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Hunter Frady (left) won an hour-long battle with this 12-foot alligator last Saturday in the Santee River.

Columbia hunters put tag in 12-foot gator in Santee River

Less than 12 hours into South Carolina’s 2012 alligator season, another oversized reptile got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time in Georgetown County. […]

SCDNR expects a reasonably good shrimp-baiting season this fall.

Shrimp-baiting season opens Friday, Sept. 14

SCDNR News Release

The 2012 shrimp-baiting season will open at noon Friday, Sept. 14 in South Carolina waters. […]

Stagger-planting crop mixes in the same food plot can provide season-long nourishment for wildlife.

Mix fall food-plot seeds

Jeff Burleson

Planting season seems to be a hot topic almost every month these days — well, every few months, anyway. […]

Clover seed must be inoculated before planting to help plants convert nitrogen into a useful form. Seed can be purchased pre-inoculated, or you can purchase the proper bacteria and coat it yourself.

Inoculate cool-season legumes for best food-plot crops

Jeff Burleson

Cool-season food plots vary over a wide range of seed and forage varieties, but perennial clovers are some of the best food-plot varieties to use. […]

An out-of-balance pond won’t produce gamefish like these shellcrackers; sometimes, starting from square one after a rotenone treatment is the best solution.

Pond renovation—rotenone is key

Jeff Burleson

Ponds can provide some the most enjoyment of any outdoor experiences, but poor management can ruin a prime fishing paradise in a short time. […]

The topwater bait you choose will depend a lot on the primary cover and baitfish in the reservoir you’re fishing.

I’ll be the first to admit it; I get fired up when I think about September arriving. In the South, we have to struggle through the dog days of summer, and I look forward to September — and not just because football season will be here. […]

For pond renovation, rotenone is key

Jeff Burleson

Ponds can provide some the most enjoyment of any outdoor experiences, but poor management can ruin a prime fishing paradise in a short time. Undesirables such as the golden shiner, green sunfish, gizzard shad and common carp can destroy the bass/bream balance in record time. […]

A mullet run in the New River has caused a great topwater bite for speckled trout and redfish, according to Capt. Ricky Kellum.

Topwater action for reds, trout on fire in New River

Jerry Dilsaver

Speckled trout and redfish are hitting a variety of topwater lures in the New River between Jacksonville and Sneads Ferry. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has reported an outbreak of hemorrhagic disease in the whitetail deer herd in Northwest North Carolina.

Commission schedules meeting to dicsuss hemorrhagic disease in Northwest North Carolina

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has scheduled a meeting to present information to the public about the scope and impact of an outbreak of hemorrhagic disease (HD) on deer in western North Carolina. […]

PVC pipe and fittings is all you need to build an inexpensive deer feeder.

Gravity deer feeder easy, inexpensive to make

Bill Howard

Feeders offer a great way to help pattern deer and present temporary holding areas for deer in their normal traveling corridors. […]

Mason Kennington’s banded dove

Dove

Mason Kennington of Kershaw County, SC killed his first banded dove while hunting one of SC’s federal fields in early September 2026. […]

Bass fishing

Bass

I threw in a Rooster Tail and it bit. –Kolton Burnett

First Deer With Daddy

Bag a Buck

Kolbie Hayes Scott of Paxville, SC killed her first deer, a 9-point buck in Clarendon County, SC on Sept. 4, 2026. […]

5-year-old kills first buck

Deer

Five-year-old Kolbie Hayes Scott, 5-years-old, killed her first buck, which was also her first deer, in Clarendon County, SC. […]

Off camera

Bag a Buck

Emma Morris of Timmonsville, SC killed a 9-point buck in Florence County, SC on Sept. 7, 2026. […]