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Charging your trolling motor batteries as you run can extend your fishing time and the lives of your batteries.

Battery charging on the run

From the Complaints You Will Never Hear department: “I fished in the wind all day and still have too darned much power left in my trolling motor batteries!” […]

Sgt. John Valles killed this nice buck on a Combat Warriors-sponsored hunt in Warren County and later won the October Bag-A-Buck contest.

Army veteran wins October Bag-A-Buck contest

Dan Kibler

Staff Sgt. John Valles of the U.S. Army had a chance to go on his first deer hunt with Combat Warriors Inc. in late October as a guest of the Embro Hunting Club in Warren County. […]

Ivy Oates killed two nice bucks on Oct. 19, one of which she entered in South Carolina Sportsman's Bag-A-Buck Contest. She was drawn as the October contest winner.

Rock Hill teen wins October Bag-A-Buck contest

Dan Kibler

Oct. 19 was a Sunday that 16-year-old Ivy Oates of Rock Hill will not soon forget. The junior at Rock Hill High School killed her first buck, a 5-pointer, around 5 p.m., right after climbing into a ladder stand on property in Lancaster County she was hunting with her father, Danny. […]

Lake Wylie's night stalkers have been filling plenty of coolers with slab crappie lately.

Night stalkers are scaring Lake Wylie crappie right into the boat

Terry Madewell

When the sun sinks into the western sky, night stalkers begin to prowl. They prepare for the evening onslaught and make careful preparations for their sneak attack on unwary victims. […]

Legislators listened to complaints about the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s deer-farming rules on Nov. 18 and allowed no opposing speakers.

Deer-farm supporters blast Commission over stringent regulations

Craig Holt

A select committee of the N.C. House listened on Tuesday as four deer-farmers from North Carolina and two out-of-state supporters of deer farming castigated the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s management of state deer farms and their owners without anyone associated with the Commission getting a chance to respond. […]

A dove-hunting clinic for young hunters will be held in the Conway area on Nov. 22.

SCDNR, QDMA holding dove-hunting clinic for youths on Nov. 22

SCDNR News Release

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ Take One Make One Program and the Horry County “Sandlappers” branch of the Quality Deer Management Association is offering aspiring young hunters the opportunity to learn more about dove hunting with a dove clinic on Nov. 22 in Conway. […]

Hunters in five eastern North Carolina counties can begin hunting coyotes again thanks to the settlement of a lawsuit against the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Commission settles suit over coyotes, red wolves

North Carolina Sportsman

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced on Friday that it has reached an agreement in a lawsuit filed against it that will restore “conditional” coyote hunting in five counties where red wolves live in eastern North Carolina. […]

A bear-poaching sting in western North Carolina that snared several of one state legislator's constituents apparently provided the impetus for a legislative committee meeting to study the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Legislature to put N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission under microscope

Craig Holt

Just when you thought the deer-farm issue had been resolved, the topic will reappear Tuesday, Nov. 18, in a special legislative hearing in Raleigh. […]

Greenville's Wes Howard caught this 40-pound striped bass on Nov. 11 out of Lake Hartwell.

Lake Hartwell spits out 40-pound striper for Greenville angler

Phillip Gentry

Wes Howard of Greenville proved once again that cut bait is king on Lake Hartwell when he landed a 40-pound, 43-inch striped bass from the Seneca River on Nov. 11. Howard was cut bait fishing on the upper reaches of the Seneca River when the big fish hit. […]