Hunting
The Daisy BB gun
I have no idea what happened to it, but the first honest-to-gosh gun I ever handled was a Daisy BB gun given to me by my dad on my sixth birthday. […]
Statewide NC
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Backup plan pans out for Gagliardi in FLW win
In 2008, bass pro Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity had a pattern he thought would produce the kind of fish he needed to win the FLW Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Murray. […]
Inshore Fishing
Turn that hook around and fish that plastic shrimp more naturally
Guide Noak Lynk of Harkers Islands has noticed for a while that rigs that use soft-plastic, artificial shrimp, don’t exactly match what nature presents. […]
Bass Fishing
Summer is great time to use new fish-finding technology
New technology and developments in fish-finding systems can lead to quick and definitive location of fish-laden hot spots. And summer is an ideal time to take advantage of this technology. […]
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Charlotte teen catches state-record green sunfish
It was a team effort that landed Victoria Navaroli a state-record fish from a private pond in Creston. In the early morning hours of July 12, the 13-year-old Charlotte girl watched as her big brother Jack baited his hook with a quarter of a night crawler and then handed his fishing rod to her. […]
Dove
SCDNR will have 50 public dove fields ready for opener
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources will have 50 dove fields available for public hunting during the 2014-15 season, the agency has announced. […]
General
Old tech to the rescue
My town doesn’t allow people to talk on a hand-held cell phone while driving, but hands-free talking is OK so I keep our phones paired through Bluetooth to our two vehicles. […]
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Hometown hero Gagliardi wins FLW championship on Lake Murray
Finally, it was Anthony Gagliardi’s turn on Sunday. The bass pro from Prosperity, fishing on his home waters of Lake Murray, won the FLW’s Forrest Wood Cup and its $500,000 first-prize money by a single ounce. […]
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Yadkin County hunter-ed team wins junior-division national championship
The Yadkin Patriots from Forbush Middle School in Yadkin County took top honors in the nation as junior champions at the 29th annual International Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC), a week-long shooting and outdoors skills competition held in late July in Mansfield, Pa. […]
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Ehrler, Thrift separated by three ounces atop FLW leaderboard
On Saturday’s third day of the FLW’s Forrest Wood Cup championship tournament on Lake Murray, the cream rose to the top. Past champion Brent Ehrlers of Redlands, Calif., and past FLW Angler of the Year Brian Thrift of Shelby, N.C., hold the top two spots, separated by just three ounces, and two South Carolina pros are in the top five. […]