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Playing against a stacked deck
I attended a seminar a while back at which a biologist said that deer hunters didn’t care about deer management unless it led to an 8-pointer standing within easy range of their stand every season. […]
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Backlashes
Perfect storm of access problems
What would your reaction be if you returned at dusk to a public boat ramp after a day-long fishing trip and discovered your vehicle and boat trailer had disappeared? […]
Currents
Remembering 2 outdoorsmen
As far as I know, Smokey Goodwin and Gault Beeson never met, so I am probably the only connection between the two. […]
Backlashes
Is Navy painting itself into corner?
The range of an F/A-18E Super Hornet jet fighter aircraft is 1,930 nautical miles. In U.S. “standard” miles (like you and I drive in our gasoline-powered vehicles), that’s 2,221 miles. […]
Currents
Let science lead, not politicians
Sen. John Drummond of Ninety Six had it right when he said that it was time for South Carolina’s legislators “to get out of the rabbit sheriff business.” […]
Backlashes
The pogie battle is enjoined again
With the passage of the Coastal Recreational Fishing License into law last year, only a few needed changes remain to be made in North Carolina’s saltwater management strategies — if the state is going to continue to allow a relatively few commercial netters to take a large portion of our citizens’ public resources for profit. […]
Currents
You can come home again
The first Kiblers came to South Carolina in 1753 from an area of Germany near the Swiss border via the sailing ship Anne, arriving in Charleston. […]
Backlashes
Turkey fight ends; herrings; a gun nut
In what we hope will be the last attempt at an earlier spring turkey season start (first Saturday in April) anywhere in North Carolina, a N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission subcommitee voted not to consider the proposal that was unpopular with the N.C. National Wild Turkey Federation, WRC biologists, and following a staff study of the proposal that showed multiple potential problems. […]
Currents
It ain’t exactly cheap to litter
The U.S. Forest Service temporarily closed a rifle range at the Francis Marion National Forest to clean up litter and repair vandalized facilities. […]
Backlashes
Pocosin bears, OLF, Wilks joins NCS
ODDS ‘N’ ENDS:
When a reporter covers one story, other newsworthy topics often pop up on the radar screen. […]