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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

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

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. […]

Fishermen using underwater video cameras can position their boats directly over structure to find where sheepshead are holding.

Catch more fish using underwater cameras

Brian Cope

Capt. Robert Olsen fed a black cable over the side of his boat by hand, announcing, “We’re anchored over livebottom now, and sheepshead are typically here this time of year. […]

A hybrid between stew and soup, blackened venison stoup is a filling, satisfying dish.

Soup + stew = Stoup

Jerry Dilsaver

I don’t know about for everyone else, but last year flew by for me. It seems like it was only a few weeks ago I was hoping winter would break and the temperatures would rise. […]

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