Bear
2017 SC bear season was second best on record
According to Tammy Wactor, SCDNR Wildlife Biologist and Upstate Black Bear Coordinator, the 2017 Bear Season was the second highest season on record. […]
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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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Liberty Hill WMA is a great “tweener”
Biologists Michael Hooks and Charles Ruth of the SCDNR both mentioned Liberty Hill WMA as one of their top picks because of its size, ease of accessibility and land diversity, giving hunters multiple species of big and small game that provide excellent hunting. […]
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Learn to trap coyotes March 30, 31
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), in conjunction with the South Carolina Trappers Association, will host a Coyote Trapping and Management Workshop at the Webb Wildlife Center, located in Hampton County, on March 30-31, 2017. […]
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Coyote hunting competition Feb. 17 – 19 in Granville County, N.C.
Coyotes kill deer fawns. Study after study has proven this fact, but they also kill turkeys. This has prompted the Granville County Gobblers NWTF Chapter to make a statement. “Save a turkey; shoot a coyote.” […]
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McBee hunter kills first tagged coyote of SCNDR’s Coyote Harvest Incentive Program
The SCDNR’s Coyote Harvest Incentive Program has been met with some degree of skepticism throughout the Palmetto State, but most hunters agree that something should be done about the coyote population. […]
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With deer season over, it’s time to bag some squirrels
Deer hunting season is now over for hunter in both Carolinas, and many hunters didn’t even notice that squirrel hunting season slipped in quietly a couple of months ago as well. Let’s face it, who wants to shoot a tree rat when you can shoot a big deer instead? […]
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Swannanoa native kills 500-pound bear in Beaufort County
Zeb Nichols, a 59-year-old Swannanoa native learned how to hunt bear and train hounds in North Carolina’s mountains But he and his friend’s soon discovered the state’s biggest bears live along the N.C. coast. […]
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Kill coyotes, win prizes at 7th annual WeHuntSC Predator Competition
Who’s ready to kill some coyotes? The 7th annual WeHuntSC Predator Competition is scheduled for March 3 – 5, and hunters can win great prizes while doing their part to lessen the numbers of one of the southeast’s most nuisance animals. […]
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Alamance teen kills 580-pound bruin in Hyde County
Growing up in a bear hunting family, 13-year-old Taylor Horner’s desire to kill her first bear was part of tradition. And on Nov. 14, she became the third generation member of her family to bag a 500+ pound black bear in eastern North Carolina. […]