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. […]
February 2013
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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. […]