Crappie/Bream
Hit the brush piles for Kerr Lake crappie
Keith Wray of Fish Doc Guide Service in Eden, N.C., spends about as much time planting brush piles in Kerr Lake as he does fishing for crappie. […]
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Deer of the Year
Chatham County bowhunter arrows 153-inch, 12-point bruiser
Jim Muehlbach’s son Jake killed a 130-inch bruiser on the opening day of archery season in central North Carolina, and on the day before gun season opened, it was the dad’s turn to take down an even larger, 153-inch archery buck that will become the highest scoring deer either of them have ever taken off their Chatham County property. […]
Crappie/Bream
Top tips for cold weather crappie at Santee
The crappie fishing is hot at Santee, and even during the coldest part of the day, anglers can catch plenty of slabs if they know what to look for and use the proper bait. […]
Deer of the Year
First-time hunter kills 7-point buck, 10-point buck
Richard Windon of Creedmoor, N.C. doesn’t mind other hunters calling him “green,” since he has little experience pursuing wild game, but plenty of other hunters are likely green with envy after Windon’s first hunt produced two fine bucks, including a big 10-point with a wide and bulky rack. […]
Deer of the Year
350-yard shot nets 131-inch trophy buck for N.C. hunter
With only one hour to hunt on Nov. 16, Ronnie Howard of Union Grove, N.C. cracked off the perfect kill shot on a 131-inch Iredell County trophy 7-point buck. The big deer sported 11-inch G2’s, 5-inch bases, and a whopping 23-inch inside spread. […]
Bear
Hunter ambushes 633-pound black bear in Eastern N.C.
Michael Carawan of Garner, N.C. almost didn’t hunt the biggest bear he’d ever seen on his trail cameras. He thought it would take a helicopter to retrieve the 633-pound monster black bear from a Pamlico County swamp. […]
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Winston-Salem firefighter kills huge bruin on Thanksgiving afternoon
North Carolina is rightfully credited with having the world’s biggest black bears, but almost all of those enormous specimens come from the eastern third of the state, which features what is possibly the world’s best habitat for bruins. […]
Deer Hunting
N.C. hunter charged with multiple wildlife violations
The 2017 deer season was one of the best ever for Charles “Chad” Thousand of Greensboro, N.C. — until it wasn’t. […]
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Red snapper season reopening for three days in December
The recreational harvest of red snapper in South Atlantic federal waters will reopen for three days in December 2017. Recreational harvest will reopen 12:01 a.m. (local time) on December 8, 2017, and close 12:01 a.m. (local time) on December 11, 2017. […]
Deer of the Year
N.C. hunter kills antelope-like 4-point buck on public land
Neal Collie of Nashville, N.C. knows that antelope don’t live in the Carolinas, but after he killed a 4-point buck with a unique rack during a trip to the Upper Roanoke River Game Lands, he was almost convinced otherwise. […]