Other Hunting Archives - Page 14 of 24

May 1, 2026

A simple loop of nylon rope threaded through two pieces of half-inch PVC pipe makes a great device for carrying raccoons out of the swamp.

Carry your quarry out

Mike Marsh

Carrying a raccoon or two out of the swamp is not as easy as placing the animal in the pocket of your game vest. […]

David MacCallum uses a GPS tracking collar to keep tabs on his dog’s progress during a raccoon hunt.

Raccoon-hunting equipment, modern and old school

Mike Marsh

David MacCallum uses a GPS tracking collar to keep tabs on his dog’s progress during a raccoon hunt. […]

Brooke Knott shows off a six-pack of squirrels from a recent hunt.

Post-season prime time: Squirrel hunting can extend the season for South Carolina hunters

Brian Cope

A squirrel had just hit the ground belly up, with a slight thud, when Mike Spinks of Sumter whispered to his daughter Taylor, “Let that one lay because there’s another one up there. Stay still.” […]

Raccoon hunters must deal with ditches of various depths and widths when following their dogs to a coon or at the end of a successful cast.

Don’t get swamped

Mike Marsh

Raccoon hunters must contend with dense swamp vegetation, wet ground, ditches and creeks. […]

Fox squirrels are larger than grays, but less prevalent, and they can have different colorations, with their heads often displaying a black patch.

Gray squirrels and ‘foxy’ ladies of the woods

Brian Cope

The most-common species of squirrel in South Carolina is the eastern gray squirrel, which average 1 to 1 1/2 pounds and 16 to 20 inches in length. […]

Hunting rabbits is good exercise and can be lots of fun when dogs are well-trained, hunters are prepared and the habitat is good.

Beagles and bunnies: Good dogs, good land and good hunters usually means lots of cottontails in the bag

Craig Holt

After deer season ends, lots of private land becomes available for hunters to turn loose their packs of beagles. […]

Mike Spinks draws a bead on a squirrel with his scoped .22 rifle; bushytails are no match for the weapon’s little hollow-point bullets.

“Some people just can’t get past the whole idea of eating a rodent, but just like hunters who think hunting season ends on Jan. 1, they don’t know what they’re missing out on,” Rusty Williams said. […]

Putting beagles on rabbits at a relatively young age allows them to develop their hunting instincts.

Start young to train beagles

Craig Holt

As in the training of any hunting dog, nothing helps a beagle become an effective chaser of rabbits more than opportunities to chase rabbits alongside veteran hunting dogs. […]

Ryan and Rusty Williams hunt squirrels with 20-gauge and .410 shotguns, but it’s legal to use rifles, handguns and archery equipment to harvest a daily limit of 10 squirrels, and they can be hunted with dogs.

Barking up the right tree

Brian Cope

Using dogs isn’t the most-popular way to hunt squirrels, but it is an effective method that some outdoorsmen employ. […]

It may not happen for a while, but North Carolina hunters may eventually have to have special tags to harvest black bears.

Special tags, baiting may be in works for bear hunters

Craig Holt

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Jan. 16 Big Game Committee meeting discussing the state’s expanding bear population produced agreement among diverse user groups, according to David Cobb, director of the agency’s Wildlife Management Division, but no new proposals were adopted. […]