Small Game Archives - Page 22 of 26

May 25, 2026

To avoid putting too much pressure on a birds, hunters should let individual fields rest a few days after an early season hunt.

Avoid ‘high-bird’ pressure

Shot-shell manufacturers expect a rise in profits when hundreds of thousands of shots are taken around corn fields. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Website has directions to and maps of public dove fields around the state.

Public dove-hunting opportunities

Not all hunters get a chance to ride though the countryside looking for good dove fields, and sometimes, the best fields may just not be available to all hunters. […]

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources maintains public dove fields across the state, many of them planted in sunflowers.

When doves go public – Go public with doves on South Carolina’s WMA fields

John Gribb

“Mark!” “Bird!” “Bird, behind you! “Low bird, low bird, don’t shoot!” “Down the middle, high bird — nice shot!” […]

North Carolina hunters prepared for dove season often have the best hunts.

Pre-Labor Day labor can make your opening day dove hunts in North Carolina more successful

Jeff Burleson

Labor Day and dove season marks the beginning of fall hunting. Just about anyone who hunts will join the action along a cut corn field armed with a shotgun and plenty of shells — at least on opening day. […]

SCDNR and the U.S. Forest Service have scheduled a youth dove hunt near Abbeville on Sept. 7.

Youth dove hunt planned for USFS field in Abbeville County

SCDNR News Release

A youth dove hunt, sponsored by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Forest Service, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 7 at the U.S. Forest Service Power of Partnerships Dove Field in Abbeville County. […]

A great Labor Day weekend dove hunt is a true blessing for hunters young and old.

Prepare for dove season

Jeff Burleson

A couple of days after August ends, dove season arrives for wing-shooters across the Southeast. […]

Terrial White, Larry Royal, Roland Boney Jr. and Joe Kelly enjoy a rabbit hunt in Duplin County.

Ridin’ Up Rabbits

Mike Marsh

A covey of pickup trucks nestled in the back of a Duplin County farm field, the beds sporting dog boxes empty but for the musty remaining scent of beagles. […]

Squirrel dog hunters are quick at admit more bushytails can be taken while sitting at a den tree, but they enjoy using curs and feists.

Hounding Bushytails

Alex Webb

When leaves on the trees are as scarce as deer hunters in the woods, a new year must have turned, and that’s just fine with Dave Inman and Wally McAnulty because there’s no better time of the year for nearly limitless squirrel hunting opportunities. […]

Many hunters wait until deer season ends to patrol the woods regularly for bushytails.

Christmas Rats — Hunting tips for more squirrels

Craig Holt

Champ and Curly bounced excitedly around in their pen behind Randy Dunkley’s cozy log cabin on a wooded hillside in the Hurdle Mills community of Person County. […]

South Carolina rabbit hunters did the best last season in Lee, Greenwood and Hampton counties.

SCDNR identifies five best rabbit-hunting counties from 2011-12

South Carolina Sportsman

With rabbit season scheduled to open on Nov. 22, South Carolina hunters might get a friendly push in the right direction from the 2011-12 Rabbit Hunter Survey recently released by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. […]