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Trail cameras have allowed hunters to do a lot of scouting without going into the woods too often and disrupting deer.

Trail cameras change hunting tactics

Mike Seamster of the Caswell community of Providence, considers himself a “general” whitetail deer hunter who isn’t enamored of trophy antlers. […]

Glassing agricultural or grown-up, open fields before gun season can give hunters an idea which ones are being used by deer, especially nice bucks.

Tips for bagging a pre-rut deer

Craig Holt

Whitetail deer, particularly bucks, use their noses to avoid danger, and to find food and girlfriends. Scent knowledge is never more important to them than during the pre-rut period. […]

Hunting

Continuing Ed: a big aid

Jeff Burleson

Beyond the limits and regulations set by the state wildlife agencies, landowners and hunters can go a step further to promote habitat and wildlife management on their own lands. […]

White Oak Ranch hunt club in eastern North Carolina manages for big deer, ducks and turkeys, but its habitat-improvement also produces good populations of small game, black bears and an occasional wild hog.

Wildlife Habitat Improvement: Eastern North Carolina’s White Oak Ranch

Jeff Burleson

White Oak Ranch is a private hunt club that has operated in North Carolina’s Edgefield and Bertie counties for well over 20 years. […]

Some popular fall nymphs include (l-r):
Hare’s Ear, Prince, Zug Bug, rubber-legged Girdlebug and Woolly Booger.

Nymphs: the cool flies

Robert Satterwhite

If you want to catch trout when hatches are few or nonexistent, use a nymph. […]

SCDNR surveys indicate the statewide turkey harvest was down more than 2000 birds in 2013 over 2012 levels.

Turkey harvest off more than 10 percent in 2013, SCDNR says

Terry Madewell

The harvest data from the 2013 turkey season is in, and according to Charles Ruth, the deer and turkey project leader for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, hunter success fell appreciably from 2012 levels. […]

Cast-netting from a kayak, either from a standing or sitting position, is one of the best ways to collect bait before a kayak fishing outing.

Have bait, will paddle

Phillip Gentry

Regardless of the watercraft under your feet, fall fishing often means chasing fish that require live bait to catch. Powerboat anglers often take for granted the space and other considerations required to operate a bait tank or built-in livewell — a luxury for which most paddlers simply don’t have space or carrying capacity. […]