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June 4, 2026

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has earmarked $30 million to add acreage to wildlife refuges and expanding public waterfowl hunting programs.

USFWS wants to expand refuges and waterfowl hunting programs

One of the most important requirements for having healthy numbers of ducks and geese each spring and fall is suitable waterfowl habitat – areas like the prairie pothole region of the upper Midwest and Canada where waterfowl find sufficient water, food and shelter to nest, obtain food and raise their young each spring. […]

Blue catfish put on their feed bags during the winter when many species of popular gamefish in North Carolina slow down.

January NC Sportsman features catfish tips

Dan Kibler

When many species that North Carolina fishermen target go dormant during the winter, it’s great to have blue catfish in many of our reservoirs. […]

Hunting wild hogs with dogs can really put the barbecue and bacon on the table.

South Carolina Sportsman examines coyotes, wild hogs, ducks and woodcocks in January issue

Dan Kibler

Don’t think just because deer season is over that hunters need to put away all their weapons and clothing. […]

Speckled trout have been the No. 1 fish around Edisto Island over the past week, with fishermen reporting plenty of 100-fish days.

Speckled trout bite great around Edisto Island, plus some bull reds

Brian Cope

Capt. Steve Fralin of Ugly Ducklin’ Charters said the speckled sea trout are thick in the creeks around Edisto Island, and catching them isn’t a problem if you’ve got plenty of mud minnows. […]

Brandon “Big Red” Barnes put the killing shot into the skull of this 780-pound Washington County bear – believed to be the second-heaviest ever killed in North Carolina

Washington County hunters chase down 780-pound black bear, second-largest ever taken in North Carolina

Jeff Burleson

Hunters need not travel to Canada or Alaska to take a record-sized black bear. Eastern North Carolina’s mix of agriculture and rural wilderness is a haven for one of the largest aggregations of black bears in the world – and some of the biggest, as evidenced by an enormous bear killed in Washington County on Dec. 14. […]

Guide Jeff Thomas shows off a nice Jordan Lake bass caught off the riprap near a bridge

Despite unpredictable weather, Jordan’s bass are still biting

Craig Holt

December weather has been variable in the Piedmont, one day featuring temperatures in the low 40s before the mercury climbs into the mid-60s for a few days. […]

Plenty of blackfin tuna between 20 and 40 pounds, plus a lot of smaller ones, have been caught offshore out of Hatteras over the past two weeks.

Hatteras fleet catching plenty of blackfin tuna

Jerry Dilsaver

The fish have been getting a break at Hatteras in the time since Hurricane Sandy took out a section of NC 12 between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe. […]

South Carolina residents can hunt without a license, WMA permit or state duck stamp on Jan 4-5, 2013.

SCDNR announces license-free hunting days next week

SCDNR News Release

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources will offer Jan. 4-5, 2013, as free hunting days, with state residents allowed to hunt without a state hunting license or other permits normally required by the state for the first time ever. […]

Former national champion crappie fisherman Mike Parrott sets his sights on boat docks for catching some slab crappie at Lake Wylie on the North Carolina-South Carolina border.

Take a shot at Wylie’s early winter crappie

Phillip Gentry

Seasonal patterns dictate the movements of crappie, no matter which lake you are fishing. However, on many clear lakes such as Lake Wylie on the North Carolina-South Carolina border, crappie movements may be more vertical than horizontal as the seasons change. […]

Richard Andrews caught this striper, believed to weigh near 50 pounds, in the Pamlico Sound on Dec. 14.

Pamlico Sound spits out 50-pound striper

Jeff Burleson

Capt. Richard Andrews of Tar-Pam Guide Service landed the biggest striper ever reported on hook-and-line in the greater Pamlico Sound area on Dec. 14. […]