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Anyone interested in shooting can benefit from attending the free Shooting Sports 101 clinic scheduled for Feb. 9 by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Free shooting clinic scheduled for Feb. 9

A free Shooting Sports 101 clinic is scheduled for Feb. 9 at the Centennial Campus Center for Wildlife Education at the North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus in Raliegh. […]

North Carolina's state-record bluefin is this 805-pound fish.

Feelin’ Blue?

Bob Goldstein

Commercial fishermen pursue bluefin tuna in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. Bringing as much as $100 per pound at wholesale auctions, they represent the gold bar, the dollar and the euro rolled into one. […]

Giant bluefin tuna bring top dollar on the international market; fishermen in the Mediterranean net juveniles, keep them in holding pens and feed them to giant size in a year.

Tuna farming

Bob Goldstein

Big fatty fish bring the highest prices at market, and small bluefins are of low value. […]

Eighth-grader Hannah Justice popped this 150-class buck Nov. 11 while hunting in Hertford County with her father.

Farmville girl downs Hertford County trophy

Dan Kibler

Hannah Justice is only 13 years old, but she already has what thousands of grown men would love: a huge trophy buck to hang on the wall. […]

Bryan DeHart recognizes that inshore fishing for puppy drum like this one is just part of the allure of waters around Roanoke Island.

Saltwater Series: Roanoke Island

Jerry Dilsaver

Sometimes it seems that Roanoke Island is a place that many fishermen know, but don’t really give the respect it deserves. […]

Wake Forest's Heather Sheperd killed the second largest bear ever taken by a woman during a Nov. 14 dog hunt in Hyde County.

Hyde County bruin tips scales at 677 1/2 pounds

Craig Holt

Heather Shepherd doesn’t wear ragged hunting clothes, have a face with three days of beard growth or have Red Man or Beechnut stains on her shirt. […]

Roanoke Rapids' Douglas Brown killed this fine 8-point in a small Halifax County plot of land after finding signs of activity earlier in the year.

Big buck is big surprise for Halifax County hunter

Dan Kibler

There’s a little piece of woods in Halifax County that is special to Douglas Brown of Roanoke Rapids. […]

Fish kills have been confirmed in many coastal rivers after Hurricane Irene sapped the systems of dissolved oxygen.

Fish kills confirmed in wake of Hurricane Irene

From News Reports

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission fisheries biologists have been assessing fish populations in coastal rivers this week to determine the impacts of low dissolved oxygen following Hurricane Irene. […]

Hurricane Irene weakened as it approached the North Carolina coast, but it still flooded low-lying areas, knocked out power and formed a significant cut in the only highway along the Outer Banks.

Weakened Irene still leaves mark on North Carolina coast

Jerry Dilsaver

Hurricane Irene may have lost some of her punch while approaching the North Carolina Coast, but she didn’t mind her manners and wasn’t a welcome guest. […]

Renovations to the Halls Creek Boating Access Area include a fixed fishing pier.

Halls Creek Boating Access Area renovations completed

NCWRC Release

Renovations to Halls Creek Boating Access Area in Elizabeth City has been completed and the boat launch is now open for public use, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission announced Wednesday (Aug. 10).

“The renovations to this Pasquotank County site will give both boaters and anglers better, more convenient access to the Little River,” said Erik Christofferson, chief of the NCWRC’s Division of Engineering Services. “The access area has a new ramp and fixed docks, and we also made the parking ADA accessible.” […]