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Light up a hog
When North Carolina started allowing hunters to target wild hogs after dark, Milton Turnage was one of the first hunters to do so effectively. […]
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Bass Fishing
Solve a winter bass puzzle – Follow the signs to great February bass fishing on South Carolina’s Lake Wateree
Frost is on the ground, waiting for the sunlight to warm it away; it’s a brisk 42 degrees, and the wind is whipping. […]
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O Canada! Put in some time scouting for areas being used by geese, and a late-season South Carolina hunt may wind up being special
The harvested corn field looked dull and brown against the gray, early morning December sky. […]
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January cast and blast – The Albemarle and Pamlico sounds are two great spots for a cast-and-blast double-play in January
While winter bears down on North Carolina, the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds play host to a combination of fins and feathers that’s sure to light a fire under any sportsman. […]
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Dogged determination – With deer season out of the way, many hunters turn to foxes and coyotes to keep their dogs sharp
Before 1983, coyotes had been recorded in only a handful of North Carolina counties. Now, they’ve become established in all 100. […]
Bass Fishing
Solving Jocassee’s mystery – South Carolina’s Lake Jocassee shouldn’t produce big bass, but it does — and plenty of them.
The big swimbait sailed through the air and landed like a dead — or at least stunned — trout on the surface of Lake Jocassee. It lay there motionless for a few seconds while Rob McComas shrugged his shoulders to loosen up and focused on the water around the lure. […]
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Can quail come back? Landowners, biologists trying to bring quail back to Columbus County
On a sunny winter morning, two pickup trucks turned off a paved, farm-to-market road into a Columbus County farm field. In the beds of the pickups were dog kennels. […]
Bass Fishing
Don’t forget Monticello for great winter bass-fishing
According to plenty of fishermen across South Carolina, one of the better — and often overlooked — winter bass fisheries in the state is Lake Monticello. […]
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School days! Huge gangs of red drum make for some great winter action in the Sneads Ferry area
“The tide is pretty low, and we may bump the bottom getting across this bar and into this creek, but it will only be a tap or two,” Allen Jernigan said as he left the channel of the New River and headed into a small creek. […]
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Romain’s hot/cold reds – When it gets cold, head to the Cape for hot redfish action
In January and February, the expectations of inshore fishermen are usually on the low side, with the major exception of one of South Carolina’s most-favored gamefish. […]