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A man-made wood duck box will provide a better nesting area for wood ducks than any natural cavity, especially if prepared correctly.

Get wood duck boxes ready

It may seem early, but wood ducks will soon be nesting again in the swamps and flooded bottomlands of the Carolinas. […]

Fishing

Improve critical shallow habitat in fishing ponds

Jeff Burleson

Everybody loves a good fishing pond, and the winter drawdown provides more than just a mechanism to balance the predator-prey relationships. […]

Winter weather shouldn’t keep kayaking anglers from enjoying a day of paddling. With the wide variety of paddle-friendly clothing, it’s easy to dress for success on the water.

Dress the part this month

Phillip Gentry

Last December, the mercury hovered right around the 40-degree mark for several days. […]

Guide Jerry Hill has turned his attention from Badin Lake to High Rock Lake, where he says the average size of fish is much better.

Rock for Rocks — How to catch striped bass on Badin Lake

Dan Kibler

For years, Jerry Hill lived and fished — and guided fishermen for striped bass — on Badin Lake. He moved up Rt. 8 from one end of Davidson County to the other two years ago, settling on High Rock Lake, and now he’s doing most of his fishing on High Rock — but not because of proximity. […]

Late-season doe harvests, although not preferred by biologists and deer managers, can provide some good information about the health of the herd and the timing of the rut

Gather reproductive data from does

Jeff Burleson

In most areas in the Carolinas, the primary rut is over by the time December rolls around, and the majority of does are pregnant. […]

Many hunters wait until deer season ends to patrol the woods regularly for bushytails.

Christmas Rats — Hunting tips for more squirrels

Craig Holt

Champ and Curly bounced excitedly around in their pen behind Randy Dunkley’s cozy log cabin on a wooded hillside in the Hurdle Mills community of Person County. […]

Foodsaver

South Carolina Sportsman

With Christmas right around the corner, why not treat yourself to a gift that allows you to enjoy the fruits of your labor all year long. […]

LED trailer lights are illuminated by clusters of tiny light sources that deliver colors sharp and brilliant enough to make conventional incandescent lights look pale in comparison.

Time to consider changing to LEDs

Allan Tarvid

The lights on your trailer are your boat’s first line of defense against collisions. […]

Big blue catfish don’t appear to understand the concept of hibernating in the winter. They thrive on baitfish that are dying from the cold and can be caught on a variety of cut baits.

Having and beating those ‘winter blues’

David Sweat

With winter upon us and cold weather as harsh and brittle as a dried twig, most outdoors-minded people are enjoying warm, cozy fireplaces, while the true fishermen are challenging the cold.

Putting on their cold-weather survival gear and attaching the enclosures around the cockpit of their boats, they continue doing what they do the best: catching catfish on the Santee Cooper lakes.

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