Other Hunting
Set your squirrel priorities: fox or gray
The best places to hunt fox squirrels are open stands of long-leaf pines. The best places to hunt gray squirrels are densely vegetated hardwood drains.
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Freshwater Fishing
Get the drop on winter crappie
On many lakes, very definable contour changes exist where a flat drops into a river or large creek channel. During the winter, targeting this fine line, a mere few feet wide, can be the key to catching a lot of crappie. […]
Other Hunting
Special gear for secretive squirrels
It is often difficult to spot a treed squirrel if the canopy cover is dense. While gray squirrels tend to hide by flattening their bodies against tree trunks or in forks where they resemble bumps or knots, fox squirrels often run to the ends of long-leaf pine tree limbs and curl into balls, looking exactly like pine cones. […]
Dove
Mow, plow last strips for doves
Even though dove season’s popularity is centers on Labor Day weekend, the late season can offer hunters fantastic wing-shooting when the weather puts hunters in long-sleeved camo. […]
Deer Hunting
Tips for taking December deer
Nick House has no misgivings about hunting in December because fewer hunters are applying pressure to deer in his local area. […]
Deer Hunting
Manage waterfowl hunting pressure
The largest chunk of waterfowl season arrives this month, giving hunters six weeks or so of duck-hunting madness. […]
Bass Fishing
Shiners are great baits for fall bass on Lake Marion
Fishermen would do well to take a “shine” to bass through November and into the winter on Lake Marion. The use of live bait, specifically shiners, produces both quality and quantity of largemouth bass. […]
Inshore Fishing
Shrimp fill the bill when bait thieves are run off by the cold
Brandon Sauls believes that live shrimp will trigger bites from speckled trout, even when nothing else works. While he’ll often catch specks on lures or minnows, shrimp are their preferred food and well worth the effort and expense to get. […]
Bass Fishing
Keep plenty of different baits rigged and ready
Inky Davis said he keeps an arsenal of rods rigged so he can react quickly to almost any type of fishing situation. […]
Inshore Fishing
Know your state line and state limits
The border between the Carolinas runs northwest to southeast angle across the Calabash River and Intracoastal Waterway, marshes and creeks from just west of Calabash to just east of the north jetty at Little River Inlet. […]