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September 20, 2026

Eagle soybeans are laboratory-developed seeds that will produce a tall plant with a tremendous protein count — great for providing deer with food.

Plant new hybrids

Dating back to the pre-settlement era, man continues to select preferred traits of flora and fauna to gain a desired outcome. […]

Thunder Chicken

North Carolina Sportsman

Flextone Game Calls has introduced a new lightweight and easy to carry and pack turkey decoy. […]

Stream bottoms are great spots to run into turkeys in the Piedmont, because their banks are often filled with acorn-producing oak trees.

Tommy Kirby of Willow Oaks Plantation in Rockingham County is on the same page with his boss, Arthur Dick, when it comes to cutting down on the amount of calling a turkey hunter does and paying more attention to location. […]

Button-popping proud? The author shows off his 2011 gobbler, killed during a paddle through the Sumter National Forest.

Paddle up an old tom

Phillip Gentry

According to the regulations posted in the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ Rules and Regulations handbook for 2011-12, it is unlawful to take a wild turkey from a watercraft. […]

Ghost Hunting calls and lures

Bruce Ingram

Guide Israel Gibson of Rivers Edge Outfitters in Spruce Pine is a big fan of Ghost Hunting Calls and Lures in Marion, especially the company’s friction ones. […]

Young hunters watch a presentation as part of Willow Oak Plantation’s QDMA-mentored hunting program.

Willow Oaks’ role in preparing future hunters

Bruce Ingram

Judy Gardner, vice president of the North Carolina State Chapter of the Quality Deer Management Association, praised Arthur Dick at Willow Oaks Plantation for their commitment to helping nurture the next generation of hunters. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is considering a proposal to add opportunities for hunters to take coyotes, in hopes of helping control their burgeoning numbers.

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission puts coyotes in the spot light

Craig Holt

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, already looking to do something about a growing feral swine problem in the state, has added coyotes to its “hit list.”
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Seven tips for turkey hunting success

Terry Madewell

Both Fant’s Grove and Keowee WMAs are in Game Zone Two and cover areas around Lake Hartwell. Biologist Tom Swayngham of SCDNR said both WMAs offer excellent hunting opportunities for turkey hunters. […]

Biologists believe that an increase in good habitat can help bolster quail populations on private and public lands.

Commission biologist supports latest quail-restoration project

Craig Holt

The decline of bobwhite quail in the southeast and in North Carolina has been increasingly alarming to sportsmen. […]

One of the best tactics for taking swamp gobblers is to pattern their movement and try to intercept them somewhere along traveling routes, setting up and waiting on birds that might not gobble very much.

Outwitting Swamp Gobblers

Terry Madewell

According to some experienced turkey hunters, not all gobblers are created equal. […]

My target buck

Bag a Buck

Elizabeth Fornes of Vanceboro, NC killed an 8-point buck in Craven County, NC on Sept. 12, 2026 with a Mathews Arc compound bow. […]

Patience and Persistence Pays Off

Bag a Buck

Austin Mangum of Berea, NC killed a 21-point buck in Granville County, NC on Sept. 14, 2026 while sitting on the ground from 30 yards away. […]

Twin Towers

Bag a Buck

Evan Browning killed an 8-point buck in Vance County, NC on Sept. 13, 2026 while in an elevated stand 50 yards away. […]

NC hunter kills 24-point buck in Orange County

Deer

Graham Smith killed 24-point buck in Orange County, NC on opening weekend of NC’s 2026 archery season. The buck gross scored 191 5/8 inches. […]

Santee hunter kills 12-foot, 9-inch gator

Alligator

Cole Poplin was hunting the Santee Cooper lakes when he killed a 769-pound alligator that measured 12 feet, 9 inches long. […]