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The .17 Winchester Super Magnum

Winchester Ammunition will soon release the world’s fastest and most powerful modern rimfire cartridge. […]

Cover: February 2013 (NC) – Hunting

Flip to page 17 to find out how North Carolina’s biggest bucks were killed last fall. Also, winter redfish are on the prowl this month. […]

Fox squirrels are larger than grays, but less prevalent, and they can have different colorations, with their heads often displaying a black patch.

Gray squirrels and ‘foxy’ ladies of the woods

Brian Cope

The most-common species of squirrel in South Carolina is the eastern gray squirrel, which average 1 to 1 1/2 pounds and 16 to 20 inches in length. […]

Cover: February 2013 (NC) – Fishing

North Carolina Sportsman

Flip to page 17 to find out how North Carolina’s biggest bucks were killed last fall. Also, winter redfish are on the prowl this month. […]

Mike Spinks draws a bead on a squirrel with his scoped .22 rifle; bushytails are no match for the weapon’s little hollow-point bullets.

Wolf Hill Squirrel and Grits

Brian Cope

“Some people just can’t get past the whole idea of eating a rodent, but just like hunters who think hunting season ends on Jan. 1, they don’t know what they’re missing out on,” Rusty Williams said. […]

The Tarheel State gave up some tremendous bucks yet again.

North Carolina hunters tagged some giant bucks during 2012 season

Craig Holt

The 2012 season showed that North Carolina continues to produce outstanding whitetail deer, with a tremendous number of trophy bucks reportedly taken from across the state, even though the number of bucks on the extreme high end of the spectrum appeared to dip slightly. […]

Ryan and Rusty Williams hunt squirrels with 20-gauge and .410 shotguns, but it’s legal to use rifles, handguns and archery equipment to harvest a daily limit of 10 squirrels, and they can be hunted with dogs.

Barking up the right tree

Brian Cope

Using dogs isn’t the most-popular way to hunt squirrels, but it is an effective method that some outdoorsmen employ. […]

This Moore County trophy was only the second deer ever killed by 15-year-old Casey Smith.

Moore County monster taken by teen

Craig Holt

Casey Smith, 15, admits he doesn’t have much deer-hunting experience. […]

Back to school is January for kids in South Carolina, but it’s February for stripers in several lakes.

Going to Striper School: Topwater striper action is a South Carolina special as long as weather allows

Phillip Gentry

“What will February bring?”

Many anglers ask that question as Old Man Winter decides how he’s going to behave in South Carolina. For the past two years, he has granted us a pass, with relatively mild temperatures. […]