December 2014 Archives - Page 4 of 6

During stormy weather, don’t miss out and wait for the rain to stop before you get back in the woods. Watch weather forecasts and try to be on stand an hour before the weather clears.

Read the weather

From the beginning of deer season until its Jan. 1 close, the weather will vary from scorching, 90-degree days to bone chilling-winter mornings with frozen precipitation all over. […]

A pintail can be a tremendous bonus to a bag of mixed diving ducks and sea ducks.

How to tackle big-water decoy spreads

Dan Kibler

For many hunters trying to lure ducks into range on ponds, in swamps or around other small bodies of water, “less is more” when it comes to decoys. […]

For the sake of comfort, upgrading your seat might be a top-drawer idea for a Christmas gift.

What will Santa bring?

Phillip Gentry

Most outdoorsmen can identify with the plight of young Ralphie Parker in his quest to get an official Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. […]

Drifting a nymph through deep holes is an accepted way to catch sluggish trout hanging along the bottom.

Slow down and go deep

Robert Satterwhite

Spring is undoubtedly the ideal trout-fishing season, but trout fishing in the winter also has its merits. What most winter anglers discover is that they catch fewer, but larger, fish. […]

When hunting pressure pushes bucks of the grid in December, go find a wet spot and wait.

Bet on wet – Swamps, ponds, streams and rivers are late-season hidey holes for heavily pressured North Carolina bucks

Jeff Burleson

As the last month of the season arrives, hunters can still fill their last buck tag and make one last visit to the taxidermist, even though most of the immature and dim-witted bucks have learned about deer season the hard way. […]

Cover: December 2014 (NC)

North Carolina Sportsman

Find out all you need to know to wrap up your season with a nice buck, like this Bladen County beauty killed by Joey Nicoll of Calabash. […]

LANDmaster LM500 4WD UTV

South Carolina Sportsman

American SportWorks has recently announced the addition of a Briggs and Stratton powered UTV to its LandMaster family of utility vehicles. […]

TreeStalker II

North Carolina Sportsman

Hunter Safety System’s TreeStalker II eliminates dangers so you can enjoy your hunt comfortably. […]

Michael Carli shows off a nice redfish caught from under a dock. Note the missing top of its tail, possibly from a dolphin encounter.

Get in the trenches for Beaufort reds – Find productive docks and you’ll sample the best winter redfish action Beaufort has to offer

Rob Carli

Atlantic bottlenose dolphin stalk and relentlessly hunt Lowcountry redfish year-round. The two species play an age-old game of cat-and-mouse, and redfish. The redfish, at the top of their menu, quench an insatiable appetite. […]