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Bucks will hang out in bachelor groups until a certain stage of the photoperiod is reached during the early fall, then a change in testosterone levels will put them in competition and break them up.

Bachelor Pads – September is prime time to hunt bachelor groups of bucks across South Carolina

At the beginning of the deer season, most outdoor devotees are making waves in their favorite fishing spots, reeling in a redfish, king mackerel or Arkansas blue. […]

Youth hunters have opportunities for unique hunts

South Carolina Sportsman

In cooperation with a number of private landowners and hunt clubs, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources is co-sponsoring a handful of youth-only deer hunts in the state’s Piedmont region this fall, as part of the department’s Take One Make One program. […]

Apply for your North Carolina permit-only waterfowl hunts before Oct 1.

North Carolina waterfowlers have new opportunities for permit hunts

North Carolina Sportsman

With North Carolina’s waterfowl season right around the corner, now is the time for outdoorsmen to apply for permit waterfowl hunts. […]

Using plastic worms to work the outer edges of submerged trees near deep water is a good tactic for catching summer largemouth bass.

Summer bass may be deep, but look for shallower cover where they’ll feed

Craig Holt

During summer, largemouth bass on big impoundments usually hang out in deep, cool water where the oxygen level provides comfort. […]

Guide Zakk Royce said big blue catfish will often be suspended just above the thermocline when a lake stratifies during the summer.

Gimme those baitfish crunchin’ thermocline blues

Dusty Wilson

Contrary to popular belief, blue catfish are not just bottom-feeders. Once the lowest layer of water is depleted of oxygen in late summer, big blues have to change their game plan. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission set waterfowl seasons for this fall and winter at its meeting in Raleigh on Thursday.

State sets late duck, goose seasons at meeting in Raleigh

North Carolina Sportsman

North Carolina waterfowl hunters will get their usual three-part season for ducks this fall and winter, along with two youth-only days and an extended season for snow and other light geese as the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission set seasons on Thursday at its meeting in Raleigh. […]

SCDNR has scheduled a series of public meetings to discuss a bill in the state legislature that will change deer management in the state.

SCDNR schedules seven public meetings to talk about deer legislation

SCDNR News Release

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has scheduled seven public meetings to receive input from hunters concerning legislation the agency supports related to future deer management in South Carolina. […]

Working out the details for a multiple-day paddle, including camping arrangements, might be a highlight of the trip.

The fun is in the planning

Bill Howard

Once upon a time, when information was still found in encyclopedias and directions were still derived from paper maps, there were still places of mystery. […]

Bass anglers, don’t be caught sleeping in August

Davy Hite

Catching bass in the heat of summer means being on the water during the coolest part of the day, which is before the sun comes up. […]

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission had a vote taken out of its hands on southern flounder management by state legislators and the secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental and Natural Resources last week.

Legislators, DENR chief sidetrack Marine Fisheries Commission

Jerry Dilsaver

Donald R. van der Vaart, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental and Natural Resources, caved in to the demands of a coalition of 13 legislators and scuttled a scheduled vote on needed reform in North Carolina’s flounder fishery last week when he directed the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission to postpone the vote. […]