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Deer Hunting

Climb for the prize

Phillip Gentry

If you were to survey any given piece of hunting property, there are areas that cry out to be hunted. A majority of the times, these areas are soon saddled with a permanent hunting stand, be it a ladder, box or other permanent fixture. A hunter may even take one or more deer from that stand the next season, or it may be one of those rare stands that produces every season. But the reason that site was chosen is because it looked good to the hunter, not because it was conducive to the deer. […]

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Get down for trout

L. Woodrow Ross

A large, dark shadow was visible in a bathtub-sized pool. The pool downstream from where I stood had produced several average-sized rainbow trout for quick release. The shadow was in a tiny pool upstream in the middle of a turbulent riffle. […]

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Thanksgiving reds

Phillip Gentry

November represents a transition for many saltwater species along the coasts of both Carolinas. While some migrate from shallow to deeper waters, other species migrate back to the ocean, even out to Gulf stream waters, not to be seen until next spring. Red drum represents a little of both when it comes to fall migrations. […]

Deer Hunting

Hunting the flood

Jeff Burleson

Hunting season arrives annually, just when cooler weather begins to make its mark, but it’s during the peak of hurricane season in the Carolinas. […]

Deer Hunting

Don’t fall into a rut

Craig Holt

Deer hunters, including those in the Carolinas, understand that the peak of the mating season, aka rut, rut can be an important factor in putting venison on the table or impressive antlers on the wall.  […]

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Fall flounder fling

Phillip Gentry

Autumn is largely the favorite season for many die-hard saltwater anglers. Summer crowds have mostly vacated the coast, and baitfish begin making their seasonal migrations out of estuaries and into more open water. […]