February 2012 Archives - Page 5 of 6

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources uses cost-effect methods like prescribed burning to improve quail habitat. This is the before shot.

What’s the problem?

Ask a few quail hunters what happened to all the wild birds, and you’ll get predictable answers based on their anecdotal observations and discussions with friends. […]

Cover: February 2012 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

Bull Bay is a great place to load the cooler with big sheepshead. […]

Walleye are tasty members of the perch family that prefer cool-water habitat.

The taste of the mountains

Robert Satterwhite

Some mountain gamefish are prized for their fight. Hook a bass, smallmouth or largemouth, and you’re in for some exciting action. […]

Wild quail populations are huntable on several well-managed WMAs across South Carolina.

There are a few wild quail in South Carolina, too

John Gribb

Billy Dukes, SCDNR’s small-game project leader, said hunting for wild quail in South Carolina is a “hit or miss” proposition at best. […]

When the tide falls and oyster beds become exposed, be careful and know when and how you need to leave a flat or you could be left high and dry.

Know where you’re going at low tide

Terry Madewell

Guide Clayton Crawford said that one of the keys to successful fishing in low water in the back of the creeks and sound is getting in and out safely. […]

February crappie fishing can be great, and the pressure is usually low.

Freshwater Series: Falls of Neuse Lake

Craig Holt

Ask most crappie fishermen when they’d rather be targeting slabs, and most all of them will say spring: March, April or May. […]

Having a poling platform allows a fishermen to see schools of redfish at much greater distances, reducing the possibility of spooky the fish.

A flats boat and low-water fishing

Terry Madewell

Patrick Crawford said the use of a flats boat with an elevated position for poling and observing the water in front for tell-tale signs of reds moving is not mandatory for success — but it does help a lot. […]

Steve Shaw of Alamance County downed a tremendous non-typical in southern Alamance County.

Deer of Year 2011

Craig Holt

As a magazine that tries to discover and present to its readers the most-impressive deer killed in the Tarheel State each year, North Carolina Sportsman closely monitors the annual white-tail harvest. […]

Doug Malinowski’s Orange County buck ranks as the No. 2 all-time archery trophy taken in North Carolina.

N.C. has new No. 2 typical bow buck

Craig Holt

Doug Malinowski, who arrowed a 16-point buck in Orange County on September 27, 2010, had the deer’s rack officially scored in late November 2011 following the required Pope&Young 60-day drying period. […]

As the prespawn approaches, big female bass like to stage around cover such as vegetation, brush, stumps or trees in shallow water close to deep water.

Deep+shallow+cover

Davy Hite

I do a lot of seminars at fishing shows and boat shows around the country, and it’s hard to teach people a lot in just 30 minutes, but the one thing I try to get across to bass fishermen is that the most important thing to having success on the water is to understand the seasonal patterns of bass. […]