September 2015 Archives - Page 4 of 7

A retriever can make a huge difference in the number of doves you shoot that wind up in your game bag, because the real hunt often begins after the shot.

The basics of retrieving doves

Doves can be devilishly difficult to hit, and national statistics suggest roughly five shells are spent for every dove that flies for the final time. […]

Clinton Bardner shows off a flathead catfish, many of which will exceed 30 pounds and at times push 80 pounds.

Location is everything

Craig Holt

Large flathead catfish hunker down during the day in deep holes and in undercut river banks and don’t feed much when the sun is out, but they become active during evening hours in the narrower sections of the Neuse River south and west of Kinston. […]

Consider wearing hunter orange on your way to and from your deer stand during bow season as a measure of added safety precaution.

Bowhunting safety rules make sense

Bill Howard

North Carolina had its first fatal hunting accident that involved a bowhunter shooting another hunter by mistake last September. […]

A kayak is an excellent vessel to go from dock to dock targeting inshore sheepshead.

Paddle, herd those sheep

Phillip Gentry

At the end of a long, hot summer, most kayak anglers are agreeable to most anything that will bite. […]

Dropper flies can be dynamite on heavily pressured trout waters.

Drop a dropper on trout

Robert Satterwhite

Droppers give fly fishers the advantage of fishing a dry fly and a nymph at the same time, an especially effective measure when it’s not obvious how trout are feeding. […]

A mixture of oats, peas and brassicas will provide wildlife with a long-lasting fall and winter food source.

Mix up a good fall plot

Jeff Burleson

With fall on the way, hunters are behind the 8-ball if they’re only just getting started with plans for the 2015 deer season. Fortunately, the Carolinas are blessed with a liberal deer season spanning several months, from the end of summer to the first few weeks of winter. […]

Putting in a fall food plot will benefit your wildlife herd

Jeff Burleson

It’s not too late to put in a food plot that will benefit your deer herd all the way through the spring. […]

Eddyline’s YakAttack won the ICAST Best in Show award for its special-edition fishing kayak.

ICAST is ’yak time again

Jerry Dilsaver

The 2015 International Convention of the Allied Sportfishing Trades Show (ICAST) was held July 14-17 in Orlando, Fla. […]

Flood tides brought on by full and new moon phases send redfish up on flooded flats, where fishermen can sight-cast and catch them on spinning and fly tackle.

Time to turn tail on reds

Brian Cope

September is a great month for stalking tailing redfish, no matter what part of coastal South Carolina you’re fishing. […]

Backlashes

Deer farmers’ cash went a long way

Craig Holt

You have to hand it to North Carolina’s small, but powerful deer-farm cadre, especially Tom Smith, former CEO of Food Lion. He learned how to play the political game to get what he and his buddies want — a shot at removing the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s oversight of deer farms. […]