Catfish
Blues in winter: Lake Norman fishing produces cool cats
Lake Norman is a trophy catfish hotspot, and it is especially good during the winter months. […]
South Central NC
Fishing Hotspots
It’s redfish time at Hunting Island State Park
Hunting Island State Park’s beach and a big sandbar that runs just offshore offer December fishing options. […]
Deer Hunting
Big 8-point buck goes down in Anson County, N.C.
Eric Nance of Peachland, N.C. was hunting with a rifle he got for Christmas last year when he killed this Anson County 8-point buck that’s been green-scored at 143 4/8 inches. […]
Deer Hunting
Catawba hunter kills big 11-point buck
Bradley Blackmon of Catawba, N.C. killed a big 11-point buck in Catawba County on Nov. 8, 2018 and won Carolina Sportsman’s November Bag-A-Buck contest. […]
Deer Hunting
Kannapolis 15-year-old kills 140-class buck
15-year-old Syrus Dellinger killed a 140-class, 10-point buck in Anson County, N.C. on Nov. 11, 2018. […]
Catfish
It’s time for war: River Wars 2018 Catfish Tournament
The River Wars 2018 Catfish Tournament is this weekend, Dec. 15 – 16 and will at least temporarily settle the question of which anglers are better — Yadkin River Chain anglers or Catawba River Chain anglers? […]
Deer of the Year
12-point beast goes down in Moore County
Thomas Cook got back into deer hunting seriously in 2015 after about a 15-year hiatus from the sport, and on Nov. 24, he killed a buck that is “leaps and bounds above” any deer he’s ever shot. And he almost pulled the trigger on a doe instead. […]
Deer of the Year
Big 10-point goes down in Anson County, N.C.
Phillip McBryde of Matthews, N.C. celebrated Veterans Day with a hunting trip with his uncle in Anson County on the morning of Nov. 11. And he killed the biggest buck of his life when a 10-pointer with a wild-looking rack showed up and offered him a shot after following a doe in a loop that took it four times around McBryde. […]
Deer of the Year
Carthage, N.C. huntress kills big 9-point buck in Moore County
When Karley Davidson of Carthage, N.C. was 16-years-old, she killed a big 10-point buck in Randolph County that landed her in the pages of Carolina Sportsman Magazine. Then she went on a four-year drought without killing another deer at all. But she ended the drought on Nov. 13 with an even bigger buck — this time from Moore County. […]
Deer of the Year
Mecklenburg County bowhunter sticks potential Pope and Young buck
Jonathan Chermak has killed some quality deer over the past few years on his farm in Mecklenburg County, N.C., but he killed his biggest one yet while bowhunting on Nov. 17. It was a stud in every way. The 9-point, 5 1/2-year-old buck weighed 226 pounds, and has been green-scored at 143 7/8 inches. […]