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Knocking down the last rows of corn, soybeans, sunflowers or millet in your dove field should provide plenty of late-season wing shooting.

Mow, plow last strips for doves

Even though dove season’s popularity is centers on Labor Day weekend, the late season can offer hunters fantastic wing-shooting when the weather puts hunters in long-sleeved camo. […]

Hunt duck impoundments once or twice a week to keep from pushing ducks to other areas.

Manage waterfowl hunting pressure

Jeff Burleson

The largest chunk of waterfowl season arrives this month, giving hunters six weeks or so of duck-hunting madness. […]

A small decoy spread is all hunters need in most duck-hunting situations.

Big decoy spreads will drive away more ducks than they’ll attract in many hunting situations

Pete Rogers

“Less is more” when it comes to decoy spreads in most of the smaller waters throughout the Carolinas. […]

Most ducks shot over decoys can be taken with 3-inch, 12-gauge loads of No. 2 shot.

Waterfowlers’ shot-shell options are plenty; nothing is set in stone

Pete Rogers

Shot-shell choices for waterfowl hunters are growing every year, and it seems every hunter out there has their own opinion as to the best shells to shoot. […]

Take a look at places you don’t regularly hunt early in the season or during the rut. They may be sanctuary areas where bucks spend a lot of time late in the season.

A late-season deer hunter’s kit

Jim Casada

Comfort makes a real difference for the deer hunter at any time during the season, but late in the year, there’s the greatest likelihood of rain, snow or chilling cold. […]

It only takes two or three hunters to put on a successful late-season man drive when deer get tough to hunt.

Desperation time? Try man drives for deer

Jim Casada

In some parts of the country, deer drives, also sometimes known as “pushes” or “man drives,” are common, but in the Carolinas, man drives should be undertaken only in a few special circumstances. […]

Getting set up correctly over a piece of structure, like The Rocks off Edisto, is made much easier by the use of a camera and color video monitor.

Add color to your marine electronic world

Brian Cope

Anglers looking for livebottom, or any type of offshore structure, know how important it is to have good electronics in finding a good fishing hole. […]

Between 75- and 80-percent of surveyed hunters supports the proposed new regulations on deer hunting.

Vast majority of South Carolina hunters support new deer hunting limits

Brian Cope

The SCDNR recently hosted several meetings and conducted on online survey about proposed changes to deer hunting regulations across the state. […]

One-piece, roto-molded coolers are perfect for kayak fishing, whether your need is cold storage or lockable dry storage.

Kayak coolers are here

Phillip Gentry

The area behind the seat on a standard kayak is often referred to as the tank well. It’s a central area of the boat and important for a number of reasons. First, it is a main storage area, easily accessible for the paddler, and is does not impede fishing. […]