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Do organized coyote-hunting events really help control the predator population? Most hunters agree that killing coyotes can help on a local, if not a landscape, level.

Does hunting reduce coyote populations?

Differences of opinion exist as to the overall effect of hunting efforts, especially big, organized hunts, on coyote populations. […]

John Alden and Jesse Cadenhead took this coyote with the help of an electronic caller and a night-vision scope.

Night-hunting for coyotes legal in all but five counties

Craig Holt

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission decided on Aug. 1, 2011, to adopt temporary rules to allow 24-hour hunting of coyotes on private lands and daytime hunting on game lands, but two years passed before the rule was made permanent. […]

Flag ’em down

Dusty Wilson

When ducks won’t come into shotgun range, a good guide will do just about anything for his decoy spread to be seen — including waving his arms in the air. […]

South Carolina has cut down on hunters’ opportunities to take sea ducks like these scoters due to drops in the birds’ numbers.

SC’s sea duck zone and special regulation changes

Jeff Burleson

Because of different season dates, a small percentage of waterfowl hunters have used sea ducks to extend their shooting, but this season, regulation changes ended that practice. […]

Sea ducks can be difficult to retrieve unless hunters can get their boat limbered up quickly and get to them before the dive or float away.

Sea duck retrieval is critical

Jeff Burleson

From shooting wood ducks in timber-filled swamps to mallards in grass-covered marshes, retrieving can be one of the most-challenging aspects of duck hunting. […]

The subtle presentation of a light rig like this split-shot rig helps fool winter reds.

Cold equals slow, subtle presentations, retrieves

Jerry Dilsaver

Guides Mike Eady and Mark Stacy believe the primary thing fishermen must remember for successful cold-water fishing is that when the water is cold, the fish move very slowly and deliberately. […]

High Rock is a winter sleeper lake

Terry Madewell

Guide Jerry Neely targets several lakes in January when he’s crappie fishing, and he said one that can be sneaky good is High Rock Lake on North Carolina’s Yadkin-Pee Dee system. […]

A crappie rig for winter fishing

Terry Madewell

Guide Maynard Edwards has a unique rig he’s developed for wintertime crappie fishing, enabling him to fish near the bottom and suspended fish at the same time. […]

Don’t put away crankbaits that work in deeper water when the first big wave of spawning bass move in early, because they often stay in relatively deep water.

Catch giants spawning first

Jeff Burleson

When P.H. Flanagan of Manning, S.C., caught the state record largemouth bass out of Lake Marion in 1949, he might never have dreamed that his 16-pound; 2-ounce beast would still reign as the biggest bass ever caught in the Palmetto State. But Santee Cooper is known for its big stringers of healthy bass, as are many other reservoirs scattered around the Carolinas. […]

The pilings that support the two US 64 bridges that link the mainland with Roanoke Island, N.C., attract plenty of stripers in the winter.

January’s best bets

Phillip Gentry

WHAT — Saltwater striped bass

WHERE — In North Carolina, fish the two US 64 bridges between the mainland and Roanoke Island across Croatan Sound. In South Carolina, the upper end of the Wando River holds stripers thanks to some supplemental stocking of native strains of river stripers. […]