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Spinning-wing decoys are an effective use of motion to help convince ducks to make decision to drop into a spread of decoys.

Kill more ducks by adding motion to decoy spreads

You’ll kill more ducks if you add some type of movement to your decoy spreads. […]

Flagging is a technique that can convince a wary goose or flock to make a fatal mistake.

Don’t be afraid to wave the flag for wary geese

Sometimes, placing decoys out isn’t enough to lure in a flock of Canada geese. This is especially true when several groups are scattered throughout numerous fields within sight of each other. […]

Add motion to your decoy spread for more ducks

Jeff Burleson

Hunters using clever decoy spreads can increase their odds of taking home more feathered fowl by incorporating Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion to make their hunting spot more attractive. […]

South Carolina’s goose season runs into late February, giving hunters more opportunities to share this view of approaching geese through the door of a portable layout blind.

Better late than never

Brian Cope

South Carolina’s late goose season is longer than any other waterfowl season. […]

GPS tracking units allow hunters to keep track of the location and direction their hounds are running, a huge help in staying ahead of the pack, gathering dogs up after a race and keeping them off roads.

Here, kitty, kitty

Walt Bowen

While running coyotes and foxes with dogs is a year-round sport in Eastern North Carolina, bobcats are only in season from Oct. 13 through Feb. 28. There are no daily bag or season limits. […]

David Ray's big 8-point buck, killed on Edisto Island, won South Carolina Sportsman's December Bag-A-Buck contest.

Charleston man wins December Bag-A-Buck contest with Edisto Island trophy

Dan Kibler

There’s one beat-up old tree stand on a piece of land on Edisto Island that David Ray of Charleston hunts with friends. […]

Samantha Brown's unusual drop-tine Stanly County buck won North Carolina Sportsman's December Bag-A-Buck contest.

Salisbury woman is December Bag-A-Buck winner

Dan Kibler

Samantha Brown of Salisbury really had no idea what she’d shot when she squeezed the trigger on a Stanly County buck late on the afternoon of Dec. 29. […]

Crappie USA kayak events will reward anglers for a three-fish daily weight and a big-fish pot.

Paddle up a paycheck

Phillip Gentry

In mid-November last year, Crappie USA, a major national crappie-fishing tournament circuit based in Benton, Ky., announced that it would add a kayak division to its 2015 tournament events. […]

Keep an eye out for flocks of ducks heading into your area on the shoulders of cold-weather systems.

Look for big duck moves

Jeff Burleson

While it may be the first month of the year, it is the last opportunity to sit in a blind and take down a limit of ducks. […]

Fishing and boating shows will often have the latest line of vessels, whether kayaks or center-consoles.

Time to be a show-off

Jerry Dilsaver

The Christmas holidays signal an unofficial end of the fall saltwater fishing season. […]