Featured
Bear harvest is off 16 percent, despite baiting being allowed for first time
Even with hunters allowed to take black bears over bait for the first time, North Carolina’s 2014 harvest didn’t increase. In fact, it declined. […]
Statewide NC
Featured
NCWF offers “Sound Solutions” to North Carolina’s coastal fisheries issues
The N.C. Wildlife Federation has embarked on a program called “Sound Solutions” in an attempt to convince major players in state government that new steps are needed to reverse pressure on fish that live in the state’s sounds and backwaters. […]
Featured
Tired of coyotes? SCDNR will hold seminar on trapping, management
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the South Carolina Trappers Association and Clemson Extension, will hold a workshop on coyote trapping and management in Greenwood on May 26. […]
Events & Announcements
Commercial shrimpers will have to add second bycatch device on June 1
Shrimp fishermen will be required to use an additional bycatch reduction device in their trawl nets beginning June 1, and they will have a wider range of certified bycatch reduction devices to choose from than in the past. […]
Fishing
Portable power
The last time you were miles from anywhere, turned your boat’s ignition key and heard nothing, what did you do? […]
Hunting
Turn up the heat on coyotes now
Historically, coyotes were not part of the ecosystem in the Carolinas. Before 1985, only five of North Carolina’s 100 counties had coyotes. […]
Sidebars
To decoy or not to decoy
Marshall Collette never uses decoys in the morning but employs them almost exclusively at fields in the afternoon and evening. […]
Sidebars
The right stuff
Turkey hunters can be successfully using many varieties and gauges of shotguns, even archery equipment, but most hunters stick to scatterguns because they offer a better chance of success and can be fitted to different hunting approaches. […]
Other Hunting
Turn up the heat on coyotes now
Historically, coyotes were not part of the ecosystem in the Carolinas. Before 1985, only five of North Carolina’s 100 counties had coyotes. […]
Bass Fishing
The many stages of May
Bass have a whole lot going on in the spring. Spawning, fishing pressure and rising water temperatures all contribute to when and where you can catch fish. […]