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June 3, 2026

Bobwhite aficionados are hoping to improve quail numbers in North Carolina by pooling resources and efforts with the N.C. Wildlife Habitat Foundation.

First private quail restoration efforts begin with Jan. 24 banquet

Proceeds from a Jan. 24 banquet to be held by the newly formed Uwharrie Conservation Society will be dedicated to bobwhite quail habitat restoration efforts. […]

Cowpens' Jordan Abernathy earned the final monthly win in the 2011 South Carolina Sportsman Bag-a-Buck Contest.

Abernathy takes final Bag-a-Buck session

Dan Kibler

Jordan Abernathy of Cowpens told his father that all he wanted for Christmas was to find a big Cherokee County buck he shot the afternoon of Dec. 21. […]

Charlotte's Mark Silverthorne is the final winner of the 2011 North Carolina Spoertsman Bag-a-Buck Contest.

Silverthorne wins final Bag-a-Buck Contest round

Dan Kibler

When Mark Silverthorne of Charlotte saw a trail-cam photo of a huge buck back in late September, he decided to dedicate his entire season to trying to tag the trophy. […]

Commercial shrimping ends on Jan. 17, the SCDNR has announced.

Commercial shrimp trawling season closes Jan. 17

SCDNR News Release

The commercial shrimping season closes in state waters at 7 p.m. on Jan. 17, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources announced. […]

This wild hog killed in early December by Jay Bailey of Black Springs bottomed out a set of 400-pound scales.

Wilson County hunter fills freezer with sausage from huge wild boar

Dan Kibler

Jay Bailey of Black Creek had never seen a wild hog anywhere near the property he regularly hunts near Lucama in Wilson County. […]

Vilena Locklear Hunt is dwarfed by the massive 742-pound black bear she killed Dec. 23 while hunting in North Carolina.

North Augusta hunter tags huge North Carolina bruin

Craig Holt

A North Augusta hunter received a North Carolina black bear hunt as a present from her husband, but she got more than she bargained for when she bagged the largest Tarheel bruin ever killed by a female hunter. […]

Vilena Hunt's frame is dwarfed by the massive 742-pound black bear she killed Dec. 23 in Beaufort County.

Aiken teacher tags huge North Carolina bruin

Craig Holt

People who track such things are aware women are becoming more involved in the outdoors with each passing year, especially hunting. […]

A South Carolina Senate commmittee is looking into the forced retirememt of John Frampton as director of the state Department of Natural Resources.

Senate committee probing Frampton retirement issue

Pat Robertson

The chairman of the Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee has launched an inquiry into whether John Frampton, director of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, voluntarily planned to retired this month or was told to do so. […]

Hal Milholen (left) and Phil Culberson bagged these trophy bucks at almost the same time on Nov. 18, 2011 in Chatham County.

Siler City hunting buddies score on trophy bucks five minutes apart on same day in Chatham County

Craig Holt

A person who has hunted whitetail deer 36 years and taken two or three animals each season isn’t a likely candidate to get excited in a tree stand. […]

Hens in North Carolina’s Piedmont region had the best success raising broods of poults in 2011, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s summer brood survey.

Brood survey shows slightly better turkey reproduction in 2011

Craig Holt

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s summer brood survey of nesting wild turkeys indicates that things didn’t really change much in 2011 from the previous year. […]