Events & Announcements Archives - Page 24 of 53

June 1, 2026

The NC Division of Marine Fisheries is looking for volunteers to serve on a committee looking into possible changes in the way the state manages commercial harvest of shrimp.

N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries needs volunteers for shrimp committee

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is asking for volunteers to sit on a Shrimp Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee that was activated by the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission’s decision to re-visit shrimp management. […]

Four red wolves have been shot in eastern North Carolina since a rule took effect allowing the hunting of coyotes at night with lights.

Judge halts night-hunting of coyotes with lights in 5 eastern North Carolina counties

Bill Howard

A Wake County superior court judge has granted a temporary injunction prohibiting the taking of coyotes at night with the aid of lights in five counties in eastern North Carolina, one week after a red wolf was found killed – the fourth such killing since the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission passed a temporary rule allowing night-hunting for coyotes in July. […]

Youths will have a week's head start on adult turkey hunters beginning in 2013.

Commission tables pen-raised deer proposals, approves Youth-Only Wild-Turkeys season

North Carolina Sportsman

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission backed off several of its proposed changes to hunting, fishing and trapping regulations, voting to table one controversial proposal and altering several before approving them at the Nov. 8 meeting. […]

November means ‘deer, deer, deer’ for North Carolina hunters

Dan Kibler

Deer season is in full bloom across North Carolina, but nowhere can match the Northern Piedmont when November’s rut approaches. […]

Learn how to take deer on their own turn -- even if it's your surburban turn, too, in November's issue of South Carolina Sportsman.

November issue of South Carolina Sportsman has deer in its crosshairs

Dan Kibler

The November issue of South Carolina Sportsman will take deer hunters to places they’ve likely been — but never with a weapon. […]

Greensboro's Eddie Bridges was named Field & Stream's Conservation Hero of the Year last week.

Greensboro man wins another national conservation award

Craig Holt

Eddie Bridges of Greensboro, director of the N.C. Wildlife Habitat Foundation and a former member of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, has earned Field & Stream magazine’s 2012 Conservation Hero of the Year award. […]

Sportsman had little to say about a proposed regulation change that would make it easier for landowners to kill deer and other wildlife involved in crop depredation.

Sportsmen don’t respond at public meetings about proposed regulation changes

Craig Holt

Attendance varied wildly at nine public hearings held by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission to consider proposed changes in 2013-14 fishing, hunting and trapping laws. […]

Beginning Oct. 1, fishermen can lose their saltwater recreational fishing licenses for racking up tickets for violations such as keeping underslot puppy drum.

Fines, suspensions of saltwater licenses for violations go into effect today

Jerry Dilsaver

Beginning today, recreational saltwater fishermen will be included in several regulations that allow for suspension and revocation of their fishing licenses. […]

An SCDNR trapping course for youths will enable them to qualify for a commercial trapping license even if they're not old enough to buy a hunting license.

Youth trapping education course offered this Saturday by SCDNR

South Carolina Sportsman

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is offering a first-ever Trapping Education class for youths, to be held on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Styx Classroom on Fish Hatchery Road in Columbia. […]

The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group wants sportsmen to attend meetings of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission and tell the Commission to change the way it manages shrimp-trawling to eliminate destructive gear.

CFRG: Shrimp management plan must be changed

Craig Holt

The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group is making a concerted effort to have destructive shrimp-trawling gear taken out of North Carolina’s inshore waters, and the group is encouraging fishermen to attend N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission meetings and ask the agency to amend its Shrimp Fisheries Management Plan. […]