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Phil Ring arrowed his fourth Pope-and-Young buck in Stokes County. The buck had a 20-inch, 8-point rack and weighed 250 pounds.

Stokes County hunter bags his fourth Pope & Young buck

Phil Ring, a retired biology teacher at North Stokes High School, knows a thing or three about hunting whitetail deer with a bow. […]

Dan Grubbs, Jonathan Hopkins, and guide Brad Taylor pose with Hopkins’ 13-foot-2, 684-pound gator taken from the upper reaches of Lake Marion on Sept. 20.

Lake Marion produces another huge gator for Columbia duo

Phillip Gentry

The river section at the upper end of Lake Marion coughed up another monster alligator, a 13-foot-2, 684-pound specimen, when Jonathan Hopkins and Dan Grubbs of Chapin set out to fill Hopkins’ 2012 alligator tag under the supervision of guide Brad Taylor of Taylor Outdoors. […]

Cooler weather makes for a more-aggressive bream bite around Lake Moultrie brush piles.

Crickets fished around brush a killer for Lake Moultrie bream

Matt Coffey

There’s nothing better than spending a hot summer afternoon in a lawn chair fishing for bream. Once fall starts, however, the fishing gets even better. […]

Hunters in Northwest North Carolina may want to voluntarily limit their deer harvest this fall because the herd has suffered widespread and heavy mortality from disease.

Mortality from hemorrhagic disease may approach 50 percent in NW North Carolina deer herd

Dan Kibler

Hunters in a handful of counties in Northwest North Carolina may need to rethink how they want to approach deer season this fall, as biologists continue to study the outbreak of a disease that may have wiped out up to half the herd. […]

Tim Roth, Scott Morin, Travis Smith, Chris Farrell, and Donald Caldwell (standing) pose beside a massive 13-foot-3 alligator that "crashed" their annual "boys weekend out" at Lake Moultrie on Sept. 9.

Spartanburg-area hunters harvest 13-foot-3 Lake Moultrie alligator

Phillip Gentry

What was touted as a weekend outing for a group of Spartanburg-area alligator hunters turned into a big adventure when the group of five men – Travis Smith and Tim Roth from Pauline, Scott Morin and Donald Caldwell from Woodruff and Chris Farrell from Boiling Springs – ended up harvesting a massive, 13-foot-3 alligator from Lake Moultrie on Sunday, Sept. 9. […]

Guide Inky Davis battles a bass in the upper end of Lake Marion.

Fall knocking at the door

Terry Madewell

The fishing action on the Santee Cooper lakes takes a turn for the better this month. The action may not be smoking-hot on every species, but the general trend is toward improved fishing for most. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has reported an outbreak of hemorrhagic disease in the whitetail deer herd in Northwest North Carolina.

Commission schedules meeting to dicsuss hemorrhagic disease in Northwest North Carolina

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has scheduled a meeting to present information to the public about the scope and impact of an outbreak of hemorrhagic disease (HD) on deer in western North Carolina. […]

A fishing pier on the Yadkin River in Wilkes County will provide fishing access at the Yadkin River Greenway.

Public fishing pier opens on Yadkin River in Wilkes County

NCWRC Release

WILKESBORO — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission recently partnered with the Yadkin River Greenway Council and Wilkes County to construct a universally accessible pier on the Yadkin River in North Wilkesboro. […]

Buster Rush shows off a crappie caught out of 12 feet of water in August.

You can beat August heat

Terry Madewell

Despite the heat and humidity, there are a number of options for finding excellent fishing on the Santee Cooper lakes this month. […]

Tow bowfishermen take aim at a carp in the shallows of Lake Marion.

Stringing it along

Phillip Gentry

For any casual archer who has ever considered giving bowfishing a try, you are encouraged to participate at your own risk. […]