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Bear seasons in the eastern third of North Carolina often change from county to county, so hunters need to have a firm grip on where they’re hunting and when the season opens and closes.

Bear seasons dates can be confusing

Dates for bear seasons across North Carolina, especially in the eastern third of the state, can be so different as to confuse hunters, often changing from one county to the next. […]

Many groups of bear hunters from the mountains migrate to eastern North Carolina for the December bear season.

Let’s go bear hunting!

Jeff Burleson

Bear hunting in eastern North Carolina is one of the most-exhilarating experiences a hunter can have. […]

Trappers across the Carolinas are gearing up for the core of their season.

Don’t get trapped: Know trapping rules

Jeff Burleson

Beginning with Native Americans during pre-settlement through the modern day, trapping has been one of the nation’s unique past-times. […]

Thermacell is making heated insoles that should warm your toes in the duck blind.

Keep those toes warm

Jeff Burleson

With the largest part of duck season and the final days of deer season arriving this month in the Carolinas, so will winter weather. […]

High-quality alloys have allowed manufacturers to produce light air-gun ammo that produces some startling muzzle velocities.

Ammo advances provide increased velocities

L. Woodrow Ross

The use of special, non-lead alloys in the manufacturing of ammunition for air guns has led to greatly increased velocities. […]

Changing sizes and brands of air-gun ammunition will require scope adjustments in order to be able to make the spot-on shots required on small-game animals like squirrels.

Variables in different ammo weights

L. Woodrow Ross

If you plan to shoot more than one type and weight of ammunition, you will likely find that you will have to adjust your scope. […]

Brandon Gray of Bullock, N.C., finished first in the bracket division of the Bassmaster Team Championship and won a berth in the Bassmaster Classic.

Bullock, N.C., angler wins final berth in Bassmaster Classic

From News Reports

North Carolina finally broke through and got a fisherman in the 2015 Bassmaster Classic when Brandon Gray of Bullock won the bracket round of the Bassmaster Team Championship on Arkansas’ DeGray Lake on Saturday. […]

Hunters can now take advantage of all the cool features of a new iPhone app from Mississippi State University's Deer Lab.

Free iPhone ‘Deer Hunt’ app fun, informative

Bobby Cleveland

Mundane hunting camp rituals could become a lot easier if a new iPhone app from Mississippi State University’s Deer Lab delivers what its designers hope it can. […]

For the sake of comfort, upgrading your seat might be a top-drawer idea for a Christmas gift.

What will Santa bring?

Phillip Gentry

Most outdoorsmen can identify with the plight of young Ralphie Parker in his quest to get an official Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. […]

Swimmers are more likely to be attached by a shark in South Carolina waters than any state in the continental United States, with the Charleston area the most dangerous in the Palmetto State.

Chances of a shark attack highest in South Carolina of any state in lower 48

Brian Cope

If the theme song from “Jaws” runs through your head the next time you take a dip in the ocean at a South Carolina beach, you probably shouldn’t ignore it. […]