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Lance Tilton of Andrews killed this 8-point, 213-pound buck in front of a pack of Walker hounds on an early-September hunt in Williamsburg County.

Andrews man puts down ‘charging’ buck

Lance Tilton of Andrews felt he was in good position on Sept. 3 to see a deer being pushed through a Williamsburg County swamp by a pack of howling Walker hounds. […]

The SCDNR set black bear hunting season dates for Horry, Williamsburg and Georgetown counties, and 10 hunters per county will be allowed to take bears.

Coastal area black bear hunt applications now available

SCDNR News Release

Applications are now being accepted for the coastal-area black bear hunt, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources reported. […]

Capt. Rob Bennett shows off a nice redfish from the Sandy Point area on the northern end of Kiawah Island.

Saltwater Series: The Three Rivers

Dan Kibler

Rob Bennett grew up fishing the waters around Folly Beach, Kiawah Island and the Stono River, and he’s never found a reason to leave them. […]

Coastal anglers could soon be forced to release all black sea bass if an aniticpated early closure materializes.

Black sea bass season could close in October

Jerry Dilsaver

Recreational fishermen along the south Atlantic Coast weren’t expecting to get in a full year of black sea bass fishing, but when the limit was reduced from 15 to five fish, most thought the season would last more than four or five months. […]

Bowhunt the Beach

Phillip Gentry

South Carolina’s coastal Heritage Preserves and Wildlife Management Areas may not make the list of trophy locales for most of the state’s deer hunters, but there are benefits to hunting at the beach that are like no other in the state. […]

Wes Covington caught a hogfish Sept. 11 that could become set the state and world records.

Summerville angler catches pending state-, world-record hogfish

Brian Cope

Hogfish are generally regarded as one of the more difficult species of bottomfish to catch on rod and reel, so when Summerville attorney Wes Covington thought he was in a fight with a big grouper, he was surprised to hear his friends shout “It’s a hogfish!” […]

Anglers are finding plenty of chunky speckled trout along the coast, despite the winter kills.

Big showing of specks surprises Summerville fisherman

Dan Kibler

When Ralph Phillips of Summerville and brother Dan of Columbia headed to the Wando River last Wednesday (Sept. 14), they didn’t expect to have their best trout-fishing day in quite a while. […]

A good boat driver can keep the person throwing the cast net in position to make perfect casts to the spot where bait balls were dropped in front of marking pole.

Secrets to Shrimping Success

Terry Madewell

South Carolina sportsmen have a penchant for loving “Opening Day,” and during the fall, there are many such opportunities in the Palmetto State. […]

Strict trophy management paid off Aug. 18 when Alex Brenner arrowed this fine Johns Island buck.

Charleston hunter arrows Johns Island giant

Jeff Burleson

Alex Brenner of Charleston and his hunting companions are true believers in high-quality food plots, and they practice strict quality deer management, only harvesting mature bucks and big does on their hunting land, including a 250-acre sea-island paradise on Johns Island. […]

Capt. Englis Glover targets redfish in Murrells Inlet waters when the majority of fishermen are trying to catch flounder.

Saltwater Series: Making the most of Murrells Inlet

Dan Kibler

You can’t blame Englis Glover for expressing his love — loud and long — for Murrells Inlet. After all, he grew up barely a long cast from its waters and, except for an interruption of several years while chasing and hitting a little white ball as a golf pro, he’s always called the little fishing village on the lower end of the Grand Strand home. […]