Deer Hunting
Dillard targets “post-rain” bucks
It’s always a good time to go deer hunting — unless you’re Danny Dillard. […]
October 2014
Inshore Fishing
Fly fishing for Fat Alberts
Dr. Tom Earnhardt, a former law-school professor who is host of UNC-TV’s Exploring North Carolina pioneered fly-fishing for false albacore more than 20 years ago. […]
Deer Hunting
Dressed to the nines, finally
Katrina Arpin remembers what it was like to get dressed to go hunting 15 years ago, when she got her start in the wilds of Minnesota. […]
Deer Hunting
Trails cams help paint a pretty picture
When it comes to big bucks, seeing is believing.
Just ask Danny Dillard. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Catching mountain trout with in-line spinners
Spinner fishing is an effective alternative to fly fishing when trout aren’t rising to a dry-fly pattern or hitting nymphs. A spinner often will elicit a strike even when trout aren’t hitting live bait.
Inshore Fishing
Paddling the whole state
At some point after joining the plastic armada, every Palmetto Paddler casts an eye toward the map and dreams of an excursion that dates back to the time when the Cherokee Indians ruled this part of the country. […]
Fishing
Side planers for saltwater
Even if you haven’t used one, I think most fishermen know what a side planer is. Sometimes called a planer board, it’s a device used to carry a trolling line out to the side of a boat. […]
Deer Hunting
Protect those buck fawns
Even though the deer season has arrived in one form or another, the majority of deer slayers begin to ramp up their efforts in October. […]
Backlashes
NCSU ponders making Hofmann Forest error
Around 4 a.m. one cold November day in the 1950s, my father got me out of bed. I was ordered to dress for being outside. […]
Content
Autumn slab fest? Jordan Lake crappie fishermen expect a great fall
Happily for crappie fishermen, Jordan Lake has recovered from a massive 2011 fish kill. The rare combination of a cold-weather threadfin shad die-off that February, then a week of 100-degree temperatures that July wiped out a lot of fish. […]