December 2012 Archives - Page 5 of 7

James Blankenship of Lexington finished third in the BFL Super Tournament on High Rock Lake.

Cherry makes Classic field

Hank Cherry of Maiden has received a last-minute invitation to the 2013 Bassmaster Classic by winning the Bassmaster Southern Open on Alabama’s Lewis Smith Lake by one ounce. […]

Deer are so skittish late in the season from months of hunting pressure, setting up at much longer distances from areas they’re using can provide many more opportunities than trying to crowd them.

Take the long (range) road

Terry Madewell

There’s a lot of ways to kill a deer in South Carolina, from up close and personal with a bow to in front of dogs that scatter deer from almost impenetrable cover. […]

Bore-tips

North Carolina Sportsman

Swab-its has developed a variety of bore cleaning swabs that can clean firearms in 2-inch, 3-inch, 4-inch, 5-inch, 6-inch and 9-inch handle lengths. […]

More hunters are trading in their compound bows for cross bows.

Crossing over

Mike Marsh

Jerry Simmons of Castle Hayne made his rounds, checking out the ground blinds and elevated stands he and his son Jerry Simmons Jr. were planning to hunt later that afternoon. […]

Quality optics — scope, rangefinder and binoculars — are essential to long-range set-ups.

Mike Cox of Awendaw has the mind-set of a long-range hunter when carrying a deer rifle. While he also loves the close quarters of bowhunting, he goes to great effort to set up his gun stands so he is from 180 to 250 yards from where a deer is likely to be first seen. […]

Rig’Em Right Decoy Anchors

North Carolina Sportsman

Hunters looking for an easy and super-fast way to retrieve their duck decoys without worrying about tangles will love Rig’Em Right Decoy Anchors. […]

An expandable, mechanical broadhead that shoots more like a practice tip will avoid the accuracy problems that broadheads present to shorter, crossbow arrows.

Crossbow broadhead issues

Mike Marsh

Arrows fired from crossbows are shorter and more touchy about broadhead flight than the shafts typically launched from traditional or compound bows. […]