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Upstate bruin is largest of 2017 season
Phillip Gosnell, a 36-year-old water treatment operator from Landrum, took the largest bear of the Palmetto State’s 2017 bear hunting season. […]
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Deer of the Year
Oak Ridge hunter takes big monster that was munching too much
After having trail-camera pictures of a big buck last season, Nolan Cole of Oak Ridge, N.C., laid out a buffet of baits to keep him in the area. And after playing some hide-and-seek, Cole sealed the deal on Sept. 19, tagging a 154-inch Guilford County 10-pointer after tracking him with only a broken arrow to go by. […]
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Top 3 keys to catching more shrimp
If you’re waiting for shrimp-baiting season to start before tossing a cast net, you’re wasting a lot of time. Deep hole shrimping is in right now, and it’s a great way to catch shrimp with less hassle and mess than shrimp-baiting. […]
Deer of the Year
Young cancer survivor nails Stokes County trophy buck
The last two weeks of October wound up being pretty special for Chase Tedder, an 18-year-old Rockingham Community College student from Walnut Cove, N.C. He caught an 8 1/2-pound largemouth bass, his biggest ever, from a local watershed lake on Oct. 18. […]
Deer of the Year
N.C. bowhunter kills possible new state record archery non-typical buck
Two years ago, Patrick Williams of Belews Creek, N.C., tagged a giant, 195-inch non-typical whitetail buck on one of the Rockingham County farms he hunts, a buck that made the Boone and Crockett Club all-time record book. […]
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There’s nothing ‘false’ about albacore bite around Cape Lookout this month
Many saltwater gamefish species that live in North Carolina’s inshore coastal waters will head for the ocean in November, going through inlets following waves of migrating baitfish. […]
Deer of the Year
Inman hunter shoots 14-point buck with one-of-a-kind rack
Derek James didn’t know what he was looking at on Tuesday morning when a buck strolled up before dawn broke — even though he’d seen him before in trail-cam photos. […]
Deer of the Year
Hunter with broken back and legs kills monster 6-point buck
Aaron Summitt of Chester is not only an accomplished bowhunter with several whitetail racks easily eligible for the South Carolina Deer Records List, he is now an outspoken advocate for using a safety harness in a tree stand. With good reason. […]
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Caswell County Game Land produces whopper 11-point buck
For Lathan Peterson of Taylorsville, N.C., his annual trip to the Caswell County Game Lands for opening day of muzzleloader season proved to be a successful hunt when a brute 11 pointer stepped out of the brush. […]
Bass Fishing
Educational fishing trail at Lake Thom-A-Lex now open
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, along with N.C. B.A.S.S. and the Lake Thom-A-Lex Lake Authority, recently opened an educational fishing trail on Lake Thom-A-Lex to help anglers learn how to catch largemouth bass and other sport fish during different times of the year. […]