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The SCDNR has proposed a 10-fish daily creel limit and a 12-inch (fork length) size minimum for sheepshead.

A-Countin’ Sheep

Biologists in South Carolina are coming to grips with the responsibility of regulating sheepshead in state waters, thanks to federal fisheries managers turning that task over to individual states. […]

January’s Lake of the Month: Lake Wylie

Dan Kibler

Over the past several years, Lake Wylie has become a wintertime hotspot for bass, crappie, and all three major species of catfish. It’s Carolina Sportsman’s January Lake of the Month. […]

Chris Nichols shows off the kind of blue catfish Lake Wylie is producing.

Lake of the Month: Lake Wylie

Dan Kibler

Rarely do fishermen discuss Lake Wylie in the same revered terms used for other reservoirs in the Carolinas: Kerr (Buggs Island), Jordan, Santee Cooper, Clarks Hill. […]

Ruffed grouse are often referred to as the “king of gamebirds.” Hunters who chase them in South Carolina’s mountains are sure to agree.

Chasing Royalty

Pete Rogers

The tires of my old truck echoed through the hollows and valleys as we inched our way along the gravel road. […]

Bryan Goodwin admires an over-slot redfish caught in the waters around Harkers Island last January.

Code Red Winter!

Craig Holt

It was evident from the start of the cold January morning at the public ramp next to the Harkers Island Bridge that Bryan Goodwin probably was an extraordinary saltwater fishing guide. […]

South Carolina hunters can target crows on private lands between Nov. 1 and March 1, statewide, with no bag limit.

Something To Crow About

Phillip Gentry

Darrell Gibson was whispering, talking about crow hunting, his lips barely moving, camouflaged from head to toe, blending into his surroundings, when he lifted his crow call to his lips. […]

A hunter, well-camouflaged in a well-camouflaged kayak, slips into a backwater area off Town Creek in search of ducks.

Yakking for Swamp Quackers

Jerry Dilsaver

Suddenly, the low, waking-up buzz of the swamp along Town Creek was pierced by the high-pitched squeal of a wood duck. It announced a trio strafing the decoys with all intentions of landing. […]

Sometimes it takes a helping hand to get a big hog out of the woods.

Here, Piggy, Piggy…

Terry Madewell

Hunting season for many Lowcountry sportsmen doesn’t end when the proverbial end-of-deer-season-bell rings an hour after sunset on New Year’s Day. […]

Brush piles and tree laps are good places to check as rabbits like to sit in that type of cover near a food source.

Rabbit habitat

Craig Holt

Alston Quarter is a wild section of land — a half-mile by a half-mile — in Alamance County known to locals as “Austin Quarter” that’s been called “The Quarter” since the 1700s. […]