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Flooded grain is about as sure a thing for attracting ducks as you can have to hunt over.

Don’t take the ‘bait’

As the millions of ducks breeze into the Carolinas from the duck factory, feeding will be the first task for these winged arrivals. […]

Grains planted to be flooded in a waterfowl impoundment can’t be cut or otherwise scattered before hunting or it’s considered illegal baiting.

Pond management: Time to draw down established ponds

Jeff Burleson

In order to have a healthy and productive fish pond, manipulation exercises should occur almost every month of the year, and winter might be the most-important season to conduct pond-management activities, specifically winter drawdown. Pond levels should be dropped from November through February. […]

Fall wahoo fishing has been great in offshore waters off Cape Lookout, but fishermen are filling their fish boxes with blackfin tuna and dolphin, and running into an occasional sailfish, too.

With storms in rearview mirrow, great offshore trolling returns to Cape Lookout area

Jerry Dilsaver

Bluewater fish were really biting before Hurricane Sandy and a nor’easter pushed up the east coast, and fishermen are expecting the action to be just a good when they get back out to the Big Rock as the winds finally lay out. […]

Steve Patterson's 8-point Orange County buck carried a rack with better than 140 inches of horn.

Orange County spits out another trophy 8-point buck

Dan Kibler

Steve Patterson had such a great hunt in Ohio at the beginning of last week that he had an even better hunt back in North Carolina later in the week. […]

Striped bass are active now in the waters of the western Pamlico River, especially near Washington.

Striper action great in western Pamlico River

Craig Holt

Striped bass are active and feeding in the western Pamlico River. […]

Chuck Porter shows off a hefty Lake Wateree blue catfish caught on a gizzard shad.

Lake Wateree catfish action breaking loose

Terry Madewell

After a brief slowdown as the water temperature dropped and the lake “turned over,” the catfish action is now red-hot on Lake Wateree. […]

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has voted to take a long, hard look at the way shrimp are harvested in North Carolina waters, especially as it relates to by-catch of non-targeted fish species.

Marine Fisheries Commission votes to look at shrimp-trawling in North Carolina waters

Jerry Dilsaver

Many people may consider Nov. 8, 2012, as the day the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission stepped up to the plate and put several fisheries on the road to recovery. […]

Chris Cox's Lee County 8-point buck weighed 207 pounds and carried a 160-inch-plus rack.

Lee County hunter takes a huge 8-pointer with muzzleloader

Craig Holt

North Carolina hunters have harvested some magnificent 8-point bucks during the past few years, particularly in areas known to produce trophy whitetails. […]

Gary Barrett looks at a draw bordered by pines that leads away from a lake. This type of funnel is a hot spot anywhere.

Fond of Funnels

Bruce Ingram

Gary Barrett, a lifelong resident of Rockingham County, has undergone a metamorphosis over the past 40 years, going from trophy deer hunter to hunting tutor, a journey that has seen him kill several hundred deer, 30 of which most hunters would consider trophies. […]