Hunting
The .17 Winchester Super Magnum
Winchester Ammunition will soon release the world’s fastest and most powerful modern rimfire cartridge. […]
February 2013
Deer of the Year
Hunt-club guest takes big Anson whitetail
Anson County continues to produce large white-tailed bucks, and last November featured offered another impressive buck. […]
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Cover: February 2013 (NC) – Fishing
Flip to page 17 to find out how North Carolina’s biggest bucks were killed last fall. Also, winter redfish are on the prowl this month. […]
Inshore Fishing
How old are slot reds?
According to a publication of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, when big, mature redfish congregate along the barrier-island beaches to spawn in August and September, redfish hatch and somehow work their way far up into small inshore creeks in a month, by which time they are a half-inch long. […]
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Mine the mother lode of cold rockfish: Trolling is a great way to catch Lake Tillery’s winter stripers
After the Revolutionary War, a young Hessian soldier found a yellow rock lying in the bed of an almost dry creek that was part of the Yadkin River drainage. […]
Deer of the Year
Rockingham 8-pointer breaks 150-inch mark
Rockingham County in the northern Piedmont has a reputation for producing quality bucks, including a Boone & Crockett specimen in 2011. […]
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Wanderlust: Don’t miss the chance to scout for next fall after deer season ends
It wasn’t your normal stroll through the winter woods, but as in years past, the walk had a purpose. We were looking for something, and if necessary, we would walk the entire property to find it.
For at least a decade, this mid-winter stroll has marked the beginning of our deer hunting. Even though the season was nine months away, our hunting had begun in earnest. While many hunters are sitting by a fire, anxiously waiting for the winter to fade into spring and marking opening day on their calendars, others are out getting all of the knowledge the woods affords them. […]
Inshore Fishing
Flies that work in winter
Most redfish flies intended to mimic mud minnows, their primary winter forage, are either tied with weighted eyes — Clouser-style flies — or tied un-weighted, Deceiver-style flies. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Tillery unofficially part of Pee Dee system
The Pee Dee River begins at the confluence of the Yadkin and Uwharrie rivers, which happens to be beneath the waters of Lake Tillery, and that begs the question: Is Lake Tillery part of the Yadkin system or Pee Dee system? […]
Deer of the Year
High-school senior bags Rockingham trophy
At 18 years of age, Will Croker of Randolph County doesn’t have worlds of deer-hunting experience. […]