Private land available for hunting is becoming more limited, with land conversion to suburban development growing fast. And the price for hunting leases and recreational real estate continues to skyrocket, further handicapping an average hunter’s opportunity to harvest a deer. […]
Chris Baranski, a biologist who works in the northern Piedmont, believes the Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land, with portions in northern Durham, southwestern Granville and northwestern Wake County, is North Carolina’s top game land for whitetail deer. It covers 40,662 acres. […]
Justin Carter likes to fish the Santee-Cooper lakes for largemouth bass, but he’s never done much targeting of catfish. That made the sight of his boat drifting sideways while dragging cut baits across the bottom of the ocean look even more out of place. […]
Deer hunting on Wildlife Management Areas remains very popular and productive in South Carolina, and hunters have great opportunities. […]
Bagging a trophy buck in the thick, Carolina woodlands is similar to getting accepted at Harvard Business School. The probabilities are low, for sure. Big bucks don’t come easy anywhere, but a few dedicated hunters in the Carolinas take their share of truly remarkable deer every year. […]
As he slowly motored away from the dock, guide Jot Owens laid out his game plan. Speckled trout are affected greatly by the tide, he said, and he wanted to work with it at several locations, explaining that shrimp and baitfish move up small creeks into the marsh when the tide is high, then move back out to larger creeks as it falls. […]
Hunting this fall on Wildlife Management Areas looks very promising for a variety of species. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources designated WMAs typically produce excellent results for a wide variety of species. Some WMAs are managed for specific species and others for a variety of game. […]
A lot of hunters enjoy beautifully prepared and managed dove fields because they know landowners who enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of a well-spent Labor Day weekend dove shoot. […]
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission manages hunting and fishing 2 million acres for public hunting on 89 different game lands from the coast to the mountains. […]
Michael Small, small-game project leader for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, said public dove fields are looking very good for the upcoming season; he expect 44 public fields to be open, with seven more slated for youth hunts. […]
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