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May 26, 2026

Planting a fall food plot with the proper seed mix will give hunters or wildilfe managers a fast-growing source of food that’s high in protein and perfect for attracting the attention of wildlife, especially whitetail deer.

Food plots are key to fall success

Traditionally, feed corn has been a staple attractant many deer hunters have used to draw deer into their hunting area. […]

Food sources usually are good places to watch for bucks during the early September season.

Skill + Luck = Bucks

Craig Holt

The two North Carolina archery hunters who downed the top bow-killed bucks of 2007 had something in common — neither had seen their bucks previously; they hunted food sources at almost the same time in the middle of September; and they admit they were lucky. […]

Bowhunter Scooter Pegg of the Guilford Bowhunters said there’s no substitute for practice and being in the woods during deer season.

Best hunters adapt to change

Ramon Bell

Scooter Pegg was named 2007’s bow hunter of the year by the Guilford Bowhunters.

The club utilizes a point system to determine the winner of this award. […]

This polished carbon-steel pipe was sprayed with heavy salt-content water for 60 hours. The left side, which was left “in the white,” had serious corrosion that will result in pitting of the surface. The right side was coated once with revolutionary new Smith & Wesson Protectant and Lubricant before beginning the test.

New protectant perfect for duck marsh

Gordon Hutchinson

With teal season beginning this month, and the full-fledged duck season only a little while behind it, the annual trek to the salt marshes of our coastline will begin. […]

Bowing to Pressure

Terry Madewell

Early season bow hunting can be one of the more challenging ways to hunt white-tail deer. But it can be perhaps the most rewarding of all to a serous bow hunter. […]

2008 Game Lands Preview

Craig Holt

With more people moving to North Carolina and conversions of former farms and wood lands into housing tracts and shopping centers, finding places to hunt can be a frustrating experience. […]

S.C. is a leader in dove research and reporting banded doves is a primary source for the information.

Banded Doves Provide Vital Information to Biologists

SCDNR News Release

Since 2003, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Section and other partners have taken part in a long-term, multi-state banding study of mourning doves to improve information on dove life history. […]

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