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The best stories are often ‘show’ stories
Although going to outdoors shows can get old after you’ve been to six of them in eight weeks, they’re still enjoyable, especially for the stories you hear and the folks you run into.
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No longer up creek without a paddle
I was a high-school kid when the movie Deliverance hit the big screen; I accompanied a bunch of my buddies from the football team for a Friday night viewing. […]
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Turkeys rebound? True March madness
I never thought too much of the month of March when I was growing up. […]
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SC buck question: How many is OK?
It feels strange to be thinking and writing about deer hunting in February, with spring just beyond the horizon. […]
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The need for new deer regulations
It’s going to be awfully ironic if a bunch of imported canines is the force that gets deer-hunting regulations in South Carolina changed for the first time in ages. […]
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A great ‘problem’ for a dad to have
Buying Christmas presents for the family has gotten a little easier over the past year or two — at least for part of the family. […]
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The reason that November is tops
November was the most special of all months when I was growing up. First of all, my birthday was in November; that was celebration enough. Then, when I reached my teens, November meant deer season. […]
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What if whitetails have biorhythms?
The physical world is full of cycles that most of us understand: the changing of seasons, the phases of the moon, the coming and going of the tides, things like that. […]
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Four shells, five doves? Trust me!
Dove hunts were not a regular part of my growing-up years. Inside the Beltway, we didn’t really have access to any cut corn or sunflower fields — I don’t know if there were any within an hour’s drive of our house in the suburbs. […]
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A bream by any name is still No. 1
Fishermen know them by all kinds of different nicknames: bream, redbellies, shellcrackers, sun perch, coppernose. […]