Hunting
Grow Big Fish:
Not only will the succession of spawns continue as the water warms incrementally, aquatic vegetation will begin to grow at the same rate — if not faster. […]
Hunting
Hunting
Get that dove food in the ground soon for early hunts
With the exception of South Carolina’s Aug. 15 deer season in the Lowcountry, Labor Day weekend is the official beginning of hunting season in the Carolinas. […]
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Turkey seasons set for biological reasons
Retired turkey biologist Mike Seamster said the angst today among many Tarheel State turkey hunters is caused because “they’re scouting before the season starts and hearing gobblers, so that’s when they want the season to open.” […]
Deer Hunting
Deer harvest is down 1 percent, but still third highest on record
Even with two daunting problems to overcome during the 2011-12 deer season, North Carolina hunters tagged the third-highest overall harvest on record, 173,553 whitetails, according to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]
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High-school freshman kills huge Rockingham County bird
Apparently, Opening Day of the 2012 spring gobbler season came at just the right time for a teen-aged hunter, amid rampant reports of gobblers charging hunters and decoys. […]
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One shot’s all it takes for Lowcountry fishing guide to double up on toms
Rob Bennett finally got a day off Wednesday from his Lowcountry Inshore Charters fishing guide service after 15 straight days on the water, and he took advantage of it – and inexpensively, too. […]
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Winston-Salem hunter kills gobbler with 8 beards in Lenoir County
Brian Mattison of Winston-Salem made a trip of nearly 200 miles for a turkey hunt last week, but the result was well worth it, even at almost four dollars a gallon for gasoline. […]
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NWTF Wheelin’ Sportsman hunt a tremendous success
The first time Frank Troglauer participated in the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Wheelin’ Sportsmen “Ultimate Turkey Hunt” – on the Savannah River Site four years ago – he missed a nice gobbler. […]
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Young girl bags two huge gobblers
The odds – this or any spring – that a North Carolina turkey hunter would shoot a 21-pound gobbler with twin beards and 1 3/8-inch spurs and name the bird “Buttercup” are about 1,000-to-1. […]
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10 Turkey-Taking Tips
A grand old South Carolina turkey hunter from yesteryear, Archibald Rutledge, once wrote: “Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters.” […]