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Tink’s Power Scrape

The Tink’s Power Scrape All Season Kit includes the Power Scrape Starter, a Scrape Bomb and the Power Scrape Finisher. […]

Leupold VX-3i riflescopes are ideal for virtually any hunting situation. Features include the Twilight Max Light Management System, which delivers the highest average light transmission for exceptional low light performance and contrast in all conditions, edge blackened lenses, which reduce diffusion and glare to improve resolution and contrast, and the redesigned power selector, which is easy to grasp and turn and allows the shooter to quickly verify the power setting even with gloved hands. […]

A big rub on a big tree is the sign of a big buck marking his territory and declaring his dominance.

Here’s the rub – How to unlock the secret of rubbed trees

Pete Rogers

Every January, deer hunters begin preparing for the next opening day, with postseason scouting the first task. Most who specifically target big bucks begin looking for rubbed trees that went unnoticed during the fall. […]

Bass move back into creeks in the fall, and they begin to feed heavily to build up reserves as winter approaches.

Is October best month?

David Fritts

October is a month I have circled on the calendar every year; it can be the best month for the kind of fishing I do, and there are plenty of other bass fishermen think the same thing, no matter what kinds of baits they like to throw. Fish are moving back in creeks, and they’re moving up, feeding heavily, and they become easier to catch. […]

Cotton isn’t at the top of a deer’s list of favorite foods, but they’ll feed through cotton fields, using the tall plants for cover, on the way to other agricultural crops.

Fields of dreams – Crop fields can mean great deer hunting in the Carolinas

Terry Madewell

A common denominator for deer-hunting hot spots in the Carolinas is the presence of agriculture fields. Not all terrain is suited for large-scale crops of soybeans, corn, peanuts, sorghum and cotton, but a lot is utilized for this purpose […]

A piebald whitetail often has other abormal body characteristics: short legs, Roman noses, an overbite, and malformed feet and hooves.

Don’t worry about the whitewash

Jeff Burleson

At the beginning of each deer season, hunters thumb through thousands of trail-camera photos, glass peanut or soybean fields, and think about ways to get a wall-hanger into range. […]

Early fall is when the reproductive instinct changes the way deer behave toward each other and alters their movements.

Follow the move – Deer behavior changes as September gives way to October

Craig Holt

Deer hunters know scouting is an important part of success, but many don’t know, like everything in the natural world, changes occur that alter deer patterns. […]

Daniel Gibson of Ararat killed this big 10-pointer with a shot to the head.

Crossbow hunter kills 150-inch Surry County buck

Dusty Wilson

On September 20th, Daniel Gibson of Ararat rushed to his ladder stand on the family farm to catch the last couple hours of daylight. After laying eyes on a trophy 10-point that he’d been watching on his trail camera for the last 3 years, Gibson shouldered his crossbow and managed an incredible shot that dropped the 150-inch Surry County monster in his tracks. […]

The flounder closure for gill nets and recreational fishing is set to close Oct. 16, but a lawsuit has earned a temporary restraining order on the controversial regulation.

Judge issues temporary restraining order in flounder closure lawsuit

Jerry Dilsaver

A Carteret County judge on Wednesday imposed a temporary restraining order on the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission’s decision to end flounder fishing on Oct. 16 for the remainder of 2016, in response to a lawsuit filed Sept. 23 by the N.C. Fisheries Association, Carteret County Fisherman’s association, and Carteret, Dare and Hyde counties. […]

The wider profile and heart-shaped tail give this bait a distinctive wobble and kick.

Heart Tail Swimbaits

Don Shoopman

Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits keeps raising the bar higher and higher with each entry into the artificial lure manufacturing industry. […]