February 2013 Archives - Page 4 of 7

Fox squirrels are larger than grays, but less prevalent, and they can have different colorations, with their heads often displaying a black patch.

Gray squirrels and ‘foxy’ ladies of the woods

The most-common species of squirrel in South Carolina is the eastern gray squirrel, which average 1 to 1 1/2 pounds and 16 to 20 inches in length. […]

Wilson Creek has several miles of stream in North Carolina’s delayed-harvest program, as well as wild-trout and hatchery waters.

Spinning gear for Wilson Creek trout

Tim Mead

In addition to fly fishing for Wilson Creek trout, spinning gear is also a good option. […]

Raccoon hunters must deal with ditches of various depths and widths when following their dogs to a coon or at the end of a successful cast.

Don’t get swamped

Mike Marsh

Raccoon hunters must contend with dense swamp vegetation, wet ground, ditches and creeks. […]

Mike Spinks draws a bead on a squirrel with his scoped .22 rifle; bushytails are no match for the weapon’s little hollow-point bullets.

“Some people just can’t get past the whole idea of eating a rodent, but just like hunters who think hunting season ends on Jan. 1, they don’t know what they’re missing out on,” Rusty Williams said. […]

When he’s not playing baseball for UNC-Wilmington, Christian Wolfe helps his father, Jeff, run Seahawk Inshore Fishing Charters.

Follow the ‘Wolfe pack’ to Cape Fear winter reds

Jeff Burleson

In North Carolina, February often plagues anglers with bone chilling cold, but the adventurous angler with warm clothes and an appetite for redfish can “endure” double-digit days in in the divine waters of the lower Cape Fear River system. […]

Hunting rabbits is good exercise and can be lots of fun when dogs are well-trained, hunters are prepared and the habitat is good.

Beagles and bunnies: Good dogs, good land and good hunters usually means lots of cottontails in the bag

Craig Holt

After deer season ends, lots of private land becomes available for hunters to turn loose their packs of beagles. […]

Ryan and Rusty Williams hunt squirrels with 20-gauge and .410 shotguns, but it’s legal to use rifles, handguns and archery equipment to harvest a daily limit of 10 squirrels, and they can be hunted with dogs.

Barking up the right tree

Brian Cope

Using dogs isn’t the most-popular way to hunt squirrels, but it is an effective method that some outdoorsmen employ. […]

Fish slow and get into some fast action.

Explore marinas in cold weather

Jeff Burleson

Dating back to the late 18th century, the Carolinas have been categorized as southern states, but North Carolina receives its fair share of brutal winter weather, with bone-chilling water temperature possible throughout February. […]

Putting beagles on rabbits at a relatively young age allows them to develop their hunting instincts.

Start young to train beagles

Craig Holt

As in the training of any hunting dog, nothing helps a beagle become an effective chaser of rabbits more than opportunities to chase rabbits alongside veteran hunting dogs. […]

Back to school is January for kids in South Carolina, but it’s February for stripers in several lakes.

Going to Striper School: Topwater striper action is a South Carolina special as long as weather allows

Phillip Gentry

“What will February bring?”

Many anglers ask that question as Old Man Winter decides how he’s going to behave in South Carolina. For the past two years, he has granted us a pass, with relatively mild temperatures. […]