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The Pamlico Sound tarpon fishery is a catch-and-release fishery, with plenty of 100-pound silver kings available for fishermen who do their homework.

Silver Sound

As waters simmer across the South, groups of bewitched anglers charmed by silver-sided beasts, prepare their gear, hoping to connect again with one of the most memorable opponents ever found in inland waters. […]

The deer harvest last season in the northwestern corner of the state was down more than seven percent — the only drop in a season when hunters killed the second-largest number of whitetails in history.

Deer Forecast

Craig Holt

The northeastern corner of North Carolina, particularly Northampton County, is the place to find whitetail deer in big numbers and big sizes, according to last year’s harvest figures. […]

Seminars will be held in August to help those participating in alligator hunts, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

SCDNR to host alligator-hunting seminars

SCDNR News Release

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will conduct a series of three alligator hunting seminars in August for those participating in the public alligator hunt, hunting assistants and other interested persons. […]

The N.C. Bowhunters Association certifies hunters with a shooting skills test and hunter-safety test to give them a better chance to get hunting permission from landowners.

NC Bowhunters Association offers certification for hunters to help landowner, communities control deer numbers

Craig Holt

With whitetail deer numbers increasing and herds spreading into new territory, some neighborhoods, towns, villages and cities often turn to bowhunter groups to reduce the herd eating their gardens, shrubbery, flowers, colliding with autos and spreading ticks to pets and humans. […]

Public hunting will be allowed on several fields this fall. But applications to hunt these areas are due to the SCDNR by Aug. 12.

Public dove-hunting fields announced, applications due Aug. 12

SCDNR News Release

Forty-three fields available for public dove hunting Forty-three public dove fields will be available across the state during the 2011-12 season through the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Management Area program. […]

Don't let the high temperatures keep you off the water: The redfish are biting like crazy.

Redfishing remains as hot as the weather in Charleston area

Dan Kibler

With much of South Carolina suffering through 100-degree heat the past several days, has the fishing crawled to a halt as fish and fishermen look for shade? […]

Big flounder are the ticket inshore near Wrightsville Beach, even in hot weather.

Doormats providing action for anglers

Craig Holt

Flounder fishing has hit its stride up and down the North Carolina coast, and anglers are having good luck with artificial lures as well as tried-and-true live-bait rigs. […]

Sandbar sharks are only one of many shark species available to fishermen in the waters of Bulls Bay.

Pulling ‘Teeth’

Jeff Burleson

The sizzling summer heat spreads fishermen out from the extreme shallows of tidal flats all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf. […]

Cover: August 2011 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

What’s in store for the 2011 deer season? Read this issue to find out. […]

Barry Taylor and Dustin Taylor of Greer won the Greenville Striper Kings’ club tournament on Lake Hartwell with four fish that weighed a total of 33. 2 pounds.

SC teams dominate Crappie USA tournament

Glenn Corley

South Carolina teams took first place in both the amateur and professional divisions of the at the June 4-5 Crappie USA Super Event on Clarks Hill Lake. […]