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Cover: March 2013 (NC) – Freshwater
March is crappie time, and Lake Wylie, Shearon Harris Land and Lake Tillery are prime targets. Also, bluewater season kicks off with a crazy wahoo run. […]
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Hen Pecked — Patience and perseverance will carry the day for hunters who can wait out a longbeard
There’s one word that will make a turkey hunter discharge a mouth call with a dry-mouth gag, flip his friction call to the ground or toss his tube call in abject frustration. […]
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Top-Notch Trout: However you like to fish for trout, Wilson Creek has something for you
Wilson Creek is one of the jewels of North Carolina’s trout-fishing crown. Just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Caldwell County, it is tucked in among the mountains of the Pisgah National Forest and supports, in various stretches, delayed-harvest and hatchery-supported waters, and several of its tributaries are designated as wild trout fisheries. […]
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Follow the ‘Wolfe pack’ to Cape Fear winter reds
In North Carolina, February often plagues anglers with bone chilling cold, but the adventurous angler with warm clothes and an appetite for redfish can “endure” double-digit days in in the divine waters of the lower Cape Fear River system. […]
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Gangs of New River: Onslow County’s New River is full of winter puppy drum – and they’ll bite, too
Scanning the water across a creek near Sneads Ferry, Capt. Allen Jernigan spotted the telltale ripples made by a small school of red drum milling about. The fish were moving slowly, and it wasn’t really a series of wakes but a spot experienced fishermen often call “nervous water.” […]
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North Carolina hunters tagged some giant bucks during 2012 season
The 2012 season showed that North Carolina continues to produce outstanding whitetail deer, with a tremendous number of trophy bucks reportedly taken from across the state, even though the number of bucks on the extreme high end of the spectrum appeared to dip slightly. […]
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Wanderlust: Don’t miss the chance to scout for next fall after deer season ends
It wasn’t your normal stroll through the winter woods, but as in years past, the walk had a purpose. We were looking for something, and if necessary, we would walk the entire property to find it.
For at least a decade, this mid-winter stroll has marked the beginning of our deer hunting. Even though the season was nine months away, our hunting had begun in earnest. While many hunters are sitting by a fire, anxiously waiting for the winter to fade into spring and marking opening day on their calendars, others are out getting all of the knowledge the woods affords them. […]
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Swamp Busters: Running raccoons is some of the most fun North Carolina hunters can have after dark
The meeting took place at a travel center in Rocky Point, located just off I-40 at the NC 210 exit. […]
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Post-season prime time: Squirrel hunting can extend the season for South Carolina hunters
A squirrel had just hit the ground belly up, with a slight thud, when Mike Spinks of Sumter whispered to his daughter Taylor, “Let that one lay because there’s another one up there. Stay still.” […]
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Beagles and bunnies: Good dogs, good land and good hunters usually means lots of cottontails in the bag
After deer season ends, lots of private land becomes available for hunters to turn loose their packs of beagles. […]