That long-awaited and glad moment, opening day, has finally arrived. You rise early, stoke the inner fires with coffee and sausage biscuits, and set out for what you hope will be a glorious first morning. […]
Sensible scouting involves doing far more than merely making an effort to determine places deer are “using,” whether there’s a big buck prowling the land you hunt, or the times whitetails are coming to a food plot or any legally spread food. […]
According to biologist Charles Ruth of the S.C. Department of Natural resources, South Carolina has plenty of public hunting land, and hunters statewide make good use of those opportunities. […]
According to Charles Ruth, the SCDNR’s deer and turkey project supervisor, not all deer habitat is equal in the state of South Carolina. The 2013 Deer Density Map shows the latest data on deer densities in the state. […]
Biologist Charles Ruth said that South Carolina’s season bag limits for deer have been on a holding pattern for several years, but there may be new signs of life in the next legislation session in 2015. […]
The attached graphs depict the top counties in 2013 for harvest by unit area (square mile) and by simple harvest without regard to size of county. This data depicts some of the potentially best areas for deer hunters to hunt based on what was productive last season. […]
South Carolina Sportsman’s Bag-A-Buck contest will return this week. The contest, which will be run on SouthCarolinaSportsman.com, allows readers to enter photos of deer they harvest in monthly contests, the winners of which will be determined by drawing. […]
Changes in deer management by the SCDNR that take effect this season will be dramatically felt by archery hunters, who will have to abide by gun-hunting regulations – including using doe tags beginning Oct. 11 when gun season opens in Game Zones 1 and 2 and after Sept. 15 through the remainder of the state when does become legal for harvest. […]
The appeal of fishing from a paddle boat is not just about the paddle anymore. It may have started off that way, but the evolution of the plastic armada has, for some, gone from the simplicity of throwing a paddle and a fishing rod into a lightweight boat and fishing anywhere the imagination could wander to seeing how complex an angler can make a human-powered watercraft. […]
Bass pro Davy Hite said that when the FLW Forrest Wood Cup championship kicks off this week at Lake Murray, the winning fisherman is not likely to be a one-trick pony. […]
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