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Intensify trapping efforts this month for porkers

Even though the mercury is high in the glass during September, landowners with feral hog issues can benefit greatly by intensifying their trapping efforts. […]

Quail are an important species for hunters across South Carolina, and several WMAs have habitat that is managed in a fashion that makes it ideal for bobwhites.

Quail and rabbits

Terry Madewell

Biologist Willie Simmons said quail and rabbit have specific needs in terms of habitat to thrive. […]

Root vegetables, including turnips, provide deer with plenty of nourishment from the time their leaves emerge until their roots mature late in the season.

Root vegetables are tasty from top to bottom

Jeff Burleson

When preparing to plant fall food plots, hunters can choose from a wide assortment of seeds that will provide both immediate and long-lasting food for their deer herd. […]

Bucks loves terrain edges and will stage near the edges of clear-cuts, especially when rutting, to watch for does.

To learn more about the steps and procedures used by timber- management companies to manage forested land, Steven Smith of Cross Creek Timber in Greenville suggests viewing some of these on-line publications: […]

A deer’s home range

Phillip Gentry

Charles Ruth, deer-project leader for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, said logging or other timber-management activities will interrupt deer activity and patterns on a tract of land, but in a nutshell, it doesn’t run all the deer off. […]

The expansion of deer herds into surburban and urban areas has provided incentive for more municipalities to join the state’s Urban Archery Season.

Deer expansion means urban archery rocks

Craig Holt

When the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission started its Urban Archery deer season program in 2007, a handful of towns signed up — Elkin was first — while many others and major cities in North Carolina turned up their noses. […]

Thinning of pines offers deer hunters with a unique opportunity to hunt stands that have previously been too thick.

Thinning vs. clear-cutting

Phillip Gentry

At a point in the life cycle of the pine forest, loggers may return to thin out the crop. Thinning cuts the number of trees back so the remaining mature left have better long-term growth. […]

Counties that lead in the annual archery harvest statistics are rarely among the leaders in overall harvest.

Big-harvest areas aren’t bow leaders

Craig Holt

The top counties in terms of deer taken with archery equipment are rarely among the top counties in overall harvest. […]

Shooting more and at longer ranges to learn your own limitations and the limitations of your weapon is a key to being able to take advantage of clear-cut areas on your hunting land.

Long-distance shooting

Phillip Gentry

One added benefit of clear-cutting activity for deer hunters is the ability to see longer distances. […]

Federal fisheries managers will close the recreational season on several species of porgies, including this knobbed porgy, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, because of overharvest.

Feds will close recreational season on several porgy species on Sept. 17

Jerry Dilsaver

Federal fisheries managers announced last Friday that the recreational season for a number of species in the popular porgy family will close on Wednesday, Sept. 17 and not reopen until Jan. 1, 2015. […]