Deer Hunting
Use all available mapping tools
Hunting North Carolina’s Game Lands or any other unfamiliar parcel of land should always start with a map of the area before to investing too much time on site. […]
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Hog Hunting
Calling all hogs
I have had some luck with a call to attract hogs. I can’t honestly say that it works all the time “as seen on TV,” but it’s probably going to do more good than harm to try it out. […]
Deer Hunting
Crossbow broadhead issues
Arrows fired from crossbows are shorter and more touchy about broadhead flight than the shafts typically launched from traditional or compound bows. […]
Hog Hunting
Clemson going ‘whole hog’ after feral pigs
The Clemson Cooperative Extension Service has established the South Carolina Wild Hog Task Force to coordinate educational, research and management efforts to reduce the problems associated with wild hogs in our state. […]
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Pond management: Time to draw down established ponds
In order to have a healthy and productive fish pond, manipulation exercises should occur almost every month of the year, and winter might be the most-important season to conduct pond-management activities, specifically winter drawdown. Pond levels should be dropped from November through February. […]
Ducks
Manipulate crops for late doves
Dove hunting captures almost every hunter in the Carolinas around Labor Day weekend, but the later seasons attract the true dove enthusiasts. […]
Deer Hunting
Habitat-improvement projects
Gary Barrett has initiated a number of habitat-improvement projects at Oakhaven that North Carolina deer managers can implement on properties they own, lease, or hunt on if the landowners agree: […]
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Join the crew
Based in the Upstate, Wrecking Crew Guide Service is well known for hard-core attitude of pursuing waterfowl and excellent calling. […]
Ducks
High-school teacher increased wood ducks
In the mid-1970s, North Carolina was home to relatively few native wood ducks. That began to change when a “shop” teacher at Western Alamance High School put his students to work building and selling wood duck boxes. […]
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Rig’Em Right Decoy Anchors for duck hunters on the move
Based in Morehead City, North Carolina, Rig’Em Right Waterfowl owner Matthew Cagle has developed a revolutionary way to collect and store duck decoys without the hassle of tangled lines. […]