On average, pine plantations comprise nearly 25 percent of the forested cover in the Carolinas. Since a quarter of those are in homogeneous stands with uniform rows, the rows left empty after thinning can be manipulated through disking or harrowing to create corridors of beneficial wildlife habitat. […]
Lindy Ammons is an old-school grouse hunter who believes in covering lots of ground, giving his setter, Clyde, his head so he can lead the hunt. Keeping up with the dog is just short of a foot race at a fast-walking pace, so another hunter needs to be in good shape to keep up with him.
Spinning gear is great for redfish, and as long as you set your drag properly and aren’t tossing baits deep under docks, you don’t need to use very heavy-duty rods, reels or fishing line. […]
Coyotes continue to plague the Carolinas, eating small game and small fawns during late spring. […]
To attract massive numbers of hogs and hold them in the vicinity, hunters should use lots of bait. […]
• A hunting license and free Migratory Bird (HIP) Permit are required to hunt crows. […]
Shooting the first feral hog that steps clear from a group or “sounder” and offers a good shot would be fine for a hunter interested mostly in the meat, but for a hunter looking for a trophy boar and a full head mount or skull mount, it requires steady nerves to find the one with the longest tusks. […]
Decoy set-up is essential for a good crow hunt. […]
Hunters kill ducks by either pass-shooting them hidden in a flyway or hunkered down in a blind with a collection of decoys floating around. For most, the most-enjoyable way to kill a limit of ducks is when they dive into a decoy spread set right in front of their shotguns. […]
By January, every duck still alive has heard and seen just about every trick in a hunter’s toolbox, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pull a flock of ducks into the decoys in January. […]
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