November 2012 Archives - Page 4 of 7

A tiny piece of wire run through the body of a D.O.A. shrimp and through the eye of the hook will keep the bait from sliding down the hook after it’s been blasted by a few trout.

Terminal tech tips

Fishing with artificial lures can be rewarding, and options are virtually endless, with lures in every imaginable color and shape. […]

Expert duck callers such as Josh Green know less calling means more results when it comes to mallards.

Jump-shooting will whack woodies

Craig Holt

Jump-shooting is a popular past-time among duck hunters, and it produces plenty of woodies — especially in the western half of the state, where duck habitat is limited to waterways. […]

Hunters can have good hunting on small tracts of surburban or relatively urban land if deer like this nice buck killed by Rives Cathey have cover, food and waater.

Tactics for urban deer hunting

L. Woodrow Ross

If you are a bowhunter, you may have an undiscovered bonanza closer to home than you think. You need to take an analytical look at the small, urban woodlots that you have passed by on the way to your “out-of-town” hunting spots. […]

Take a tour of this northern Piedmont reservoir’s best fall spots.

Lake of the Month: Belews Lake

Dan Kibler

At 3,863 surface acres, Belews Lake isn’t large enough to be considered one of North Carolina’s major reservoirs, but it’s by no means just a little pond out in the country north of Winston-Salem near the “four corners” junction of Stokes, Forsyth, Guilford and Rockingham counties. […]

Guide Clark Purvis displays the take from a morning waterfowl hunt in a swamp: puddle ducks and geese.

Eastern mixed bag

Craig Holt

Eastern North Carolina offers waterfowlers the best chance to hunt a variety of divers, puddlers and sea ducks. […]

With deer becoming more comfortable in urban and suburban settings, hunting opportunities increase.

Circumstances favor increased urban huntings

L. Woodrow Ross

It’s no mystery why the number of urban and suburban deer hunters are increasing. While deer are a favored species, when numbers soar due to lack of predators, the results are undesirable. […]

Cover: November 2012 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

Renn Guthrie dropped this trophy 8-pointer in Calhoun County in early September. […]

Bobby Corn caught this 4-pound speckled trout in the surf at Topsail Inlet.

Surf’s Up

Mike Marsh

Walter White drove across a bridge arching over the Intracoastal Waterway and turned south, zeroing in on the Topsail Beach Town Hall. […]

Deer don’t live just in rural areas anymore, and hunters who don’t at least take a look at some of South Carolina’s suburban or urban areas might be missing out.

Upstate urban hunts

L. Woodrow Ross

Opportunities often go unnoticed or may be forgotten. We are creatures of habit. We find a location to hunt and get locked into it and don’t make the effort to try new locations. […]

A section of a child’s swimming pool ‘noodle’ is a great tool for keeping pre-rigged surf leaders from tangling and ready for use.

Keep leaders tangle-free

Mike Marsh

Surf-fishing guide Walter White pre-rigs his live-bait leaders for surf fishing. These leaders are used when red drum are likely to bite and are rigged with circle hooks. […]