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Practice makes perfect

With North Carolina’s 2012-13 deer season set to begin when the statewide archery season opens Sept. 8, bowhunters from Manteo to Murphy will be in the woods.

Hopefully, most of them will have practiced enough to be able to make accurate shots, but outside conditions and hunter success or failure will vary greatly, depending upon weather, food sources, stand locations and dozens of other variables. […]

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John Q. Public Deer Hunts

Although Ben Powell has not taken a deer off the Woodbury or Marsh wildlife management areas, he has spent many hours scouting the two public hunting areas along the Big and Little Pee Dee rivers in lower Marion County. […]