglers in the Carolinas are fortunate to be within driving distance of a true, freshwater paradise: the Santee Cooper lakes. With towering bald cypress and water tupelo lining the banks and massive beds of aquatic vegetation, the sheer beauty of Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion is evident. […]

Eris Jones and Cindy Norris put the hoist on this big king mackerel aboard Jones’ Backlash.

Dethrone a king – Fall is a great time to do battle with a powerful king mackerel

Jerry Dilsaver

Fall king mackerel fishing along the North Carolina coast is on a par with anywhere. Between the Virginia and South Carolina state lines, there are plenty of fishermen chasing kings every day the weather allows, and there are king mackerel tournaments every weekend, sometimes several. […]