Events & Announcements Archives - Page 14 of 53

June 1, 2026

A Bladen County public dove field has been closed due to baiting.

NCWRC closes Bladen Lake State Forest dove field indefinitely

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has closed a dove field on the Bladen Lake State Forest Game Land to hunting until further notice. […]

Mike McSwain shows off a quality fish, the goal that has this Lancaster County pond undergoing renovations.

Sunrise Lake poised for improved fishing

SCDNR News Release

Lancaster County’s Sunrise Lake, part of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ State Lakes Program, will soon undergo a restoration that will improve fishing at the public fishing lake near the community of Pleasant Hill. […]

Introductory deer seminars have been popular, and this year the NCWRC and QDMA have expanded the offerings.

Deer hunting seminars available in September

NCWRC Release

RALEIGH, N.C. — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and the Quality Deer Management Association are offering introductory deer hunting seminars across the state in September. […]

Web editor Brian Cope with a Broad River smallmouth

Brian Cope named web editor of SouthCarolinaSportsman.com

Dan Kibler

North Carolina Sportsman is pleased to welcome to its staff Brian Cope of Pawley’s Island, S.C., who has assumed the role of web editor for NorthCarolinaSportsman.com and its sister website, SouthCarolinaSportsman.com. […]

State wildlife and marine fisheries officials are looking for the individual who bludgeoned a protected sea turtle to death the last week of July.

NC looking for information about sea turtle that died after being bludgeoned

North Carolina Sportsman

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries are seeking information leading to the arrest of the individual who bludgeoned a protected loggerhead sea turtle to death the last week of July. […]

John Litton Clark of Clinton has been elected chairman of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Commission elects Clinton man as new chairman

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission unanimously elected a new chairman and vice-chairman during its business meeting last week to preside over the governing board of the state regulatory agency. […]

Piedmont landowners are invited to the first of a series of workshops on how to manage tracts of land with wildlife in mind.

Commission, Ag Extension will hold wildlife workshops for landowners

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, along with the Chatham County Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, is conducting a series of free wildlife workshops for Piedmont-area landowners. […]

Commercial fishermen who trawl for shrimp will have to add a second bycatch device to their equipment on June 1.

Commercial shrimpers will have to add second bycatch device on June 1

North Carolina Sportsman

Shrimp fishermen will be required to use an additional bycatch reduction device in their trawl nets beginning June 1, and they will have a wider range of certified bycatch reduction devices to choose from than in the past. […]

Second generation Cool Breeze high performance shirts, which are available in both long-sleeve and short-sleeve models, feature moisture-activated cooling technology that will keep you cool and comfortable all summer long.

Cool Breeze just got cooler

Patrick Bonin

There’s a new Cool Breeze blowing in, and it will definitely keep you comfortable all summer long. […]

Summer is prime season for encounters between sportsmen and ticks. Here's how to keep them from putting the bite on you.

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise; here’s what they do and how to avoid them

Dan Kibler

Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. It’s not necessarily the sound of a time bomb, but it just might be. With summer arriving this month and more and more people spending time outdoors fishing, camping and, in the fall, hunting, the chances of having an encounter with a tick are at their highest. […]