September 2018 Archives - Page 4 of 6

Small pieces of dove breasts are the basis for this great fall salad — and they’ll solve the problem of what to do with only a handful of doves.

A little goes a long way in this dove salad recipe

We have made it through the summer, and it’s officially fall, at least according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, which says that fall began Sept. 22 at 9:54 p.m. […]

Hunters took 6,753 deer on South Carolina’s Wildlife Management Areas during the 2017-18 season, an increase of 2 percent over the previous season.

Public targets

Terry Madewell

Those hunters in the Carolinas who don’t have access to private land or a club membership have more than three million acres of public land at their fingertips. Here’s the ones you should visit when the time for deer, ducks and doves, arrives. […]

September finds plenty of bucks, many still in bachelor groups, feeding during daylight hours in agricultural fields.

Get your glasses on a nice buck

Jeff Burleson

Labor Day arrives this month, with autumn’s cooler weather not far behind, and of course, more serious deer hunting across the Carolinas. […]

Oregon Inlet is tuna central

Jerry Dilsaver

Oregon Inlet anglers have access to some of the hottest tuna fishing found anywhere in the Carolinas. […]

Cover: September 2018

Carolina Sportsman

Preview the public hunting land in both Carolinas, and take a look at a different way to catch Spanish mackerel in the fall. […]

Metal-free mackerel

Jeff Burleson

After another hot Carolina summer, the fall fishing season finally arrives this month in all corners. From slab crappie gulping shiners at Lake Moultrie to gator trout crushing Flukes around Little River, cooling conditions ignite a feeding frenzy in freshwater and saltwater environments. […]

Whether he’s feeding white perch to Lake Gaston’s trophy catfish or eating them himself, catfish guide Zakk Royce knows there’s plenty of perch to go round.

Solve the perch equation

Phillip Gentry

For those of you who are live-bait fisherman, have you ever been so proud of the job you did catching, storing and presenting the bait that you thought, “That looks so good, I’d eat it myself?” […]

Find the dove buffet

Jeff Burleson

With an estimated population of 275 million in North America, the mourning dove is one of the most-abundant and recognizable birds in the land. In the South, Labor Day weekend brings hunters from all walks of life into fields for the opening day of the dove season. […]

Get bow season off to a good start

Pete Rogers

Finally, after a long layoff, hunters are getting back into the woods, but many who venture into the sweltering deer stands of early archery season are doing so unprepared. […]

Bait-Up container makes toting minnows easy

Dan Kibler

Anglers who like to fish with live minnows but don’t like to drag along a bucket especially if they’re wading or fishing from a kayak or other paddle boat will feel like somebody is thinking about them with the introduction of the Bait-Up live bait container. […]