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Youth raccoon hunters are in the midst of a series of hunts to qualify for the state championship hunt in February. The next hunt is Dec. 13 in Lancaster County.

Youth coon hunt scheduled for Saturday in Heath Springs

A youth coon hunt will be held in Heath Springs on Saturday, Dec. 13, sponsored by the Lancaster County Coon Hunters Association. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and Delta Waterfowl Foundation will hold waterfowl-hunting seminars on Dec. 9 and 11 in Raleigh.

Two waterfowl-hunting seminars scheduled for Raleigh next week

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has scheduled two free seminars next week for waterfowl hunters at the Centennial Campus Center for Wildlife Education in Raleigh. […]

SCDNR is holding a youth-only duck-hunting clinic in January on Edisto Island.

SCDNR offering youth-only waterfowl-hunting clinic in January on Edisto Island

SCDNR News Release

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ Take One Make One program will be holding a free youth duck-hunting clinic on Jan. 19, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Edisto Island. […]

Commercial netters have landed 71,000 pounds of red drum since Sept. 1, better than half of their fall/winter allocation, so the N.C. Division of Marine fisheries has cut their trip limit from seven to four fish.

Commercial limit on red drum is cut from seven fish to four

North Carolina Sportsman

Because they’ve had so much success early in the season, commercial fishermen in North Carolina are going to have their daily trip limits cut from seven fish to four, beginning on Friday, Dec. 5. […]

Two commercial fishermen from Dare County were arrested on Monday in Wilmington with 113 red drum in their possession, more than 100 over the limit.

Two commercial fishermen charged for having oversized red drum, 16 times the legal limit

North Carolina Sportsman

Two commercial fishermen were taken to jail earlier this week when they were found with more than 16 times the legal possession limit of red drum. […]

Guide Ricky Kellum of Jacksonville is known for his ability to catch speckled trout, and he has five favorite lures to put them in the boat.

Trout guide reveals his favorite lures to catch specks

Dusty Wilson

With the speckled trout bite burning hot just about everywhere along the North Carolina coast and supplies of live shrimp dwindling in tackle shops, picking the most productive artificial baits is crucial to success. […]

LANDmaster LM500 4WD UTV

North Carolina Sportsman

American SportWorks has recently announced the addition of a Briggs and Stratton powered UTV to its LandMaster family of utility vehicles. […]

Chad Weatherford regularly scores on big bucks in the last part of the season because he knows they’re consumed by two impluses: eating and breeding.

End on a high note – Don’t let the last month of South Carolina’s deer season pass you by

Jeff Burleson

For more than three months and counting, South Carolina deer hunters have turned out in the deer woods, keeping game processing facilities and taxidermists working late nights and long weekends. […]

When hunting pressure pushes bucks of the grid in December, go find a wet spot and wait.

Bet on wet – Swamps, ponds, streams and rivers are late-season hidey holes for heavily pressured North Carolina bucks

Jeff Burleson

As the last month of the season arrives, hunters can still fill their last buck tag and make one last visit to the taxidermist, even though most of the immature and dim-witted bucks have learned about deer season the hard way. […]

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