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May 1, 2026

As human populations have expanded in North Carolina, hunters have seen big deer leases disappear. Smart hunters adapt by finding smaller but productive areas to hunt.

November Surprise

When Charlie Green of Greensboro ended his competitive bass fishing career, he renewed his interest in white-tailed deer hunting. […]

Squirrel hunters often find a den tree after the leaves have fallen and can slip into hardwood areas before daylight, sit down and pick off bushytails one by one.

Bushytail Lessons

Don Mallicoat

For decades, squirrel hunting has been a rite of passage for young hunters.

A first .22 rifle or shotgun was proudly carried into the woods with dad for that first hunt. […]

John Hicks III of Claremont in Catawba County made the trip to Pee Dee NWR to tag a nice eight-point buck last year.

North Carolina’s Best Permit Hunt

Mike Marsh

It was a warm November morning in 2006, and hunters were starting to trickle in at the check station. […]

Michael Clifton of Reidsville tagged N.C.’s highest-scoring buck last November in his home county, Rockingham, while hunting at a small tract of private land.

Northern Piedmont Trophies

Craig Holt

Michael Clifton and Duane Boston hadn’t met prior to last March’s Dixie Deer Classic at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. […]

Outer Banks piers offer fine surf fishing, especially during fall. However, anglers often like to try beach fishing using ORVs after a stint at the piers.

Preserving Rights at the Outer Banks

Bob Goldstein

Put together some people with some facts, other people with other facts, lots of people without facts but plenty of opinions, and people with the responsibility of getting them to agree on anything and one may sense the conundrum facing the managers of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. […]

Creek Club

Tim Mead

As the leaves fall at Morrow Mountain State Park, largemouth bass fishing at adjacent Lake Tillery hits a peak. […]

Specks ‘N’ Spots

Jerry Dilsaver

The watery ring the bait and float created when they lightly splashed into the protected water at the mouth of the small creek off the North River had spread just a few feet when the bobber unceremoniously disappeared. […]

Cover: November 2007 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

This is the month to be in a deer stand in the Palmetto State. […]

While much of the upper Chattooga River is a rush of wild water with a steep gradient, fly fishermen will find their share of big, quiet pools where they can cast to a number of promising-looking areas to find big brown trout.

Chasing Chattooga Browns

Richard Bernabe

Rising in the high country of North Carolina and carving a 40-mile natural border between South Carolina and Georgia, the Chattooga River is one of the Southeast’s most celebrated trout streams. […]

Prime Time

Terry Madewell

When Inky Davis says, “Good cast” as soon as your crankbait touches the water, expect good things to happen — very quickly. […]