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Retired football coach Dan Utley scores his touchdowns these days on the mud flats surrounding Hilton Head Island. He said football season is a great time to get in on all kinds of inshore action.

Hilton Head redfish bite has been excellent

With football season in full swing, weekends on the waters around Hilton Head and Beaufort are less crowded, but South Carolina’s southern coast still holds plenty of hot inshore fishing action. […]

Hunters in Northwest North Carolina may want to voluntarily limit their deer harvest this fall because the herd has suffered widespread and heavy mortality from disease.

Mortality from hemorrhagic disease may approach 50 percent in NW North Carolina deer herd

Dan Kibler

Hunters in a handful of counties in Northwest North Carolina may need to rethink how they want to approach deer season this fall, as biologists continue to study the outbreak of a disease that may have wiped out up to half the herd. […]

Cut down on your junk

Dustin Wilks

All fishermen have great hopes of finding the next great lure; companies are always searching for the same thing. So what happens? […]

Fishermen are finding fall flounder in the bays and marsh creeks behind Bear and Brown’s islands, and fishing should be increasingly good through October.

Swansboro area is hot spot for flounder as October approaches

Craig Holt

Fall flounder fishermen usually look to inshore waters as flatfish migrate toward the ocean, following baitfish that head out, anticipating the first rush of cold weather that’s a harbinger of winter. […]

Minn Kota’s i-Pilot can hold a boat at a set distance from the bank or automatically hold the boat in one spot while the angler focuses on catching fish.

What the heck is trolling motor navigation?

Allan Tarvid

A July press release from Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics begins, “Continuing the evolution of GPS trolling-motor navigation, Minn Kota’s i-Pilot Link utilizes GPS technology and ethernet connectivity to achieve new levels of boat control.” […]

The guns might look dainty, but the North American Arms .22 Magnum revolver can serve as a great backup weapon.

Hideout guns

Gordon Hutchinson

A group of firearms instructors for the sheriff’s office was standing around, waiting for a meeting to begin. […]

Renn Guthrie killed this trophy 8-point buck on Sept. 12 in Calhoun County.

Teen girl gets leg up on boys with trophy 8-pointer

Dan Kibler

Renn Guthrie, a junior at Orangeburg Prep, has got something most of her male classmates can only dream about: a trophy buck.

Guthrie, 16, took a big 8-pointer the afternoon of Sept. 12 in Calhoun County while hunting with her father, Jimmy, who had seen the buck shortly after the season opened.
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Chunky white perch are always hungry at Lake Norman, but fishing has been especially good lately.

White perch going to town at Lake Norman

Craig Holt

If you want to catch white perch, catfish or possibly a spotted bass, Lake Norman is a good bet. […]

Lake Hartwell’s channel cats are feasting on stinkbait

Matt Coffey

Channel catfish are some of the best-eating fish on the table, especially cut in small chunks, fried golden brown and served with a side of cole slaw. If you have fresh catfish on your mind, Lake Hartwell is the place to catch them right now.

According to Bill Plumley of Capt. Bill’s Fishing Adventures, the channel cats have been tearing it up on Lake Hartwell lately.
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