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Betts has added several sizes to its line of jigs with offset hooks aimed at flounder fishermen.

More stuff to buy? Yep!

It’s a plot I tell you, a fiendish plot. It works, too and it separates many fishermen from their hard-earned money. […]

Zach Townsend landed this doormat from his ‘yak using a white/chartreuse paddletail grub.

Though the association is rarely made, it would seem that fishing boats capable of maneuvering in just inches of water would go hand in hand with fish that can be completely submerged in just inches of water. […]

A bill passed by the N.C. House last week would allow hunters who haven't completed a hunter-safety course to hunt under the direct supervision of a licensed, adult hunter.

N.C. House passes bill to start hunting ‘apprentice’ program

NCWRC Release

The N.C. House of Representatives passed last week House Bill 296 — The Hunter Education/Apprentice Permit — which allows an individual holding a Hunting Heritage Apprentice Permit to hunt if accompanied by an adult at least 18 years old who holds a hunting license in North Carolina, or if the individual is accompanied by an adult landholder or landholder’s spouse who is exempt from the hunting license requirement if hunting on the landholder’s land. […]

Youth-Only turkey hunting is great chance to involve kids in the outdoors

Bill Howard

Youth-only hunting days are designed to entice adults to mentor young hunters without succumbing to the temptations of hunting for themselves, and this year, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission expanded youth-only turkey hunting from one day to a six, from the first Saturday of April through the Friday that precedes the regular-season opener. […]

Spring plantings of warm-season food plots will provide deer with tremendous nutrition at a time it’s most needed.

Proof’s in the pudding

Jeff Burleson

The next few months rank high for producing quality and healthy deer for the fall season and for the future of deer on your property. […]

Steve Dyer won the Bassmaster Weekend Series tournament on High Rock last Saturday by partially sinking his boat to get under a bridge into a creek for his winning catch.

Mt. Pleasant angler ‘bridges’ his problem, wins at High Rock

Tony Garitta

Mt. Pleasant’s Steve Dyer resorted to “sinking his bass boat” and to negotiate his way to victory at the April 6 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series N.C. Division tournament at High Rock Lake. […]

John Tanner's Purring Block combines a trough slate call and a glass surface to produce plaintive purrs and clucks that should bring gobblers into range.

‘Purring Block’ aims to bring gobblers those last few yards into range

Dan Kibler

South Carolina call-maker John Tanner gets ideas for some of his custom-made calls from interesting places, but none better than a deer stand. […]

John Tanner's "Purring Block" is a combination slate/glass call for turkey hunters who need to make the soft purrs that will bring a gobbler the last few yards into range.

Custom-made call allows turkey hunters to make quiet purrs and clucks

Dan Kibler

South Carolina call-maker John Tanner gets ideas for some of his custom-made calls from interesting places, but none better than a deer stand. […]

Chase Kinley, 7, killed this 21-pound Montgomery County gobbler on the first day of Youth Only Turkey Season.

Montgomery County produces great gobbler for 7-year-old hunter

Walter Taylor

Sportsmen strive to meet certain milestones; everyone wants to land a 10-pound bass, tag a 10-point buck or bag a 20-pound turkey. Grown men and women strive for decades or longer to achieve such goals. […]

Tom Fitts took these two longbeards on Opening Day in Lee County with one shot from his 12-gauge.

Lugoff man saves ammunition while taking two gobblers

Jeff Burleson

Tom Fitts of Lugoff had to wait a little while to have the most-memorable Opening Day of any turkey season last week. […]