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Carolyn Reeves killed this gobbler that Jay Bruce called in with a push-pin call after more than 2 1/2 hours working the bird.

Keep your turkey calling simple late in the season

Jay Bruce, a former tournament crappie professional from Greer, loves to spend his spring chasing gobblers, and he’s taken a number in recent years, especially late in the season. […]

Areas that underwent prescribed burns during the winter are great places to find turkeys, especially later in the season as regrowth of vegetation begins.

Keep recently burned areas on your late-season turkey hunting map

Terry Madewell

William Peagler of Moncks Corner, a Lowcountry hunter with more than 30 years experience hunting turkeys, said one late-season trick involves getting in a turkey’s way and being where he wants to be before he arrives — and some of those spots are burned areas. […]

Don’t give up on aggressive calling as the end of the season approaches; it’s a tactic that just might work on a gobbler or two.

Don’t put aggressive turkey calling aside

Terry Madewell

Skeet Thomas loves to call aggressively, even in the late season, and he has two reasons he feels comfortable doing so. […]

Cover as much ground as possible as the end of the season approaches, because finding one receptive tom may make your day.

Keep moving, calling as end of turkey season approaches

Terry Madewell

Skeet Thomas has developed a routine for hunting toward the very end of the season that typically provides a lot of gobbling and gobbler activity. […]

Sunflowers, the favorite food of migrating doves, must be planted soon to be ready for Labor Day weekend.

Last chance to plant sunflowers for September dove hunts

Jeff Burleson

Dove season makes most hunters break out their shotguns and camouflage for the first time in the fall, and while most opening day dove shoots are as much a social event as a hunting situation, the hunting will get serious in a crop field with several thousand winged migrants. […]

The biggest bass are the first ones to make a big move as spawning patterns turn to post-spawn or even summertime.

May: Time to cover lots of water for bass fishing

Dustin Wilks

Many bass fisherman do not like the month of May. Many fish are in a post-spawn funk, and fish tend to be scattered. […]

Controlled burns by the U.S. Forestry Service during the 2016 turkey season has turkey hunters upset.

SC turkey hunters dismayed by USFS burning during season

Jim Casada

Plenty of hunters across South Carolina and the southeast will readily attest that turkey numbers seem to have dropped appreciably — and in some areas dramatically — and while biologists are scrambling to get a grasp on the overall situation, the dearth of turkeys has some hunters particularly unhappy. […]

Kayaks and canoes are perfect watercraft for getting into remote areas to target bream.

Crawl in bed with bream

Phillip Gentry

May is a tough month if you’re just trying to catch one fish species. Both water and air temperatures are pleasantly warm, and most fish are still relatively shallow. […]

Develop and maintain lush food plots with BCS America's Harvester and Professional series two-wheel tractors.

Two-wheel tractor is great for food plots

Dan Kibler

Plenty of hunters would love to be able to upgrade the habitat on land they own or lease, planting food plots to feed and attract game species, but they don’t have the tools necessary, nor the budget to buy a big tractor or outfit their ATV with cultivating attachments. […]