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With preferred foods often depleted in winter, deer will turn to any kind of browse they can find and consume.

Pour the feed to ’em

Being well below the Mason-Dixon Line, the Carolinas are definitely in the South, but these southern paradises usually experience a winter with freezing temperatures and icy precipitation. […]

Sweet potatoes are just one kind of supplemental food that can help deer and other wildlife species make it through the winter when natural foods become scarce.

Provide supplemental feed to sustain body mass

Jeff Burleson

Deer and other wildlife are tested in late winter because few natural foods are readily available. […]

Keeping a pond’s pH, akalinity, hardness and nitrate/nitrite levels in a productive range will help fish populations reach their full potential.

Interpret pond-water chemistry analysis

Jeff Burleson

Good fishing ponds are the result of a wide variety of factors, ranging from the grass, water depth and bottom composition to the fish that call these waters home. […]

Plano’s Flex ‘N Go tackle-storage system allows for easy switching of smaller boxes for species-specific trips.

Plano introduces new tackle satchel

Jerry Dilsaver

Plano has introduced the Flex ‘N Go Tackle Satchel for the angler on the go. This adaptable system allows fishermen to be prepared for largemouth bass today, striperd bass tomorrow and even your favorite saltwater species for the weekend. […]

Sen. Bill Rabon, a Southport veterinarian, sponsored a Senate bill that reorganizes and eliminates many governmental appointments, including N.C. Wildlife Resources commissioners.

Proposed legislation would replace members of N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission at end of June.

Craig Holt

The Republican-dominated state legislature offered legislation on Feb. 5 when that would reorganize or eliminate several appointed state-government commission posts and oversight boards, including the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]

It’s a ride of several hours from Murrells Inlet to the bluewater, but rewards like this big wahoo make the trip worthwhile.

The ocean calls

Bryan Bowers

Offshore in February? Sounds crazy to some, but others know very well that February fishing is great off the coast, starting just a few miles out all the way to the Gulf Stream. […]

A long, slender jerkbait is one of the best lures around to catch winter bass.

Try a jerkbait this month

David Fritts

A lot of bass fishermen really want to get out on the water in February. A lot of them haven’t fished in better than a month; they’ve been sitting around, maybe getting a little cabin fever, organizing all their tackle and going to boat shows to see what’s out there. […]