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January duck hunting proves it’s better late than never across South Carolina.

Ducks: Never too late – South Carolina duck hunters shouldn’t give up until January and the season come to a close

With nearly half of the 60-day duck season remaining, there couldn’t be a better time to hunker down in a bush-covered blind to get a limit of mallards, wood ducks and green-winged teal. […]

Johnnie Dale and Tommy Sullivan drag a 200-pound boar hog out of the woods.

Hogs and bogs -Pull North Carolina hogs out of their swampy homes and you can put bacon on the table

Mike Marsh

Many hunters feel as though they’ve lost their best friends during the downtime between the end of deer and bear season and the beginning of spring turkey season. […]

A relatively new cutover provides some great, thick habitat for rabbits and gives hunters with good beagles a great day afield.

Bust Upstate bunnies – South Carolina’s Upstate is home to a lot of good habitat and great rabbit hunting

Pete Rogers

Our truck followed a long, gravel road through the Sumter National Forest near the border of Laurens and Newberry counties. Cutover land lined both sides of the road for more than a mile — prime habitat for cottontail rabbits — and after another half-mile, we found a safe place to park. […]

Spinning-wing decoys can add enough motion to a decoy spread to get wary ducks to commit and drop in for a visit.

Do the loco-motion – Motion decoys are essential for taking late-season North Carolina ducks

Jeff Burleson

With the final days of the season blowing in, nothing will stop a diehard duck hunter from hunkering down in a reed-covered blind for a mixed bag of goodies. […]

Cover: January 2016 (SC) – Slabs

South Carolina Sportsman

Lake Moultrie will be pumping out slab crappie this month, but you can also head to the Charleston area for hot redfish action. […]

Guide Joe Shute often targets winter reds in the Morehead City/Atlantic Beach area with fly-fishing tackle.

Get on the red train – Let a big redfish take you for a ride this winter in North Carolina’s nearshore and inshore waters

Craig Holt

About 20 years ago, North Carolina’s winter and early spring inshore fishing was a losing proposition. Cold weather chased sportfish from sounds, bays and rivers to the warmer ocean waters, leaving inshore anglers to oil and respool reels, remove rust and repair rods while waiting for spring. […]

Cover: January 2016 (SC) – Redfish

South Carolina Sportsman

Lake Moultrie will be pumping out slab crappie this month, but you can also head to the Charleston area for hot redfish action. […]

Lures designed for largemouth bass produce plenty of winter stripers at High Rock Lake.

Artificial alternative – There’s an alternative to live bait for High Rock Lake’s winter stripers

Craig Holt

Being a self-effacing guy, Maynard Edwards smiled when he recalled how once upon a January he stumbled across a new way to catch striped bass at High Rock Lake. […]

Thaw out Badin slabs – Cold weather doesn’t stop hot crappie fishing on North Carolina’s Badin Lake this month

Dusty Wilson

To say that a January morning is brisk can be an understatement, but with any luck, the frost will give way to sunshine and biting fish. At Badin Lake on the Yadkin River chain, hungry and healthy crappie will most likely be holding tight to baitfish schools, hovering over deep-water creeks and coves, where long-line trolling a dragnet of jigs is the most efficient way to fill your 20-fish limit. […]