Hunting

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Ducks on the Dole

Craig Holt

It’s said that you should be prudent about what you wish for, because you might get it. Then again, one man’s disaster can be another’s opportunity. […]

Deer Hunting

Charleston hunter arrows Johns Island giant

Jeff Burleson

Alex Brenner of Charleston and his hunting companions are true believers in high-quality food plots, and they practice strict quality deer management, only harvesting mature bucks and big does on their hunting land, including a 250-acre sea-island paradise on Johns Island. […]

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For the Love of the Dove

Scott Keepfer

In the beginning, Louis Batson III was his dad’s designated retriever in the dove field — a 5-year-old boy scrambling through corn stalks to pick up birds brought down by the blast of his father’s humpback Browning 12-gauge. […]

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Going Primitive

L. Woodrow Ross

There is something mystical about the feel of a good primitive bow. It seems to come alive in the archer’s hands. Light, responsive and, when shot instinctively, they are very quick-handling. […]

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Dove-Day Afternoon

Jerry Dilsaver

The gray, feathered missile bobbed and weaved, riding the afternoon breeze as several loads of No. 8 lead shot narrowly missed making contact and sending it tumbling to the ground. […]

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2011-12 Game Lands Forecast

Craig Holt

North Carolina has two million acres of public hunting lands on 89 game lands that dot the landscape from the ocean to the western border, a distance of approximately 500 miles. […]

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Bowhunters want part of bear-hunting action

Craig Holt

With the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission bringing a series of proposed changes to bear-hunting regulations to public hearings in September, the North Carolina Bowhunters Association wants a piece of the pie, so to speak. […]