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Croaking on the huge numbers of Pamlico by-catch

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ stock-status report on Atlantic croaker generates more questions than answers. […]

Terry Hiers and two very happy hunters pose with a trio of Blackwater gobblers. Hiers believes that overall woodsmanship is the most-important factor in hunting turkeys, but he’s not opposed to using some unique calls when the situation presents itself.

Unusual calls and fighting purrs

Terry Madewell

Terry Hiers is an expert with most any call made, but he does have some he saves for specific situations. […]

When it comes to bass fishing, kayaks have an advantage over powerboats, especially when chasing fish in hard-to-reach places.

Paddle up a lunker bass

Phillip Gentry

With the announcement in January that the Bassmaster Classic will be returning to South Carolina in 2015, a lot of anglers are gearing up for bass fishing. […]

The Engel live-bait cooler system will allow fishermen to collect bait in one area and transfer it to a boat’s livewell or directly to the fishing site.

It used to be that the ICAST (International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades) show held each July was the place fishermen got their first look at new products that would separate them from their hard-earned money. […]

Fishing rods

David A. Brown

Made to endure the intense demands of tournament action, All Star built this lineup of technique-specific rods with Nano Resin technology, which offers two distinct design options: lessening material for a lighter rod while maintaining break strength or keeping the same amount of material and significantly increasing break strength. […]

No-till drilling devices are often available for short-term rental for land managers wishing to use them to plant food plots.

Consider no-till drilling

Jeff Burleson

Hunters are always looking for a new way to improve their opportunities. From planting fields of green to charring the woods with a routine prescribed burn, there are many ways to manipulate the land to improve conditions that are beneficial to wildlife. […]

A fly-fishing seminar for women will be held later this month in Fayetteville.

Commission plans women’s fly-fishing clinic for March 22.

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) program will offer a basic fly-fishing skills workshop on March 22 at the John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center in Fayetteville. […]

The SCDNR said that duck hunts on public waters were excellent this past season.

SCDNR grades duck season as excellent based on WMA harvest

From News Reports

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources called this past duck season “excellent” based on harvest figures from WMAs across the state, with Hickory Top Greentree Reservoir in Clarendon County and Bear Island WMA in Colleton County leading the way. […]

Gary Stevens of Marion killed this enormous buck in Adams County, Ohio, on Jan. 1, that was judged Best in Show at the Dixie Deer Classic.

Huge Ohio buck is Best in Show at Dixie Deer Classic

Dan Kibler

A huge Ohio buck killed by a McDowell County hunter and a handful of great bucks from the Piedmont, including two Boone and Crockett Club monsters, highlighted the 34th annual Dixie Deer Classic that ended on Sunday, March 2, at the state fairgrounds in Raleigh. […]

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