Statewide NC

Dove

How to hit a dove

Craig Holt

The anomaly of mourning doves is they weigh on average only 4 ½ ounces but are one of the most-difficult-to-down game birds in the world. […]

Inshore Fishing

September: Bless the bait

Bryan Bowers

September is not often described as a great fishing month, a designation usually reserved for the cooler months of October and November when fish really start putting the feed on before the serious cold weather arrives. […]

Content

Practice makes perfect

Craig Holt

With North Carolina’s 2012-13 deer season set to begin when the statewide archery season opens Sept. 8, bowhunters from Manteo to Murphy will be in the woods.

Hopefully, most of them will have practiced enough to be able to make accurate shots, but outside conditions and hunter success or failure will vary greatly, depending upon weather, food sources, stand locations and dozens of other variables. […]

Backlashes

Gamefish bill tabled but battle isn’t over

Craig Holt

Legislative bill, H 353, that would have moved three saltwater finfish species — red drum, spotted seatrout and striped bass — into the gamefish category to prevent netting, sale or bartering ended with the 2012 General Assembly’s closure in July. […]