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October 16, 2026

SCDNR biologist Richard Morton scoring a whitetail deer at the 2016 Palmetto Sportsmen's Classic

SCDNR holding numerous deer scoring sessions in March

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has scheduled a series off scoring sessions for whitetail deer across the Palmetto State in March. […]

A record 67 coyotes were brought to the scales at the 5th annual Carolina Coyote Classic this past weekend in Albemarle, NC.

67 coyotes killed during Carolina Coyote Classic

Brian Cope

The fifth annual Carolina Coyote Classic, presented by 704 Outdoors, saw a record number of coyotes brought to the scales this past weekend at the Albemarle, N.C. American Legion Post 76, which served as the headquarters and weigh-in site of the tournament. […]

Robert Dean poses with the new N.C. state record red grouper, which he caught while fishing aboard the Cheerio Lady out of Carolina Beach.

Creedmoor angler catches new N.C. state record red grouper

Jerry Dilsaver

Robert Dean of Creedmoor, N.C. now holds the N.C. state record for red grouper with a catch he made on June 10, 2017 while fishing on the Cheerio Lady, with Capt. John Batson, out of Carolina Beach. It took a while for all the paperwork to be submitted and approved, but Dean’s 35-pound, 11-ounce catch was officially recognized as the new N.C. record on Feb. 2, 2018. […]

Logan Foster was hunting waterfowl last month when he was charged by this bobcat, which Foster killed with a close-range shot.

Hunter realizes he’s being hunted by bobcat

Brian Cope

Have you ever been hunting, but felt as though you were the one being hunted? That’s just the feeling Logan Foster of Chester, S.C. felt one morning last month while duck hunting with a friend in a creek bottom that was known to hold ducks. […]

The NCWRC and NWTF are offering 11 free turkey hunting clinics in March across the state of North Carolina.

Free turkey hunting seminars offered in March across North Carolina

Brian Cope

The first time I ever went turkey hunting, you could say I got spoiled, lucky, or both. I had no idea what I was doing, had read very little about the big game bird, and hadn’t seen so much as a turkey track on the family land where I’d decided to go after my first turkey. […]

Darryl Fox killed this "high-elevation buck" and won the December Bag-A-Buck contest.

Weaverville hunter kills trophy buck, wins December Bag-A-Buck

Dan Kibler

Darryl Fox of Weaverville, N.C., had no idea he was going to kill the biggest buck of his life last fall. A teacher and baseball coach at North Buncombe High School, he didn’t get to do everything he usually does leading up to deer season, or even get in the woods during archery season, because of the sickness and death of his father last year. […]