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June 23, 2026

Watts (left) and T.J. Joye have enjoyed a Maidendown Bay pheasant hunt.

Birdies Galore

The first thing you notice driving along the entrance road to Maidendown Bay Gun and Golf Hunting Preserve is the flooded land on both sides of the entrance way. […]

McCaskill’s trio of bird dogs in a classic “back” situation, including Rosie the pointer (top), who holds steady while Doc the setter (left) and Bandit the Brittany honor her point.

Quail Corners

Pat Robertson

When Jackie McCaskill was a youngster growing up in Camden, his dad would come home from bird hunting and leave the quail he and his buddy had shot for Jackie to clean. […]

Wearing chest waders is necessary when using a float boat as hunters will frequently need to port over obstructions. Tommy Price of Anderson pulls his kayak over a logjam.

Drive-by Ducks

Phillip Gentry

The dashboard clock clicked over to 2 a.m. as a weary-eyed waterfowler exited onto the east-bound ramp of Interstate 26. […]

The left-to-right shot is a favorite for many archers who take on the challenge of tundra-swan hunting in winter.

Swan Dive

Craig Holt

Most late-night television addicts have seen “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” a 1938 epic that features Errol Flynn using a long bow to split a competitor’s arrow at an impossible distance. […]

The end of a day of rabbit hunting hopefully will be a brace of bunnies.

Rabbit Redux

Mike Marsh

Most hunters in Pender County pursue white-tailed deer in the winter, displaying any newly-acquired buck deer across the tailgates of their pickup trucks for other hunters to admire. […]

Scouting for birds and getting permission from land-owners are keys to successful winter dove hunts. Visitors should be sure to respect property and pick up empty shell casings and other trash before leaving.

It Takes a Bubba

Mike Marsh

For many hunters, a Labor Day hunt for mourning doves is the highlight of the season. […]

Squirrels follow almost the same daily routines as white-tailed deer, moving the most early and late in the day and concentrating near sources of food. Squirrels also are extremely shy of interactions with hunters and will flee to safety (a nest or tree hole) at a moment’s notice.

Bushytail Time

Dan Kibler

More than 20 years ago, when Tim Lemon first went to work as a wildlife enforcement officer for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, squirrel hunting was a big deal. […]

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