October 2016 Archives - Page 4 of 5

Many a big speckled trout has been fooled by a soft-plastic bait in the chartreuse-pink “electric chicken” color since it was invented 20 years ago.

Electric Chicken will cause quite a squawk among South Carolina’s Lowcountry trout and reds

Leadhead jigs with soft-plastic trailers probably fool more redfish and speckled trout in the waters of South Carolina’s Lowcountry than all other artificial lures combined. […]

A piebald whitetail often has other abormal body characteristics: short legs, Roman noses, an overbite, and malformed feet and hooves.

Don’t worry about the whitewash

Jeff Burleson

At the beginning of each deer season, hunters thumb through thousands of trail-camera photos, glass peanut or soybean fields, and think about ways to get a wall-hanger into range. […]

Cover: October 2016

North Carolina Sportsman

Patience paid off last season for Noah Pennell when he waylaid this 142-inch 6-point. […]

Rocks, river, reef, trout? No big boat needed to fish this NC reef

Dusty Wilson

Ever wanted to fish an artificial reef but didn’t feel like you had enough boat to go offshore? Maybe you didn’t want to chance a risky inlet or challenge questionable weather conditions on the ocean? […]

Early fall is when the reproductive instinct changes the way deer behave toward each other and alters their movements.

Follow the move – Deer behavior changes as September gives way to October

Craig Holt

Deer hunters know scouting is an important part of success, but many don’t know, like everything in the natural world, changes occur that alter deer patterns. […]

Big speckled trout become more active in the fall, and with baitfish on the move, October can provide some of the best action of the year.

Take trout on top – October is time to target speckled trout on topwater in the Carolinas

Phillip Gentry

It’s a fact: everyone likes catching fish on topwater baits. What makes fishing baits at the surface even better is that at certain times of the year, like October, you can frequently catch bigger fish on topwater lures than anything else. […]

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. […]

Tink’s Power Scrape

Carolina Sportsman

The Tink’s Power Scrape All Season Kit includes the Power Scrape Starter, a Scrape Bomb and the Power Scrape Finisher. […]

Bass move back into creeks in the fall, and they begin to feed heavily to build up reserves as winter approaches.

Is October best month?

David Fritts

October is a month I have circled on the calendar every year; it can be the best month for the kind of fishing I do, and there are plenty of other bass fishermen think the same thing, no matter what kinds of baits they like to throw. Fish are moving back in creeks, and they’re moving up, feeding heavily, and they become easier to catch. […]