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Should the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and N.C. Department of Agriculture merge? That's the topic to be discussed at public meetings this week in New Bern and Manteo.

Meetings tonight, Thursday on possible NCDMF, NCWRC merger

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold meetings concerning a possible merger with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission tonight and Thursday. […]

South Carolina duck hunters will get a short season in November and a much longer season that spans from early December through late January.

Waterfowl seasons set; duck season split in two sections

Pat Robertson

South Carolina waterfowl hunters will get a split duck season with a 6-bird bag limit in regulations approved Aug. 28 by the S.C. Natural Resources Board in a conference call. […]

Early season WMA hunts offer sportsmen the oportunity to harvest bucks still in velvet.

Cover: September 2012 (SC)

South Carolina Sportsman

Learn which WMAs should produce more deer so you can plan hunts for the coming season. […]

WMAs across South Carolina can range from intensely managed to lightly managed ,and from draw-hunts only to open access with a WMA license.

Will McElveen shoots a Matthews bow that is rated at about 70 pounds pull, which give his arrows a flight speed well in excess of 300 feet per second. But, as is the case for everything McElveen does, there’s a reason for the speed. […]

The Roanoke River Wetlands/National Wildlife Refuge probably has the biggest deer herd of any public-hunting area in North Carolina, but the Jordan game lands, in close proximity to Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, gets heavier pressure and had the state’s biggest public-land harvest last season.

2012-13 Game Lands Preview

Craig Holt

North Carolina’s 89 game lands cover 2 million acres and spread from the mountains to the sea. […]

Bucks use fields early in the season and can be patterned by where and when they enter and leave them.

Pattern early season bucks

Terry Madewell

Will McElveen uses typical scouting techniques employed by many hunters, but he also does a few things differently. […]

Ameristep Chair Blind

North Carolina Sportsman

The new Ameristep Magnum Tent Chair Blind is compact, lightweight, durable and was designed with the archery hunter in mind. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has approved a long-term bear-management plan, but it doesn’t propose any specific changes.

No changes coming in bear regs

Craig Holt

At its July 12 meeting in Raleigh, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission unanimously voted to approve recommendations for bear management that staff biologists had been working on for two years. […]