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September 15, 2026

Youths will get wing-shooting instruction at a clinic scheduled for Aug. 12 in Edgefield.

SCDNR, NWTF will hold youth wing-shooting clinic in Edgefield

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the National Wild Turkey Federation are offering a great opportunity for aspiring young hunters to attend a free wing-shooting clinic on Wednesday, Aug. 12, in Edgefield County. […]

Kim Guglielmo's Northampton County gobbler sported four beards and is the No. 2 all-time turkey taken in North Carolina by a female hunter.

Nurse’s Northampton County gobbler is No. 2 all-time in North Carolina

Craig Holt

A Maryland native who grew up fishing and crabbing and had never fired a shotgun at a wild turkey bagged North Carolina’s No. 2 all-time gobbler taken by a female this past spring. […]

The overall harvest may be in decline, but South Carolina continues to produce lots of trophy deer, as results of the 2015 scoring sessions attest.

South Carolina hunters add 176 trophy bucks to state’s record book

Terry Madewell

Despite a significant harvest decrease for the 2014 season, South Carolina deer hunters scored well on big bucks again. According to Charles Ruth, a biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, plenty of big bucks were measured at the 2015 scoring sessions held around the state in March, with 176 new entries to the state record book. […]

North Carolina dove hunters can take to the fields this year the morning of Sept. 5, the Saturday of Labor Day weekend.

Dove season will open Saturday of Labor Day weekend as NCWRC sets seasons

North Carolina Sportsman

Dove hunters will open the 2015 season on a Saturday for the first time in several years after the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced season dates for dove and other webless migratory game birds, as well as September seasons for Canada geese and teal. […]

Summer is a great and important time to reduce local populations of feral hogs.

Fire up feral hog-trapping efforts

Jeff Burleson

The feral hog explosion continues, and for landowners in the Carolinas, swine invasion is far less than divine. […]

Grazing cattle can do plenty of damage to important wildlife habitat like stream corridors.

Exclude cattle from woodlots and riparian corridors

Jeff Burleson

The Carolinas may not be considered top cattle-producing states like Texas, Nebraska and Kansas, but the 1.2 million head of cattle roaming the Carolinas can have a dramatic effect on wildlife habitat. […]

Gov. Pat McCrory has signed into law a bill allowing Sunday hunting with guns on private land -- with certain restrictions.

Governor signs Sunday hunting bill into law

North Carolina Sportsman

North Carolina’s long-standing ban on Sunday hunting with guns ended on Wednesday when Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law HB 640, “The Outdoor Heritage Act”, which will take effect Oct. 1. […]

Late afternoons and early evenings can be great times to get a look at members of your local deer herd.

Get deer work done early

Jeff Burleson

For many deer hunters across the Carolinas, the intense field days preparing deer stands, planting food plots and monitoring the herd rarely start until 10 days or so before the opening day of the season. […]

Duck numbers in the Carolinas should be almost identical to last season, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's annual spring waterfowl breeding survey.

Duck numbers remain good, according to USFWS waterfowl survey

North Carolina Sportsman

Waterfowl hunters in the Carolinas can expect to see roughly the same number of ducks this coming season as they have in the past several, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual report on the breeding duck population shows numbers slightly above 2014 levels. […]