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Columbia Sportswear keeps anglers cool

The PFG Solar Cast ZERO long sleeve shirt from Columbia has built-in vents that allow fresh air in and warm air out. […]

Deer cameras are just one of many tools used by hunters

Trail cameras are key to tracking deer movement

Jeff Burleson

Rising interest in deer hunting has triggered a tidal wave of unique innovations. […]

Jacob Reome fishes shallow water with two different lures once the water temperatures drop, even when days are still warm.

Cooling water is good news for Carolina bass anglers

Brian Cope

Largemouth bass in lakes all across both Carolinas are starting to move into shallow-water creeks, following the pods of bait that move up once the water begins cooling off this time of year. […]

A wood-filled creek produced this nice fall bass for the author.

Tough? Go with wood

Dustin Wilks

Fishing shallow wood is about as consistent a pattern as you can find in September. Notoriously a tough month because fish are spread out, September can really test your angling skills. […]

Elkin bowhunter kills NC pending state-record non-typical buck

Dan Kibler

When he killed a couple of bucks last season with racks that scored better than 150 points, Nick Davis of Elkin said several people he knew told him he’d never kill another one that big. […]

The cooling temperatures have South Carolina's trout eager to bite a variety of lures.

Slay speckled trout with these three lures

Brian Cope

Fall weather is here, and that has inshore anglers excited about a number of species, and speckled trout in particular. […]

Consider wearing hunter orange on your way to and from your deer stand during bow season as a measure of added safety precaution.

Bowhunting safety rules make sense

Bill Howard

North Carolina had its first fatal hunting accident that involved a bowhunter shooting another hunter by mistake last September. […]

Trail cameras can give hunters a great look at the bucks on their properties and help pattern their late-summer movements.

Use photo surveillance

Jeff Burleson

Isn’t the easiest way to kill a trophy buck to know when and where he’s going to be the next day? There wouldn’t be any mature bucks left if it was that easy. […]

Hunters can more readily observe bucks’ patterns and habits in the early season when feeding and sleeping are their only concerns.

Even though fall arrives in September, the thermometer tells a different story. Average daily temperatures remain on the hot side for most of the month, and wildlife are still hovering near one of their most vital assets, water. […]

Squirrels, like these taken by the author, are abundant across South Carolina, especially on some larger WMAs with plenty of bottomland habitat.

Squirrels are abundant statewide

Terry Madewell

Biologist Billy Dukes of SCDNR said that the squirrel population is still super-abundant across South Carolina. […]