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June 1, 2026

Grouse flourish in clear cuts and other thick, successional growth in the mountains. WIthout habitat, there will be no grouse.

Habitat is everything for grouse

Habitat continues to be the No. 1 concern with grouse populations. Like many animals, ruffed grouse flourish in regenerated growth. […]

Giant bluefin tuna bring top dollar on the international market; fishermen in the Mediterranean net juveniles, keep them in holding pens and feed them to giant size in a year.

Tuna farming

Bob Goldstein

Big fatty fish bring the highest prices at market, and small bluefins are of low value. […]

If you don’t have a grouse dog, just hunt slowly through good grouse habitat, stopping and starting, waiting for a flush.

Without man’s best friend, slow down for grouse

Pete Rogers

If you are hunting grouse without a dog, the method to receiving success is not difficult in practice. […]

‘Crow Busters’ was created to help offer information, fellowship and products to crow hunters around the country.

Who ya gonna call? Crow Busters

Phillip Gentry

One of the Flintstones episodes you never saw was the time Fred and Barney managed to kill a pterodactyl on a weekend outing, then shortly after formed the Bedrock Chapter of PU — Pterodactyls Unlimited. […]

Darrell Gibson’s custom-made crow calls range inexpensive walnut models to high-end calls made from exotic woods.

A custom-calling plan

Phillip Gentry

Born and raised in Rutherford County, N.C., veteran crow hunter, guide and call-maker Darrell Gibson was exposed to crow hunting at an early age by his father. […]

Rev. Bob Matthews is almost ready to say grace over these two hogs he barbecued on his hog cooker.

Turn your wild hog pig-pickin’ good

Terry Madewell

This recipe and cooking method will help you turn your wild hogs into some of the best barbecue you’ve ever eaten. […]

Wildlife officials believe wild hogs, like these two eating-sized specimens killed by Freeman Lincoln, are already overrunning several sections of South Carolina and will continue to spread.

This little piggy… became a hundred

Terry Madewell

Wild pigs reproduce at a prodigious rate, and that trait is causing major problems. […]

Fishermen up and down South Carolina’s coast can thank the Waddell Mariculture Center for some of the stocked redfish they catch.

The Waddell Mariculture Center and redfish

Jerry Dilsaver

The James M. Waddell Mariculture Center. just inland of Hilton Head in Bluffton, is one of the country’s largest and most-sophisticated facilities for mariculture research. […]

‘Dead-sticking’ soft-plastic baits like this shrimp is a great technique to catch reds when their metabolism is slower during the winter.

Go slowly in cold water

Jerry Dilsaver

The winter of 2010-2011 was exceptionally cold along the south Atlantic Coast, especially in South Carolina. The first hard cold spell came at Thanksgiving, and it didn’t let up until late February. […]

A dark bottom will draw heat from the sun and warm surrounding areas, attacting redfish for comfort or for the crustacaens that are buried in the bottom.

Warm, mud creatures draw reds shallow

Craig Holt

Besides avoiding porpoises in winter, red drum like shallow water — especially water over a dark muddy bottom — for two other reasons. […]