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June 4, 2026

Observers noted plenty of gobblers during this past summer's annual turkey brood survey, but poult production was at its lowest level since 2003, according to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commisssion.

Turkey hatch was among worst on record, state says

After another record wild turkey harvest last spring, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is reporting nesting success that ties a record – but not a good one. […]

Bryan Hughes Beaufort County trophy has a record-book sized rack on a body that belongs to a "teen-aged' buck.

Hunter ‘re-racks’ a little/big Beaufort County trophy

Bryan Hughes of Hilton Head still doesn’t know what happened the first time he pulled the trigger on Oct. 11. Sitting in a ground blind, looking down a 125-yard shooting lane in the middle of an 80-acre cutover in southern Beaufort County, he squeezed off a shot at a buck he described as looking “like he had a big fan on his head waving around.” […]

Guide Robbie Burr catches plenty of nice flathead catfish like this one from Blewett Falls Reservoir.

Blewett Falls catfish in midst of ‘big’ fall bite

In the fall, Blewett Falls Lake near Rockingham offers some of the best fishing of the year for big flathead catfish and hard fighting blue cats in the 10- to 20-pound range. […]

Turkey hunters killed more birds in South Carolina this past spring than anytime since 2005.

Turkey harvest is up 20 percent in 2012 from previous year

If you thought there were more turkeys in South Carolina’s woods last spring than in recent years, apparently, you were correct. […]

Capt. Noah Lynk took this nice speckled trout in the North River, one of a handful of places near Harkers Island that is producing all kinds of fish in recent weeks.

Harkers Island fishermen catching a full, mixed bag

Fall fishing is going strong in the waters around Harkers Island. From the marshes in the North River to the ocean off Cape Lookout, a variety of fish are being caught and invited home for dinner by smiling anglers. […]

Madison Elmore, 10, killed this 8-point, 190-pound buck on Oct. 18 -- becoming the last of four girls from one Sumter school to put venison in the freezer.

It’s a girl thing: 4 Sumter classmates all take deer

Four girls between the ages of 9 and 11 are the envy of every boy – and many other girls – at Sumter’s Wilson Hall School. […]

The November issue of North Carolina Sportsman is chock full of deer-hunting news and tips.

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

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

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

Mountain Rest's Frankie Sanders killed this nice bear only an hour or so after the season began on Oct. 17 in Oconee County.

Oconee County hunter wastes little time taking big bear

Frankie Sanders of Mountain Rest didn’t wait too long after the 2012 gun season for bear opened on Oct. 17 to take one of the first bears taken this year in Oconee County. Sanders’ first bear weighted approximately 250 pounds. […]

Guide Joel Richardson of Kernersville has been working over nice largemouth bass like these on Belews Lake.

Bass bite is great on ‘unique’ Belews Lake

North Carolina has a handful of lakes that feature active, year-round largemouth bass bites, and Belews Lake is perhaps the best. […]

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