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Kayaks are great for duck hunting

Kayaks and canoes are the perfect watercraft to use in many different duck hunting situations. […]

Rod Thomas of Capt. Ponytail’s Guide Service (right) took part in Charleston’s MIlitary Appreciation Day in 2015, taking an active-duty military member fishing.

Take a soldier fishing

Over the past decade, a number of organizations have been founded with the sole purpose of taking wounded military veterans fishing. […]

The first shots at Holly Shelter Range were fired by 11-year-old Cooper Brown of Burgaw, who was brought by his grandfather, Pete Brown, to see the grand opening.

New public shooting range opens in Rocky Point

Mike Marsh

A new shooting range opened at Holly Shelter Game Land in Pender County on Nov. 4, 2016. Located at 8717 Shaw Highway, Rocky Point, N.C., the new range is just north of the WRC’s Holly Shelter Depot. […]

Randy Harmon of Morehead City caught this cubera snapper off of Cape Lookout. The fish shattered the previous N.C. state record by over 11 pounds.

Morehead City angler catches new N.C. state record cubera snapper

Jerry Dilsaver

The waters off Cape Lookout aren’t known for producing lots of cubera snapper, but North Carolina’s last two state records have come from there, and the one Randy Harmon of Morehead City caught on Sept. 28 raised the record 11.5 pounds to 58 pounds. […]

David Vaughn had bagged a wall-hanger a week before this buck walked into view. It's his biggest one yet at 169 4/8-inches with a 24-inch inside spread.

Reidsville hunter kills trophy Rockingham County buck

Brian Cope

Reidsville’s David Vaughn took a good buck on opening day, but his latest kill, a 169 4/8-inch wall hanger carrying a 24-inch inside spread, 27-inch main beams, and 5-inch bases is a true North Carolina whopper buck that was completely unexpected on the second Saturday of the muzzleloader season in the hills of Rockingham County. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Federation is pushing for N.C. to impose the same inshore trawling laws as its neighboring states.

Inshore trawling reduction sought by N.C. Wildlife Federation

Jerry Dilsaver

The N.C. Wildlife Federation announced on Nov. 2 its plans to file a petition for rule making that would designate all coastal waters along North Carolina’s coast as nursery areas to reduce by-catch mortality due to trawling. […]

James Ellis was fishing along the Morehead City port wall when he caught this big flatfish on a 2-ounce Spro bucktail tipped with a Berkley Gulp! Shrimp.

10.15-pound flounder caught at Morehead City port wall

Brian Cope

If you shy away from using big lures when fishing inshore for flounder, you might want to rethink things, especially if you plan on fishing near the Morehead City port wall anytime soon. James Ellis caught a 10.15-pound flounder there this week, and he did it with a pretty sizable lure. […]

The NCWRC and Ducks Unlimited are offering three free waterfowl hunting seminars this month.

NCWRC, Ducks Unlimited offering free waterfowl seminars this month

Brian Cope

The NCWRC is teaming up with Ducks Unlimited to offer three free seminars for waterfowl hunters. The seminars will be held on Nov. 15, 16, and 17. New hunters and experienced hunters will both benefit from these seminars, which run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. […]

After battling Rocky Mountain spotted fever for a month, Jordan Shinn got in his hunting stand to kill this trophy buck that he has a bit of history with.

Montgomery County 10-point buck goes down to Salisbury hunter

Dusty Wilson

Diagnosed with Rocky Mountain spotted fever a month ago, Jordan Shinn of Salisbury has struggled to get back into the deer stand, missing most of archery season. […]

Bryson Holliday killed his first buck while hunting with his dad in Anderson County on Oct. 28. The 6-point buck weighed 172 pounds.

10-year-old hunter kills 172-pound, 6-point buck

Brian Cope

One of the great aspects of the outdoor world is passing on the love and tradition of hunting and fishing to the younger generation. In most cases, someone else fostered our fondness of those activities, and no matter how much we enjoy them, those feelings seem to kick up a notch when we see that we’ve guided someone else into appreciating them too. […]