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April 30, 2026

Shot to the Heart

Todd Masson

Make your first shot count.

That’s good advice that I absolutely never follow.

And sometimes that proves more painful than others.
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Eastern N.C.’s black bears are numerous and seem to be getting bigger each winter. Bears that exceed 500 pounds are common and 600 pounders are not that rare.

Outback Bears

Mike Marsh

North Carolina has become legendary for world-class black bear hunting. […]

With N.C. hunters becoming more concerned about quality deer, archery hunters will be the first to benefit.

Stokes County has produced some of North Carolina’s biggest bucks over the past half-dozen years, and it spit out another huge one on the opening day of bow season two months ago for hunter Jerrold Wade. […]

Harvesting a mature buck is extremely difficult, but the odds increase for hunters during the mating season because deer wander across a larger area and during daylight.

Wanderlust

Craig Holt

Every deer hunter knows the “rut” (mating) season is the best time to hunt whitetail bucks. […]

Ray Bean of Cary drops a drum into his ice box. Most Cape Hatteras red drum anglers use four-wheel-drive vehicles to find the best places to chunk bottom rigs and cut mullets at reds each fall.

Flame Surf

Craig Holt

To do well at most endeavors takes preparation. Of course, good luck doesn’t hurt. But as legendary Major League baseball-owner Branch Rickey once said, “Luck is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration.” […]

Capt. Rod Bierstedt said using dead baits allows him to troll a little faster than with live baits and he can cover more area.

60-foot Kings

Dan Kibler

The number “60” is a magical one, and not just because Babe Ruth made it famous in 1927. […]

A cooler of specks can be the result when anglers find a hot spot and use floats with shrimp. The best technique is to cast upcurrent and allow the water’s movement to carry the bait, often a shrimp, across the strike zone.

Southern Spectacular

Jerry Dilsaver

The float slowly drifted into the growing current riffle off the stern of Capt. Andy Fisher’s boat and promptly disappeared. […]

Cover: November 2006 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

The rut is here, and that’s magical music to the ears of trophy deer hunters. […]

When a hunter climbs into his tree stand, he should make sure his rifle is unloaded if he carries it with him or pulls it up by a strong rope.

One Shot, One Kill

Pat Robertson

When Luther Johnson hunts deer, he adheres to the military sniper’s rule — one round, one kill. […]

Larry Avins collects decoys outside one of his comfortable blinds. Hunters can hunt from the blinds, or anywhere else there is cover at River Oaks Farm.

Farm Fresh Ducks

Mike Marsh

While suppertime at a duck camp is always a loud and rowdy affair, breakfasts are usually subdued. […]