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

Use photo surveillance

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. […]

South Carolina has great hog hunting on many WMAs, but it’s only incidental to open seasons for other species.

Hog hunting on WMAs

Terry Madewell

Biologist Charles Ruth said hog hunting is a bonus opportunity when deer hunting on WMAs and is often very good. […]

A retriever can make a huge difference in the number of doves you shoot that wind up in your game bag, because the real hunt often begins after the shot.

The basics of retrieving doves

Jim Casada

Doves can be devilishly difficult to hit, and national statistics suggest roughly five shells are spent for every dove that flies for the final time. […]

Space is limited for the women's only hunter education program this Saturday in Charlotte.

Women’s only hunter education course in Charlotte

Brian Cope

Ladies, have you wanted to take a hunter education course but didn’t want to feel intimidated or singled out among a room full of men? […]

A robotic deer decoy was provided to SCDNR by the QDMA, and will help stop poaching.

Poachers beware

Brian Cope

Things just got a little tougher for South Carolina poachers. Thanks to a grant from QDMA’s Foothills Chapter, the SCDNR has received a new robotic deer decoy which will be used by game enforcement officers to catch illegal hunters. […]

A kayak is an excellent vessel to go from dock to dock targeting inshore sheepshead.

Paddle, herd those sheep

Phillip Gentry

At the end of a long, hot summer, most kayak anglers are agreeable to most anything that will bite. […]

A few key tips can help you land lunkers like this throughout September.

Bass fishing tricky this month, but these tips will help

Dustin Wilks

When I was a kid learning to fish, I dreaded September. I used to keep a log of every fish I caught all year, and in September, the number of fish I caught would drop by half. […]

September is a great month for many inshore species, including redfish in the grass.

Shrimp brings hot redfish action to South Carolina’s coastal waters

Bryan Bowers

September is not often described as a great fishing month, a designation usually reserved for the cooler months of October and November when fish really start putting the feed on before the serious cold weather arrives. […]