Inshore Fishing
Just stuff a cork in it
Most anglers’ first memories of fishing involve a cork with some type of live bait dangling beneath it. […]
Statewide NC
High Tides and Tall Tails
Use these tips to work your favorite fishing holes
Some days when you fish, everything you do matters, and some days, it seems as if you couldn’t stop fish from biting if you wanted to. […]
Cooking on the Wild Side
Grouper cheeks are easy
The summer and early fall have been unusual, with lots of rain early, followed by near-drought conditions along the coast and then lapsing into weeks of windy weather that made fishing difficult at best — and then the monsoon. […]
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How long is too long to shoot a deer?
Jerry Land of Greer grew up hunting in rural Pennsylvania where he had few opportunities to take shots at whitetail deer at distances greater than 100 yards. […]
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November’s wing-shooting doubleheader is hard to beat in South Carolina
The wait is over. After months of prepping gear, training dogs, shotgun practice and just plain suffering from bird-shooting anticipation anxiety, wing-shooting season is upon us. […]
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Dog-gone big bucks – Dog-hunting in eastern North Carolina
Hunting with hounds is a Southern tradition that dates to the early 19th century, and North Carolina is no exception, yet public pressure continues to brew against deer hunting with dogs across the state. […]
Currents
As family changes, so do hunting habits
After 45 years of hunting deer, it has recently become clear to me that I’m approaching a transition point in my life as a sportsman. September is still a big month, but now it’s because dove season opens, not archery season. […]
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Little tracts, big bucks – Little chunks of land can hold some awfully big North Carolina bucks during the peak of the rut
Although whitetails are in the rut from October’s final days through November, success afield doesn’t always depend on the presence of the mature bucks that are the target of most hunters. […]
Backcasts
Poacher’s big lie will never go away
Sometimes you wonder what hold a big whitetail buck has over a hunter. Some of us stay up nights thinking about that big 10-pointer in our trail-camera photos, figuring out ways to put him on the wall over our fireplace. […]
Fishing
Costa’s Rooster
Costa’s new Rooster style large-fit sunglasses include built-in side shields to block incoming glare, as well as vents to alleviate lens fogging, giving fishermen enhanced visual clarity when looking out into the water. […]