By December, most of South Carolina’s deer are primarily in a post-rut pattern, and biologist Charles Ruth said the change in deer activity from the peak of the rut to post-rut can be characterized as a simple job change. […]
Late-season deer hunting in terms of rut and post-rut activity is literally all over the map in North Carolina, because peak breeding dates vary greatly, according to biologist John Shaw. […]
By December, popular deer stands and other heavily hunted areas have been abused to the point where the deer only use them nocturnally, which doesn’t help hunters fill a late-season tag. […]
Corn is the most-widely used bait for deer in North Carolina but in some areas of the state, the golden kernals may not be No. 1. […]
Blinds for hunting tundra swans can be sturdy, well-built forts or temporary structures thrown together the night before a hunt is scheduled. […]
With colder weather in the air, it’s time to look at re-outfitting your plastic boat to get ready for spring. Never before in the history of paddling have outdoor manufacturers, designers and marketers been so attuned to the needs and wants of the paddler. […]
I was talking with someone the other day, and the subject of aging came up. They asked if it bothered me, and my response was not as long as I get to spend time with people whose company I enjoy and get outside to do things I like. […]
As the holiday season nears, outdoor lovers gravitate towards an early morning duck hunt or a last-minute sit in their favorite deer stands. But if you’ve got a fishy state of mind, winter is prime time to lock onto a trophy catfish, and there’s no place better than Santee Cooper’s Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion. […]
One morning last December, a bass tournament was blasting off out of the McCrary Creek boating ramp, aka Queens Landing, but Carson Orellana of Mooresville, N.C., was perfectly content to let the traffic clear before he backed his Nitro down the ramp and pushed off into Lake Norman. […]
The end of the season is in sight, so it’s time to pull out all the stops to tag out on that trophy buck. […]
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