Other Hunting
Does hunting reduce coyote populations?
Differences of opinion exist as to the overall effect of hunting efforts, especially big, organized hunts, on coyote populations. […]
Hunting
Other Hunting
Night-hunting for coyotes legal in all but five counties
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission decided on Aug. 1, 2011, to adopt temporary rules to allow 24-hour hunting of coyotes on private lands and daytime hunting on game lands, but two years passed before the rule was made permanent. […]
Deer of the Year
Gastonia hunter scouts trophy buck all season, kills it on last day
Dillon Vaughn of Gastonia, N.C. had an early encounter with a big Gaston County 9-point buck that was just out of bow range. For the rest of the 2017 season, he scouted for this deer, and finally killed it on the last day of the season. The buck carried a 21-inch spread. […]
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Hunter takes rare Caswell County bear
David Barker of Semora, N.C. had seen one black bear over the past three years while deer hunting in Caswell County, and it was only a trail-camera photo. […]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Free youth duck hunting clinic in Laurens Monday, Jan. 15
The SCDNR is dedicated to getting kids involved in the outdoors, and their Take One Make One (TOMO) program spends a lot of time, energy, and resources to make sure we pass those outdoor traditions on to the next generation. […]
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Youth quail hunting clinic this Saturday
You hear it all the time whenever the subject of quail hunting comes up anywhere in South Carolina….”quail hunting is a lost art,” and while it’s not at all what it once was, is it really lost? […]
Deer of the Year
Trophy buck completes Granville County hunter’s best season ever
When Marc Cavanaugh of Granville County, N.C. was getting ready for the 2017 deer hunting season, he placed two trophy bucks on his target list. And what a season he had, killing both of his intended goals, making it his best season ever. […]
Deer of the Year
Iredell County hunter kills trophy buck on chilly morning
For Jacob Miles of Statesville, N.C., a chilly December morning brought him the perfect conditions and the biggest buck of his life, a 159-inch mainframe 9-pointer. […]
Coyote
Win money and prizes in fifth annual Carolina Coyote Classic
For the fifth consecutive year, 704 Outdoors will be holding their annual Carolina Coyote Classic next month. The tournament will begin on Feb. 9 and end on Feb. 11. And this year’s event will be the biggest one yet. […]
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Maintain green fields for deer
For the past four months, hunters have taken thousands of photos and sat for hundreds of hours in deer stands in hoping to take a trophy deer to peg on the wall. […]