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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

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. […]

Wood ducks make up the highest harvest totals among species that visit North Carolina.

Early birds – Don’t be late for North Carolina’s early ducks

Dusty Wilson

If an outdoorsman is driven by his passion, then a duck hunters would be a Ferrari. Brimming with a childlike zeal for his quarry, you can rest assured that Oct. 5-8 is circled on his calendar with a big, red heart to show how he feels about the first statewide opportunity to hunt ducks that haven’t dodged steel in North Carolina in more than eight months. […]

Cover: October 2016

North Carolina Sportsman

Patience paid off last season for Noah Pennell when he waylaid this 142-inch 6-point. […]

Tree Stand Buddy

Carolina Sportsman

Tree Stand Buddy is a solid metal bracket and receiver system. The stand bracket attaches to virtually any single- or double-post lock-on stand and includes a hoisting loop that allows you to lift your stand into hanging position while you’re still on the ground. […]

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. […]

Guilford County trophy buck goes down to bowhunter

Brian Cope

Last hunting season, Holden Barley acquired a 20-acre plot of hunting land in Guilford County, and like many hunters do, he immediately hung a trail camera. […]

Bull reds gang up along the beach front to sample baitfish migrating south along the coast.

Hunt for big state-line bulls

Jeff Burleson

Finally, the sweltering summer is over and saltwater fishing is firing up. October begins of some of the best fishing of the year, with a huge variety of species to target. For anglers looking for a trip to remember, it’s time to lift a few bull reds over the gunwales. […]