September 2015 Archives - Page 4 of 7

South Carolina has great hog hunting on many WMAs, but it’s only incidental to open seasons for other species.

Hog hunting on WMAs

Biologist Charles Ruth said hog hunting is a bonus opportunity when deer hunting on WMAs and is often very good. […]

A whitetail’s sense of smell is thought to be a thousand times more sensitive than a human’s, able to detect pheromones among common scents.

Before the rut arrives, bucks are confined to bachelor groups, traveling together and very close to groups of does. When the mating season begins, hormones fly, and the entire deer herd busts out of the frame, going out in all directions. […]

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

Jim Casada

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]