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July 9, 2026

North Carolina and South Carolina hunters have the entire month of September to thin out populations of resident Canada geese.

Discourage geese from setting up in food plots, impoundments

With the deer season just around the corner, this year’s batch of cool-season food plots should be in the planning stage. […]

Geese

Expanded methods available for North Carolina goose hunters

Jeff Burleson

For hunters looking to heat up their shotgun barrels, fill up the freezer and contribute to conservation and eradication efforts, the resident Canada goose season arrives on Sept. 1. […]

A new strain of epizootic hemmorrhagic disease wreaked havoc on the deer herd in a handful of North Carolina counties last fall.

New EHD strain put a strain on deer

Craig Holt

The epizootic hemorrhagic disease outbreak that affected deer in several North Carolina counties last fall was compounded by a new strain of the virus. […]

Despite harvest reductions, South Carolina hunters have plenty of quality bucks to choose from.

South Carolina’s All-Time Biggest Bucks (through 2013 season)

Terry Madewell

South Carolina’s All-Time Biggest Bucks (through 2013 season) […]

North Carolina continues to produce trophy bucks on a regular basis, despite ups and downs in the herd.

Harvest was down in 94 percent of North Carolina counties

Craig Holt

Biologists emphasized that declines in the deer harvest in 2014 were concentrated in five counties north of Raleigh, but they actually dropped in 94 of North Carolina’s 100 counties. […]

How individual landowners and hunters plan their harvest goals should take into consideration both does and bucks.

Top deer counties for 2014 season

Terry Madewell

County rankings for the 2014 deer season are compiled by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources in two categories: total harvest and harvest by square mile. The data points hunters to areas that were productive last season and in seasons past. […]

Brian McCoy of Mooresville has been named Volunteer of the Year by conservation group Delta Waterfowl.

Mooresville man is named Delta Waterfowl’s Volunteer of the Year

North Carolina Sportsman

Brian McCoy of Mooresville has been named Delta Waterfowl’s 2015 Volunteer of the Year from a field of seven finalists during a month-long, online vote. […]

Chris Lambert's entry of his Spartanburg County buck, killed last October, was drawn as the grand-prize winner in last year's Bag-A-Buck contest.

Bag-A-Buck contest is back!

South Carolina Sportsman

The Bag-A-Buck contest is returning to South Carolina Sportsman and SouthCarolinaSportsman.com for its 10th year, with monthly prizes and a grand-prize for sportsmen who submit photos of deer they take during the coming season. […]

Populations of resident Canada geese have exploded over the past 20 years, leading to the birds becoming something of a nuisance.

Prevent goose problems

Jeff Burleson

The once-prolific populations of migrating Canada geese that were a popular hunting target in the mid-20th century have become muted by the massive explosion of resident populations all across the Lower 48. […]

SCDNR has 45 public dove fields available for the Sept. 5 opening day of dove season.

SCDNR will have 45 dove fields available for opening day hunting

South Carolina Sportsman

Forty-five public fields will be available across South Carolina during during the 2015-16 mourning dove season, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. […]