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Lake Norman blue catfish are great winter targets

Dan Kibler

There are fishermen at Lake Norman who blame the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission for everything they perceive that’s lacking in the lake.

The stripers and the bass aren’t big enough; there isn’t enough bait; the WRC isn’t doing anything to help. It’s their version of the “Lake Norman Blues.”
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For North Carolina winter-season turkeys, break up that flock

Craig Holt

A trained hunting dog is a marvelous animal to observe.

Hunters and dog owners of specialty breeds — pointers, setters, beagles, Plotts, Redbones, blueticks, Walkers, Chesapeakes, Labradors, Boykins — uniformly talk about the enjoyment of “watching the dogs work” more than the actual harvesting of game. […]

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Hogs or Horns

Mike Marsh

Santee Coastal Reserve has opportunities for hunters to bag deer or wild pigs. Scott Calderone waited patiently in his climbing stand, whining mosquitoes the only sound in the forest except for errant puffs of wind ticking the occasional leaf against its drooping twin. […]

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Slabs When it Shivers

Dan Kibler

And you though fishing for big crappie was relegted to the springtime? The crappie in Jerry Neeley’s net didn’t look like a fish I’d seen, much less caught. […]