Deer Hunting
Modern tools of an old trade
Black-powder hunters used to be burdened with carrying all types of gear into the field for the inevitable misfire and cleaning. […]
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Inshore Fishing
Loop knot creates more action
Many anglers have been fishing with someone, casting identical lures, with one angler catching fish and the other catching nothing. […]
Deer Hunting
Adventures in black powder
Among his many talents, Roger Metz is a great storyteller. He tells this story of a black-powder 2005 deer hunt in Chester County. It has a happy ending for everyone except the deer — and Metz’s brother, Paul. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Make good use of good electronics
Besides the tackle in his boat, guide Steve Pietrykowski points to his electronics as the most-important thing he takes to the lake on every trip. […]
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When cool means hot – Fall weather brings Lake Hartwell’s stripers out of deep water and into a big feeding zone
When it comes to filling a cooler with striped bass from Lake Hartwell, October is a tough month to beat. […]
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The speck revival – Swansboro is playing host to a speckled trout revival
Fred Slann, a guide from New Bern, his friend Chris Walker of Sea Island, N.J., and a visiting writer had one of the most fantastic trout-fishing days ever 10 Octobers ago in the North River east of Beaufort. […]
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Powder burns aren’t all that bad, especially this month when primitive weapon season arrives in the Upstate
Other than a handful of Wildlife Management Areas below the fall line, primitive weapons seasons for deer in South Carolina have always been an Upstate thing. Maybe the proximity to the mountains is what beckons hunters to squeeze in a few days between stick-and-string and the heavy artillery to honor those pioneers who settled the land with their trusty smokepole at their side. […]
Bass Fishing
As October approaches, head upstream
Heading into the latter half of September, with October on the horizon, bass travel further up into feeder creeks, get on the bank, and spread out. […]
Bass Fishing
Lake Murray fall bass particulars
This year the majority of the larger schools of herring have been in Bear Creek and Crystal Lake areas. Target main and secondary points and humps in these two areas. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Location is everything
Large flathead catfish hunker down during the day in deep holes and in undercut river banks and don’t feed much when the sun is out, but they become active during evening hours in the narrower sections of the Neuse River south and west of Kinston. […]