Statewide NC Archives - Page 355 of 633

Think like a buck?!

Russell Cooper made a humorous observation to illustrate how mature bucks react compared to young bucks and does. […]

Keeping a journal of hunting trips can help you pattern deer movements from year to year, as well as remember favorite hunts.

Journals: An important tool for hunters

Keeping a hunting journal serves several purposes. It allows us to relive special memories and to record pertinent information that will help to enhance future hunts. […]

Beginning Oct. 1, fishermen can lose their saltwater recreational fishing licenses for racking up tickets for violations such as keeping underslot puppy drum.

Fines, suspensions of saltwater licenses for violations go into effect today

Jerry Dilsaver

Beginning today, recreational saltwater fishermen will be included in several regulations that allow for suspension and revocation of their fishing licenses. […]

An SCDNR trapping course for youths will enable them to qualify for a commercial trapping license even if they're not old enough to buy a hunting license.

Youth trapping education course offered this Saturday by SCDNR

South Carolina Sportsman

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is offering a first-ever Trapping Education class for youths, to be held on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Styx Classroom on Fish Hatchery Road in Columbia. […]

The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group wants sportsmen to attend meetings of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission and tell the Commission to change the way it manages shrimp-trawling to eliminate destructive gear.

CFRG: Shrimp management plan must be changed

Craig Holt

The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group is making a concerted effort to have destructive shrimp-trawling gear taken out of North Carolina’s inshore waters, and the group is encouraging fishermen to attend N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission meetings and ask the agency to amend its Shrimp Fisheries Management Plan. […]

Cut down on your junk

Dustin Wilks

All fishermen have great hopes of finding the next great lure; companies are always searching for the same thing. So what happens? […]

Minn Kota’s i-Pilot can hold a boat at a set distance from the bank or automatically hold the boat in one spot while the angler focuses on catching fish.

What the heck is trolling motor navigation?

Allan Tarvid

A July press release from Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics begins, “Continuing the evolution of GPS trolling-motor navigation, Minn Kota’s i-Pilot Link utilizes GPS technology and ethernet connectivity to achieve new levels of boat control.” […]

The guns might look dainty, but the North American Arms .22 Magnum revolver can serve as a great backup weapon.

Hideout guns

Gordon Hutchinson

A group of firearms instructors for the sheriff’s office was standing around, waiting for a meeting to begin. […]

Renn Guthrie killed this trophy 8-point buck on Sept. 12 in Calhoun County.

Teen girl gets leg up on boys with trophy 8-pointer

Dan Kibler

Renn Guthrie, a junior at Orangeburg Prep, has got something most of her male classmates can only dream about: a trophy buck.

Guthrie, 16, took a big 8-pointer the afternoon of Sept. 12 in Calhoun County while hunting with her father, Jimmy, who had seen the buck shortly after the season opened.
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