Hunting

Dove

How to hit a dove

Craig Holt

The anomaly of mourning doves is they weigh on average only 4 ½ ounces but are one of the most-difficult-to-down game birds in the world. […]

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Practice makes perfect

Craig Holt

With North Carolina’s 2012-13 deer season set to begin when the statewide archery season opens Sept. 8, bowhunters from Manteo to Murphy will be in the woods.

Hopefully, most of them will have practiced enough to be able to make accurate shots, but outside conditions and hunter success or failure will vary greatly, depending upon weather, food sources, stand locations and dozens of other variables. […]

Deer Hunting

No changes coming in bear regs

Craig Holt

At its July 12 meeting in Raleigh, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission unanimously voted to approve recommendations for bear management that staff biologists had been working on for two years. […]

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John Q. Public Deer Hunts

Pat Robertson

Although Ben Powell has not taken a deer off the Woodbury or Marsh wildlife management areas, he has spent many hours scouting the two public hunting areas along the Big and Little Pee Dee rivers in lower Marion County. […]

Other Hunting

Check Web site for dove-field updates

Craig Holt

During the first two weeks of August, biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission send information to Raleigh about what’s been planted and is growing at game-lands food plot across the state. […]