Hunting

Live with target panic

Archery is a sport that requires extreme mental focus, as well as proper form and muscle memory developed through lots of practice.  For these reasons, I often compare it to golf. Also like golf, it is a game of mistakes: he or she who makes the fewest mistakes wins. […]

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Rockingham County youngster bags bearded hen

Hayden Cardwell got a slow start on North Carolina’s youth-only turkey season. The morning hunt on Saturday, April 1, was not fruitful, but the 12-year-old Rockingham County resident made up for it that afternoon, taking a hen turkey that sported a 9-inch beard. […]

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Wait them out; great hunting is on the way

What’s the biological reason for gobblers to get “henned up” early during the annual spring turkey season? Charles Ruth, the biologist who oversees the wild-turkey program for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources said it’s just a natural thing. […]

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Run-and-bow?

Many hunters may have, on occasion, considered leaving their scattergun at home to give bowhunting turkeys a try. Of that number, some will drop the idea right away, thinking that bowhunting doesn’t fit their preferred style of turkey hunting. […]