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July 10, 2026

Paddleboards like the Flatstalker are excellent vessels for getting into hard-to-reach places during waterfowl seasons.

Paddle up waterfowl

Years ago, in the back of a lake near home, my father took me on my first duck hunt. The water was cold, the world was dark, and paddling the wooden johnboat deep into the swamp was tiring. […]

Cora Lee Downer killed this huge Sumter County 8-pointer the morning after Christmas. It's a shoo-in to make the South Carolina record book.

Textbook or text buck? Sumter teen scores on huge 8-pointer on Dec. 26

Brian Cope

“I think he’s here.” “Yupp he’s here but his butt is to me.” “Are you sure? Take your time for a good shot.” “I see big rack but he won’t turn.” […]

The 2014 summer wild-turkey brood survey indicates that enough poults survived to keep North Carolina's statewide flock in good shape.

Wild turkey brood survey reports adequate poult survival for 2014

Craig Holt

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s annual report on wild turkey reproduction contains some familiar numbers, but the agency is interpreting them a little differently. […]

Waterfowl hunters around the Santee Cooper system have been overwhelmed with an influx of puddle ducks and divers over the past week.

Santee Cooper hunters overwhelmed by numbers of puddle and diving ducks

Jeff Burleson

Duck hunters should have little to complain about, as harsh weather conditions to the north have caused a massive migration of ducks into South Carolina, both puddle ducks and divers. […]

Kelly McAbee's huge Cherokee County 11-pointer had a 22 1/2-inside spread when he killed it on Dec. 1.

Blame it on my brother — Gaffney man takes huge buck at 318 yards

Dan Kibler

Kelly McAbee of Gaffney admitted he was burned out. He’d sat one box blind on a piece of property he hunts in Cherokee County six straight days, and he was ready for a break. […]

The author learned the point of aim on a running deer is the nose, whether crossing perpendicular to you or quartering away from you.

The running shot

Gordon Hutchinson

The small herd of does burst out of the woods and cut across the soybean field, the howling of the hounds behind them in the swamp. […]

Craig Hester's huge 10-point buck fell on Nov. 27, just four days after he hung a stand to take advantage of sign he'd discovered while rabbit hunting.

Rabbit hunt was stroke of luck that put Person County hunter on huge buck

Craig Holt

A rabbit hunt turned out to be one of the best days ever spent afield for Craig Hester of Person County, because it put him in the right spot to kill a huge 10-point buck on Nov. 25 that may score in the low 160s. […]

David Honeycutt Jr. killed this 784-pound black bear -- the second-heaviest ever killed in North Carolina -- on a Thursday morning hunt in Hyde County.

Wilmington teen kills 784-pound bear, second-largest ever in North Carolina

Mike Marsh

A 16-year-old Wilmington hunter took the second-largest bear in North Carolina history on Thursday in Hyde County on his first bear hunt. […]

Spots remain available for a Jan. 31 youth-only permit duck hunt in Currituck County.

Permits remain available for youth-only waterfowl hunt in Currituck County

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has a limited number of permits remaining for a special youth-only waterfowl hunt on Jan. 31 on Currituck Sound. […]

Plenty of ducks have moved on to South Carolina, and according to biologists and Ducks Unlimited, birds from the mid-Atlantic states haven't filled in North Carolina's holes yet.

North Carolina stuck in dead zone as duck migrations start and stall

Taylor Pardue

Temperatures are high and expectations are low as the third segment of North Carolina’s three-part waterfowl season gets underway. […]