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July 24, 2026

Guide Owen Plair shows off the results of a morning cast-and-blast: a double-handful of redfish and marsh hens.

‘Rail’ Road to Reds

Being a sportsman in South Carolina is not an either/or situation. You can be a hunter or fisherman — or both. So it’s no surprise that Lowcountry sportsmen have discovered a way to combine their two loves on the Broad River, casting and blasting the day away. […]

Cover: December 2011 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

Inshore fishing guide Mike Taylor of Swansboro killed this huge main-frame 8-point buck in Alamance County. […]

The Reedy and Saluda rivers, which feed Lake Greenwood, offer ducks with plenty of food, cover and still water.

Greenwood’s Greenheads

Pete Rogers

The predawn cold rattled my bones as I pulled my neoprene waders up over many layers of insulation. Sunrise was still a couple of hours away, and the anticipation of big ducks swooping into our decoys helped me stave off the cold as I pulled the waders up as far as they would reach. […]

While two-thirds of the dove harvest occurs in the first season that begins Labor Day weekend, the final month of the season can offer wingshooters with fast-paced action.

Winter Wonders

Jeff Burleson

As winter arrives in North Carolina, the final segment of dove season kicks off, allowing a wingshooter crouched in a hedgerow one final hoorah. […]

After the first two or three hunts of the season, wild quail will retreat into some of the thickest, heaviest cover that offers them the most protection.

Quail for Christmas?

Dan Kibler

Ben Chewning has run bird dogs over most of the 5,000 acres on the Buchanan Shoals Sportsman’s Preserve in Anson County, so he’s got a good idea of what kind of wild quail live on the property — even though he mostly runs guided hunts for released birds. […]

Thomas Boyd (above) has been hunting rabbits and has kept beagles for the better part of a half-century. beginning when he was just a teenager. He’s learned that more rabbits will hang out in better habitat like young cutovers and tremendously thick cover

Beagles and Bunnies

Pat Robertson

Some things go together so effectively that one without the other leaves one feeling less than satisfied. […]

On Beaver Pond

Phillip Gentry

Nestled deep in the hardwoods of Stanly County, a creek winds its way through the countryside, finally merging with the Yadkin River. […]

Speckled trout are suckers for topwater baits like this Top Dog in the fall, when they respond to baitfish migration and begin to feed more aggressively in preparation for winter.

Tips for Topwater

Dan Kibler

Catching a big speckled trout on a topwater bait is something of a religious experience to some fishermen. Count guides Danny Rourk and Jeff Yates among them. […]

Bass school on Lake Tillery during the fall, shadowing the movement of huge groups of shad, which can make for some fast and furious action when conditions are right.

Hard to Top

Tim Mead

As the leaves fall at Morrow Mountain State Park, bass fishing at adjacent Lake Tillery hits its peak. Autumn has long been a favorite time for many anglers to fish the 5,000-acre reservoir near Albemarle. […]

Redfish are plentiful right now in the Beaufort/Hilton Head area.

It’s Now or Never

John Gribb

All the fall months have fabulous redfishing, but November may just be the cream of the crop. Guides, who pole anglers year-round to within casting range of spot-tail bass, rank the two-month period ending around Thanksgiving as the best possible time to catch spot-tails because of the consistent weather patterns, clearing water and aggressive feeding patterns of fish fattening up for winter. […]