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One of the best tactics for taking swamp gobblers is to pattern their movement and try to intercept them somewhere along traveling routes, setting up and waiting on birds that might not gobble very much.

Outwitting Swamp Gobblers

According to some experienced turkey hunters, not all gobblers are created equal. […]

Hunters should ensure they have turkey tags before heading out for their first hunting trip of the spring season.

Spring turkey hunters urged to order tags for upcoming season

Anyone planning to hunt turkeys this year should ensure they have received tags, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has announced. […]

Pockets of water that have 5- to 7-feet-deep pockets and stumps are some of the best places to find spawning bass.

Tucked Away Bass

Dan Kibler

When Todd Fulk started bass-fishing at Tuckertown Lake regularly a handful of years ago, he didn’t find what he expected. […]

While afield in the mixed habitat of the Piedmont, hunters will often need to set up near fields.

Mixed-up Gobblers

Bruce Ingram

Forty-five minutes before sunrise last April, 54-year-old Fred Cox of Reidsville paused in the ebony darkness of a Tar Heel morning. […]

Davy Hite of Ninety Six is second after the first day of a BASS Elite Series event on Florida's Lake Okeechobee.

Hite second after first day in BASS event on Lake Okeechobee

Special report from www.Bassmaster.com

Ish Monroe of Hughson, Calif., had one of those magical days all pros dream about: hauling aboard lunker after lunker after lunker. […]

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources will hold an antler-scoring session at this week's Palmetto Sportsman's Classic in Columbia.

Palmetto Sportsman’s Classic returns to Columbia this week

South Carolina Sportsman

Lee and Tiffany Lakosky of the popular hunting television show, “The Crush” will highlight featured attractions at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ Palmetto Sportsman’s Classic, which is scheduled this week at the state fairgrounds in Columbia. […]

Kristopher and Chelsey Queen from Bandys High School took 1st place at the North Carolina High School Fishing State Championship.

Brother-sister duo wins North Carolina High School Fishing State Championship

From News Reports

The brother and sister team of Kristopher and Chelsey Queen from Bandys High School are well on their way in the world of tournament bass fishing. […]

Flounder fishermen who target flatfish around reefs and wrecks in the ocean aren't required to use circle hooks with live bait as are anglers targeting members of the grouper/snapper complex.

Circle hook regs don’t affect flounder fishermen

Jerry Dilsaver

When the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council passed a regulation several years ago that required circle hooks to catch fish in the grouper-snapper complex, fishermen were caught up in questions about whether anglers targeting other bottomfish species could use standard J-hooks – or were they faced with trying to catch, say, flounder, on circle hooks. […]

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission seizes illegally-held deer

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission on Thursday, March 15 seized and euthanized four adult whitetail deer being held without permit or license in Iredell County.
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Subcommittee grills DNR Board chairwoman, delays ruling on her job status

Pat Robertson

The chairwoman of the S.C. Natural Resources Board, Caroline Rhodes of Charleston, will have to wait a while longer to find out if she will retain her position. […]