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May 27, 2026

NuFletch arrow inserts

North Carolina Sportsman

Serious archers know that when it comes to accuracy, perfect arrow flight is essential. […]

North Carolina's 2010-11 deer harvest was the second-highest on record, divided almost 50-50 between antlered bucks and does.

2010 Deer harvest is second-largest on record

Craig Holt

North Carolina deer hunters had another successful season in 2010, tagging 175,157 bucks, does and button bucks. […]

Mowing a food plot to help deter the growth of invasive weeds and grasses is an important step in making sure your desired foliage is in tip-top shape to provide grazing for deer.

Clip warm-season food plots now

Jeff Burleson

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. […]

Top Dog

North Carolina Sportsman

For only fifteen minutes per day, you can have the well-trained hunting dog you always wanted in just a few short months. […]

SWAROVSKI OPTIK binoculars

North Carolina Sportsman

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. […]

The Ruger LCP in .380 ACP moved the earth when it was introduced, and caused a nationwide shortage of its ammo, a short 9MM round. The most frequent request heard by Ruger from its customers was to take the LCP to the next level, and make it in full-sized 9MM. The result: a palm-sized version of the LCP is called the LC9.

Pocket Rocket — Ruger’s new LC9 Compact Pistol

Gordon Hutchinson

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. […]

Most of the coyote predation on deer occurs during the first four to six weeks of a fawn’s life.

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. […]

Burton Moore III with his Wadmalaw Island turkey that fell for the wooden decoys

Wooden decoys fool Wadmalaw Island gobbler

Jeff Dennis

Antique decoys, whether waterfowl or turkeys, are rarely used in hunting situations, but in some cases they can be called on for duty. […]

Full camouflage clothing is one requirement for successfully calling sharp-eyed coyotes into shotgun range.

Calling All Coyotes

Mike Marsh

A hunter perched in a tower stand stared intently down a woods road, searching for any telltale movement that might give away his quarry. […]

A bill to change the upstate turkey season start dates was defeated

Legislature defeats bills to change Upstate turkey opener, change DNR makeup

Pat Robertson

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. […]