Deer Hunting
Be prepared
Calling to wildlife is definitely an active way to entice game into close range. The animal’s nature and mood will determine how intense the response is. […]
Hunting
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Lee County duck hunters came up with new line of calls
Calling is a major part of duck hunting to Chuck Amerson. After years of unhappiness with the inconsistencies of commercially-available duck calls, Amerson, his brother Ethan, his father Mike, and friend Scott Rollins, all of Lee County, partnered to make their own calls. […]
Deer Hunting
How to choose a call
Game calls have been around for nearly 400 years. Duck calls were among the first type readily available; they were used to entice ducks into caged enclosures. […]
Deer of the Year
Gibsonville man kills huge blackpowder buck in Guilford County
Rarely does a deer hunter get a second chance at a trophy buck, but Donald Bateman is thrilled that miracles do happen. […]
Hunting
Habitat improvement series: Mecklenburg Hunting Club in the Sandhills
For 50 years, Mecklenburg Hunting Club has offered superb hunting opportunities for its 70-member cast in the middle of North Carolina’s Sandhills region. […]
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Public waterfowl areas are great draws
Waterfowlers who aren’t lucky enough to have their own private water to hunt have a friend in the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, which manages numerous waterfowl management areas specifically for hunting — and many of them are available only to walk-in hunting. […]
Ducks
Fire is friend and foe
The 2011 Juniper Road Fire burned holes in Holly Shelter’s Lodge Road Impoundment dikes; however, it did more good for ducks than bad. […]
Hunting
Keep those cameras focused
Even though trail cameras have been around for decades, hunters have only recently learned how to get the most out of their surveillance equipment. […]
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Man-made and manipulated duck foods
The Lodge Road Impoundment has 21 acres of fields in the shape of an “I” that were ditched and planted in small grains several years ago, partly with the help of funding from Ducks Unlimited. […]
Deer of the Year
Another Rockingham County trophy? You bet!
Is deer hunting all downhill from here for Zack Satterfield? You have to wonder what more it can hold for a 17-year-old high-school senior who killed a 150-inch buck for the second year in a row last weekend. […]