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Charter Captain Chip Veach came up from Florida to kill this South Carolina brute on Aug. 23, 2018.

Charter captain tags great Bamberg County, SC buck

Charter captain Chip Veach of Key West, Fla., has hunted all over for trophy bucks over the past decade or so, including multiple trips to Montana and Canada. […]

Zachary Dinkins of Gilbert, SC killed this big buck on South Carolina's 2018 opening day of deer season.

Lexington County hunter bags 140-inch opening day trophy

Brian Carroll

On the afternoon of Aug. 15, with the temperature pushing 90 degrees, Zachary Dinkins of Gilbert, S.C., opened South Carolina’s deer season by killing a Lexington County buck that had been nicknamed “Swamp Donkey” — a 9-point, 22-inch wide, 224-pound brute. […]

Jay Garner won the 2017-18 Carolina Sportsman Bag-A-Buck contest's grand prize, and the contest is back for the 2018-19 season.

Bag-A-Buck contest returns for 2018-19 season

Dan Kibler

Jay Garner killed a nice 8-point buck last Sept. 17, 2017, but he didn’t really think he was anything special.
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South Carolina's laws on importing deer and other cervid parts harvested out-of-state are intended to help stop the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease.

Know these laws before importing deer, elk parts from outside of SC

SCDNR News Release

South Carolinians planning out-of-state trips to hunt big game this fall should be aware of restrictions on importing deer and elk parts into the Palmetto State. […]

Derek Eager, first mate of the Marshgrass, poses with the 110-pound yellowfin tuna caught out of Charleston in June 2018.

Lowcountry anglers catch 110-pound yellowfin tuna out of Charleston

Brian Cope

Offshore anglers used to catch plenty of yellowfin tuna off the coast of the Palmetto State, but that has changed so dramatically that very few have been caught in the past decade. So it was a big surprise to a group of lowcountry anglers at the end of June when they hooked and landed a 110-pound yellowfin while trolling in about 200 feet of water. […]

Dare County man sentenced, fined in two waterfowl hunting incidents in December 2017

Dan Kibler

A Dare County man was sentenced last week to seven days in jail and fined more than $2,500 after pleading guilty to 10 misdemeanors relating to two incidents over a period of 11 days last December in which he confronted and threatened four hunters in a lake in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in Hyde County. […]

Lindsey Edge, 6-years-old, of Laurel Hill, NC, caught this 71-pound blue catfish on the Pee Dee River at the base of the Blewett Falls Dam.

6-year-old lands 71-pound catfish on Pee Dee River

Jeff Burleson

Six-year-old Lindsey Edge of Laurel Hill, N.C. caught a 71-pound blue catfish on May 10 at the base of the Blewett Falls Dam in the Pee Dee River at Norwood, N.C. Few anglers ever catch or even see a fish this big in person. But, it happened for Edge, who spends many hours with her father, Ira Edge on the water every year. […]

North Carolina's black sea bass fishery is split into two sections -- one south of Cape Hatteras and another one north of Cape Hatteras.

Recreational black sea bass season north of Cape Hatteras opens May 15

NCWRC Release

The recreational black sea bass fishing season will open May 15 in federal and North Carolina waters north of Cape Hatteras. […]

Jim Lasher poses with the new SC state record gag grouper he caught while fishing with Charleston Fish Finder on May 1, 2018.

Isle of Palms angler catches new SC state record gag grouper

Brian Cope

Jim Lasher of Isle of Palms was enjoying a good day of dolphin fishing out of IOP Marina with some coworkers and friend Capt. Ben Floyd of Charleston Fish Finder on May 1, the opening day of grouper season, when Lasher asked Floyd if he thought they’d get a chance to try for the bottom fish. Not long after, Lasher landed the new state record gag grouper, a 54+ pound beast that put up quite a tussle. […]