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A place for bird dogs, bird hunts
With the loss of habitat and predator problems, North Carolina quail numbers have declined seriously the last 20 years.
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Hunting
Deer Hunting
Deadline Approaching for Marsh WMA Youth Deer Hunt Applications
A series of Take One Make One youth deer hunts conducted by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources will be held this fall at the Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Marion County with the deadline for applying fast approaching for the Nov. 14 and Dec. 19 hunts.
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Currents
Keep hunting traditions alive
Sometime late in the afternoon on Veteran’s Day, the truck will make a sharp right turn onto a dirt road that divides two stands of pine trees. […]
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Cover: November 2008 (NC)
Even when Tar Heel deer are rutting, a haphazard approach will result in an empty pickup truck. […]
Greener Pastures
Make harvest plans in advance
As the mercury plunges across the state, the peak of the rut is in full swing and does are feeding heavily on all concentrated food sources as they come into estrus. […]
Hunting
This small dog barks and bites
There are many ways to determine you have arrived. […]
Deer Hunting
No foolin’, deer decoys work
Hunters know decoys work for waterfowl and predators, but are they effective in luring deer within archery range? […]
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Bear Market
The direction of the rifle shot’s muffled report was difficult to gauge. In the mountains, it’s a common expression to say a shot “rang” out, but gunfire echoes are absent because of the thick vegetation in North Carolina’s flatlands. […]
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Close Encounters of the Buck Kind
Eastern Guilford County resident Bill Martin visited the March 2008 Dixie Deer Classic to enter one of his recent trophy white-tail heads in the event’s Big Buck Contest. […]
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Deer Gone Wild
When the rut kicks into high gear, hunters know its big buck time in North Carolina. […]