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Cooling weather sets off hot crappie bite at Hyco
Sportsmen who aren’t chasing deer this month and are dialed into fishing might consider hunting crappie at Hyco Lake — and throughout the winter. […]
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Was black drum caught and released at Wrightsville Beach a state record?
Bob Wagner, a 66-year-old retiree from Pennsauken, N.J., beached a possible state-record black drum from the surf at the north end of Wrightsville Beach last Thursday, but mistaking it for a red drum, he released it. […]
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Stripers and specks in productive late-fall patterns in Pamlico, Tar rivers
Richard Andrews of Tar-Pam Guide Service in Bath said fish in the Pamlico River have settled into late fall-early winter patterns, with speckled trout and stripers the primary catches, but some redfish and a few late flounder being caught also. […]
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NC’s No. 2 all-time black bear killed in Hyde County by Virginia hunter
On the morning of Nov. 11, Thomas Capps of Richmond, Va., killed a 782-pound black bear from a blind overlooking a field of soybeans and corn on private land in Hyde County. […]
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Cape Carteret man decks 82-pound black drum at Bogue Inlet Pier
Roger Brown of Cape Carteret is a regular at Bogue Inlet Pier and catches a lot of big fish there. […]
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Thanks to increase in excise tax revenues, North Carolina is “range rich”
With three public shooting-range openings in 2014, hunters and target shooters now have four state-sponsored ranges across North Carolina to practice with their rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders and pistols. […]
Deer Hunting
Get vocal with big bucks – it might get them in range
Hunters will do anything they can to get a big buck within bow or gun range, but there is one technique that is used to great advantage by some, but totally overlooked or misused by many: vocalization – talking to the deer. […]
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State celebrates 25th anniversary of ground-breaking ACE Basin Project
When Dr. Ernie Wiggers said this past Sunday that “The ACE Basin is one of the last great places on earth,” the moss-draped oaks, backdropped by the flowing waters of the Combahee River, left little doubt that he was correct about that on a day of celebration for the ACE Basin Project’s 25th anniversary. […]
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Best trout bite of year hits Atlantic Beach area waters
Fishing for speckled trout in inshore waters and the surf around Atlantic Beach, Morehead City and Beaufort is about as it gets, according to Capt. Matt Lamb of Chasin’ Tails Outdoors. […]
Deer of the Year
Anderson man makes most of second chance at huge buck
Halloween Night provided both tricks and treats for Steve Crenshaw of Anderson, who admits getting physically sick when he missed a big buck across a huge food plot, then got well when the buck gave him a second chance he didn’t blow. […]