Statewide NC Archives - Page 269 of 633

Hunters Jefferson Boaz, Folger Boaz, Chase Harris, Jeremy Johnson and Frank Harris took these tundra swans hunting with guides Charles Haywood and Karl Helmkamp of Albemarle Outfitters.

Swan Hunting Permits

Tundra swans do a tremendous amount of damage to winter field crops, in northeast North Carolina, so the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission issues 5,000 permits to hunt tundra swans each year. […]

Trail cameras aren’t just preseason tools. Set them up in areas you think post-rut deer will use or after you’ve located a buck.

Important late-season combo: corn and trail cameras

Terry Madewell

Mike Johnson, manager at The Clinton House, is a proponent of planting food plots to attract deer and keep them well-fed throughout the season, but he said the ability of hunters in his neck of the wood to bait with corn for the first time this season has given him another weapon for keeping up with his deer herd. […]

Food plots surrounded by thick cover are prime areas to hunt late in the season.

Think thick and gnarly cover late in season

Terry Madewell

Bill Cline of Ridgeway said it’s difficult for most hunters to stop thinking in terms of the rut because of the success rate and seeing lots of deer during that time. […]

Coyotes are adaptable enough and are in enough places that wiping them out by trapping or hunting won’t happen.

USDA trapper: coyotes cannot be eradicated

Craig Holt

The assistant director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Service said no state can eradicate coyotes. […]

Don’t put up your boots when deer season ends; there are squirrels to be killed.

Sell your tails

Jeff Burleson

Squirrel hunting is one of America’s favorite past-times, being abundant and from the soggy bottomlands of Mississippi to the high country of West Virginia. […]

Trapping is a good way to control the number of wild hogs on a piece of property — and put bacon and hams in the freezer — and January is a prime month to trap hogs because of limited natural food sources.

Keep traps active for feral hogs

Jeff Burleson

Trapping wild hogs an effective method for filling up the freezer with fresh pork, but trappers can often have trouble coaxing hogs into traps during the summer and fall when food resources are readily available. […]

Roy Sowers (left) killed this Chatham County coyote; every one of North Carolina’s 100 counties has a coyote population.

Coyote information station

Craig Holt

Coyotes appeared in North Carolina in the early 1980s after illegal relocations from out of state and releases for sport hunting with hounds. […]

Removing the skin from a squirrel is best done soon after it is killed and by two people. Cut through the skin — but not the muscle — all the way around the animal, and have two people pull in different directions against each other.

Top tips for cleaning squirrels

Jeff Burleson

Not only can squirrel hunting be exciting and challenging, the animal’s meat is one-of-a-kind and tastes nothing like chicken — it’s definitely not a white meat. […]

Members of North Carolina’s Twin Creeks Hunting Club have the habitat and resources to produce wall-hanger bucks like this one.

Wildlife Habitat Improvement Series: Twin Creeks Hunting Club

Jeff Burleson

Nestled between Big Fishing Creek and Little Fishing Creek in northeast North Carolina lies Twin Creeks Hunting Club. With more than 7,000 acres of swamps, timberland and a conglomeration of food plots under cultivation, Twin Creeks has the perfect mix of wilderness and prime wildlife habitat to produce a wide variety of game species. […]

A shooting vest, snake gaiters and shotgun shells are great Christmas gifts for the upland game hunter in South Carolina.

Sportsman’s stocking stuffers

John Gribb

If you are looking for a gift for a hunter in the family but really haven’t a clue, here are a few ideas. […]