Quail used to be a popular game bird for hunters. They were around in good enough numbers throughout the 70s to make for some good hunting memories, but due to a number of factors, the wild quail population took a sharp decline that it’s never recovered from, despite some pretty strong efforts on the parts of landowners and many agencies like the NWTF, Quail Forever, and the National Bobwhite Quail Initiative. […]
If you want to catch the fish of a lifetime, you just have to go where they are, when they are there. It’s as simple as that. And while a lot of anglers will continue to fish the water that is closest to their home, hoping that one day the big one will bite, other anglers broaden their range, and go where the big fish are, and when the big fish are there. […]
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is hosting or supporting six family-friendly events on Sept. 24 to celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day. […]
In conjunction with Cowden Plantation and Jarrett Rifles, the SCDNR is offering two free deer hunts to active duty and retired military members, reservists, and disabled veterans. The hunts are being held in memory of Spc. Thomas Caughman of Lexington, who was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004. […]
There continues a mass human influx to the Carolinas, and as such, thousands of acres are being converted from farmland into suburbia. But agriculture remains a strong way of life for southerners and a huge portion of the two states’ economy. […]
Elijah Crabtree, a 12-year-old from Bladenboro, is one of North Carolina’s newest freshwater fish record-holders. Crabtree caught a 7.7-ounce spotted sunfish, a close relative of bluegills and redbreast sunfish, and it is the newly-established state record. […]
Staci Walker had never been hunting before this year’s opening day, and she backed herself into a corner by telling her guy pals that she wasn’t going to shoot “just any deer. It’s going to be a buck worth showing off.” […]
About 15 miles outside of Beaufort Inlet, a curious wahoo found itself in hot water when it swam up to investigate the charter group of guide Stewart Merritt of Morehead City. […]
Saturday, Aug. 27, turned into a day to remember for Chris Trout of Myrtle Beach, who waited until the last few minutes of legal shooting time that evening before pulling the trigger on a 235-pound, 10-point Bamberg County buck. […]
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission manages hunting and fishing 2 million acres for public hunting on 89 different game lands from the coast to the mountains. […]
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