Greener Pastures
Clip warm-season food plots now
Warm-season food plots supplement deer with a rich source of balanced nutrition over the late spring and summer, during a critical time of need for both male and female deer. […]
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SWAROVSKI OPTIK binoculars
The new CL Companion 30mm binoculars from Swarovski Optik are among the smallest 30mm binoculars available, as they will fit in most outdoor jacket pockets. […]
Hunting
Pocket Rocket — Ruger’s new LC9 Compact Pistol
A couple of years ago, at the Louisville NRA convention, I wandered over to the Ruger booth to watch Randell Pence, national sales manager for Ruger Firearms, doing a land-office business. […]
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Off-Key Tune
South Carolina’s statewide deer population has declined by about one-third since the mid-1990s. Habitat change, development and pine plantation monocultures have contributed, but a factor that parallels the drop in the deer population is the increase in the coyote population. […]
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Wooden decoys fool Wadmalaw Island gobbler
Antique decoys, whether waterfowl or turkeys, are rarely used in hunting situations, but in some cases they can be called on for duty. […]
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Calling All Coyotes
A hunter perched in a tower stand stared intently down a woods road, searching for any telltale movement that might give away his quarry. […]
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Legislature defeats bills to change Upstate turkey opener, change DNR makeup
Sportsmen and caretakers of the state’s natural resources scored some major wins in the 2011 General Assembly, defeating a proposal to extend the turkey season in the Upstate and a plan to restructure the S.C. Department of Natural Resources into a cabinet agency. […]
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‘Stillhunter’ and Neems win turkey photo and video contest
Rhyan Thompson of Eden and Matthew Neems of Hillsborough have won the NorthCarolinaSportsman.com turkey photo and video contests. […]
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Hog management equals persistent trapping
On May 12, the Dorchester County Clemson Extension Office organized a hog-management workshop, and the message was clear: get rid of wild hogs if you have the chance. […]