Statewide NC Archives - Page 196 of 633

Thinning or clear-cutting a stand of pines can bring landowners rewards whose size depends a lot on the timing of the harvest.

In timber, timing is No. 1 factor in making money

Beyond the values to wildlife received from cutting timber, landowners can receive monetary returns. […]

The market for timber of all kinds is looking up in the Carolinas, especially for short-rotation pines.

Timber market price trends

Timber prices rise and fall based on the demand for raw material slotted for conversion into finished products. And the demand for forest products has fluctuated with advances in certain sectors of the economy that can be affected by foreign and domestic uses. […]

Docks may have a number of different features that make them attractive to bass, including shade, multiple posts and brush.

Docks? Learn to take your pick

Phillip Gentry

Andy Montgomery is more concerned with what’s under a dock than what is above it, most of the time, but said there are some visual clues that he can identify a structure that might convince him to sling a jig or Texas rigged plastic under it. […]

Change calls when working on a hung-up gobbler, and try to avoid using a standard yelp, as it may convince the tom to stand pat.

Beware of the yelp

Terry Madewell

Jeremy Burnham said one thing he has learned is that a yelp is not the best call for a hung-up gobbler. […]

Counties in southeastern North Carolina are making up a larger and larger percentage of the statewide harvest every season as the flock in those areas continues to grow.

Statewide turkey harvest, 2010-2014

Dan Kibler

Statewide turkey harvest, 2010-2014 […]

Johnathan Alford will open his bag of tricks and try several different things when dealing with a gobbler that won’t budge.

Check your ‘6’ when in stealth mode

Terry Madewell

Johnathan Alford said that when dealing with a hung-up gobbler, expect the unexpected. […]

Hunters in the eastern third of the state can’t use terrain to hide from a turkey as easily as a hunter in North Carolina’s mountains.

Turkeys: From Murphy to Manteo, they’re the same birds

Dan Kibler

Turkeys are found in North Carolina from just a few feet above sea level in coastal counties to almost a mile into the sky in North Carolina’s mountains. […]

Anglers try the spawning flat in Bush Creek for Jordan Lake crappies. Slabs in all three Raleigh-Durham area reservoirs are moving into and out of the shallows.

Crappie spawning in waves on Raleigh-Durham area’s three big lakes

Craig Holt

It began as a trickle four weeks ago, but now the crappie spawn is coming in waves each day at the Raleigh-Durham area’s top big reservoirs: Jordan, Falls of the Neuse and Shearon Harris. […]

Bass pro David Fritts said that long casts and a steady retrieve will make a crankbait a more-effective bass-fishing tool.

Take David Fritts’ tips and catch more fish on a crankbait.

Tony Garitta

At a recent open house at Angler’s Choice in Lexington, pro fisherman David Fritts discussed how to retrieve crankbaits to get more strikes from bass. […]

A bill in the state senate would allow gun hunting on Sundays, if it's passed through both houses of the legislature.

Bill to allow gun hunting on Sundays is introduced in state senate

Craig Holt

Sen. E.S. “Buck” Newton, a Republican who represents Johnston, Nash and Wilson Counties, has filed a bill in the state senate that would allow gun hunting on Sundays on private property and possibly on public lands. […]