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June 21, 2026

Don’t put too much pressure on a school of winter reds

There are few times of the year when anglers can stake up on a big school of reds and pull in fish until their arms get worn out, especially when live or cut bait is used. […]

Overgrown, fallow fields are perfect spots for rabbits to feed; they provide cover from predators on the ground and in the air, and they’re perfect spots for a pack of beagles to jump a bunny and begin a chase.

Choosing, training beagles takes time, expense, effort

Craig Holt

Finding, obtaining and training beagles isn’t difficult, but it takes some time and reasonable expense. […]

Getting deep in a buck’s core area after the season might reveal plenty of his secrets.

Start post-season scouting now

Jeff Burleson

Hunters stay away from deep, forested areas for most of the year so they don’t disturb sanctuary areas and places where big bucks were thought to be hiding. […]

Snow goose populations have skyrocketed over the past 25 years to the point that they were doing significant damage to agriculture and breeding habitat.

Light goose conservation order opens the floodgates for North Carolina hunters

Jeff Burleson

Nearly 10 years ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the “light goose conservation order” that resonated throughout every waterfowl community across the country. […]

Trail cameras set up around supplemental feeding locations during the winter when natural food available is at its lowest ebb can give hunters a great idea about how many and which bucks survived the previous season.

Dead of winter is great time to inventory surviving bucks

Jeff Burleson

After seeing many bucks on camera and on stand throughout deer season, there is always concern how many actually come out alive on Jan. 1. Technology, provides plenty of answers. […]

Full-choked shotguns and large, heavy loads of non-toxic shot are the norm when targeting snow geese.

Snow geese require special shot choices, sizes and shotgun chokes

Jeff Burleson

Snow geese travel thousands of miles to reach their southern wintering grounds. After hunters study the flocks and finally get a group to creep into shotgun range, the hard part is over, and hunters need to use their equipment to bring them to the dirt. […]