Bass Fishing
Target moving baits in winter
No pleasure boats, no tournaments, not much of anything but you busting bass. That’s the way fishing should be. […]
December 2007
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Island in the Storm
The wind was howling and spitting rain, which was on the edge of turning to sleet.
While most folks with any sense snuggled their shoulders deeper into a nest of bedcovers, we jumped up at the alarm clock. […]
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Outfoxing Fox Squirrels
A thawing frost had dampened the oak leaves, quieting the footfalls of a hunter clad in blaze orange who was nearly the same color of the turning trees. […]
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Racking Up at Rougemont
Northern Durham and southern Person counties have had a reputation for years as areas that produce some of North Carolina’s most-impressive trophy deer. […]
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His Brother’s Keeper
Thomas Hemby of Ayden was riding a four-wheeler through the woods and fields of a Pitt County farm June 6, 2005.
At the time, Hemby, 32, was a successful sub-contracter who owned a local house-framing business. Life was good and profitable as the building boom was in full bloom. […]
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Paintball Doves & Granville Deer
When the Wake County Wildlife Club gave out awards for North Carolina’s top white-tailed bucks of 2006 last March at the Dixie Deer Classic, one of the top eight-pointers belonged to 11-year-old Andrew Watson of Oxford. […]
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Rockin’ Oysters
It would be a good program with just one of its results, but the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries Oyster Shell Recycling Program is a triple winner. […]
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Surf ‘n’ Turf Stripers
From the top of the dunes, the sight resembled a scene from a war movie. Gannets and gulls screamed, swooped and dove into the water. […]
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Chill Out for Trout
Once upon a time, anglers at the southeastern North Carolina coast put up their skinny water rods when it turned cold, winterized their boats and waited for spring to feed their fishing habit once again. […]
Backlashes
Hamilton pushes Camo Coalition
Richard “Dick” Hamilton, former executive director of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, wasted no time in putting his talents to use for N.C. wildlife after being forced out of the WRC.
Since Oct. 1, he’s been working with the N.C. Wildlife Federation, helping that group form its “Camouflage Coalition.” […]