Deer Hunting
Bluffton college student wins December Bag-A-Buck contest
Rebecca Wise’s parents might have already bought her Christmas presents by Dec. 11, but she wound up getting a big present and setting up another that day. […]
Hunting
Deer Hunting
Ayden man wins December Bag-A-Buck contest
Hubert Bowen of Ayden ended an 11-year drought in a big way last fall. He’d had plenty of chances to take deer over since 2002, but he didn’t pull the trigger until Oct. 15, when he killed an 8-pointer. […]
Dove
Keep dove reports updated
According to Billy Dukes, SCDNR’s small-game specialist, dove hunters who decide to take advantage of South Carolina’s late season should find plenty of birds, just like they have the past few years. […]
Deer Hunting
Think thick and gnarly cover late in season
Bill Cline of Ridgeway said it’s difficult for most hunters to stop thinking in terms of the rut because of the success rate and seeing lots of deer during that time. […]
Dove
Late-season dove tips
Andy Pope and Lowrie Beacham have developed habits in their pursuit of late-season doves that are worth sharing: […]
Ducks
A quick construction project
Building a good blind in a beaver pond is a matter of using what the beavers have provided. […]
Sidebars
Indestructible decoys? Make your own
Diving ducks come into the decoys flying extremely low, often barely above the surface of the water. When using large decoy spreads, low-flying waterfowl like scaup and canvasback can draw fire from hunters that riddles decoys with shot. […]
Sidebars
Bumpers boost canine confidence
One of the most enjoyable aspects of hunting ducks on big, open waters like the New River is watching a trained retriever making a long, difficult retrieve. […]
Sidebars
Fill out a bag limit with oddballs, butterballs
While most of the ducks on the New River are lesser scaup, other oddball ducks can help fill out a daily bag limit of six that can only include two scaup. […]
Other Hunting
Sell your tails
Squirrel hunting is one of America’s favorite past-times, being abundant and from the soggy bottomlands of Mississippi to the high country of West Virginia. […]