October 2016 Archives - Page 3 of 5

Capt. Jack Brown’s Electric Chicken fly can be fished in the same places as jigheads with soft-plastic baits of the same color.

An Electric Chicken with fur, feathers

Because of the popularity of soft-plastic baits in the chartreuse-pink Electric Chicken color, fly anglers and guides created several flies to mimic the jig’s silhouette and motion. […]

Jeff Kirkley’s 122-inch piebald buck, killed last fall in South Carolina, is an unusually large specimen of a whitetail deer with coloration that is a genetic anomaly.

Mature piebald bucks have Ph.D’s

Jeff Burleson

Piebald and albino deer are unique in any environment. Few hunters taken a white deer, and even fewer a big, piebald buck. […]

A live shrimp fished under a popping cork is guide Ricky Kellum’s No. 1 after-dark trout tactic.

Night moves are right moves

Dusty Wilson

Guide Ricky Kellum always has a stock of trout candy, aka live shrimp, when available, but the pinfish that have taken root on AR 398 make it nearly impossible to float one long enough for a trout to see — at least during daylight hours. […]

Tyler Campbell of Mebane, N.C., took this huge archery buck in October 2015 after discovering the buck’s core area.

Finding buck’s core area led to tagging 2015 trophy

Craig Holt

Tyler Campbell of Mebane, N.C., killed one of North Carolina’s top archery bucks on Oct. 25, 2015, when he sent a broadhead through an Alamance County 11-pointer that scored 1562/8 net Boone and Crockett Club points. […]

Paddle your way to more speckled trout with these tips

Phillip Gentry

Since January, we’ve covered strategies, rigging and tactics for targeting different species from a paddle craft. Along the way, we’ve covered saltwater, freshwater and even delved into some hunting. Noticeably absent on this list was a favorite saltwater species along the entire Carolina coast: speckled trout. […]

Catch more fish with this live bait/artificial lure strategy

Brian Cope

Plenty of inshore anglers rely heavily on natural baits like live shrimp or mullet, and no one can argue their effectiveness or ability to attract gamefish. After all, it’s what the gamefish are actually feeding on and what keeps them alive. […]

Dig into fall fowl tacos

Jerry Dilsaver

Here’s a great recipe that puts dove and waterfowl to good use. […]

Plenty of nutritious foods can be added to a whiltetail’s diet by careful planning of food plots.

Food plots for acidic soils

Jeff Burleson

Every deer hunter dreams of shooting a Boone and Crockett-class buck, but unfortunately, of the 6,000 entries in that record book, North Carolina and South Carolina only boast a minute percentage. However, the Carolinas produce hundreds of fine bucks every year, pushing 200 pounds and wearing racks more than 130 inches. […]

Wood ducks make up the highest harvest totals among species that visit North Carolina.

Early birds – Don’t be late for North Carolina’s early ducks

Dusty Wilson

If an outdoorsman is driven by his passion, then a duck hunters would be a Ferrari. Brimming with a childlike zeal for his quarry, you can rest assured that Oct. 5-8 is circled on his calendar with a big, red heart to show how he feels about the first statewide opportunity to hunt ducks that haven’t dodged steel in North Carolina in more than eight months. […]

Tree Stand Buddy

Carolina Sportsman

Tree Stand Buddy is a solid metal bracket and receiver system. The stand bracket attaches to virtually any single- or double-post lock-on stand and includes a hoisting loop that allows you to lift your stand into hanging position while you’re still on the ground. […]