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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission plants dozens of fields on game lands each year to make sure that sportsmen can enjoy good dove hunting.

2009 Game Lands Preview

With the economy gone south, North Carolina sportsmen are likely to seek hunting opportunities closer to home this fall and winter. That probably means more hunting at public lands. […]

Capt. Jerry Neeley and his partner, guide Chris Nichols, show of a nice quartet of late October crappie from Lake Wylie.

Dock of the Day

Dan Kibler

When the leaves start to change colors, Jerry Neeley and Ed Duke start to change fishing tactics. […]

Backlashes

To bait or not to bait: a bear of a problem

Craig Holt

Wes Seegars, former chairman of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, became so upset last year when the agency’s “conservation partners” opposed ideas for regulation changes that came out of the Big Game Committee’s summer meetings, he decided the commission wouldn’t make public the schedule for future meetings. […]

The author admires a fine buck that he took well off the beaten path in western North Carolina’s rugged mountains.

Back of Beyond

Jim Casada

Some years back, a study found that the average deer hunter ventured less than a half-mile from his vehicle, and game wardens will readily tell you that rarely does a hunter on public land get far from roads or maintained trails. […]

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources can provide hunters with average deer-harvest numbers by county as well as estimated deer densities (above).

Does: No-No’s No More

Phillip Gentry

Twenty-five years ago, killing a doe deer was not only disapproved of, it likely would get you run off the property you were hunting or kicked out of your club. […]

Approaching its 10th anniversary, the 2-buck limit has been credited with improving the overall quality of bucks in Piedmont counties. Initially, it resulted in a 10-percent reduction in the antlered-buck harvest.

Betting on Bucks

Dan Kibler

When Scott Osborne was the big-game project leader for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, he kept a map of the state in his desk. For every huge whitetail buck he found out about, he put a dot of black ink in the county where it was killed. […]

Currents

The promise that is October is here

Dan Kibler

Turkey hunters, bass fishermen and crappie fishermen look forward to March and April all the way through the cold, cold winter. […]

Big Lake Norman catfish are hitting chunk baits at the upper end of the lake, according to guide Jerry Neeley of Bessemer City.

Lake Norman catfish fit for September

Craig Holt

Lake Norman may not be the best place to fish for largemouth bass right now, but if you’re into catching big catfish, it’s the place to be. […]

Sailfish action can be sizzling during September off the N.C. coast.

September time for spotting sails

Craig Holt

Capt. Bill Dillon of the Beagle, a 62-foot sportfisherman docked at the Capt. Stacy Fishing Center at Atlantic Beach, has one word for September saltwater ocean anglers — sailfish. […]

Smallmouth bass are one of the attractions at Lake James during the fall months.

Lake James a hot spot when it turns cooler

Craig Holt

Anglers seeking relief from the last hot days of summer — and looking for a decent freshwater fish bite since most largemouth angling in Piedmont will be slow — couldn’t find a better spot than Lake James, a Catawba River system lake near Asheville. […]