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Blake Hodge, 16, of Lancaster won the South Carolina State Junior Duck Calling Championships earlier this month during the Winyah Bay Heritage Festival. He will represent the state this fall at the World Championship in Stuttgart, Ark.

Hodge wins state Junior Duck Calling Championship

Sixteen-year-old Blake Hodge won the South Carolina State Junior Duck Calling Championship held on March 4 at the Winyah Bay Heritage Festival in Georgetown. […]

Doc Thurston has resigned from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Member of Wildlife Resources Commission resigns

Craig Holt

Doc Thurston of Charlotte has resigned his post as a North Carolina Wildlife Resources commissioner. […]

South Carolina senators are seeking the ouster of SCDNR Chair Caroline Rhodes amid allegations of wrongdoing in connection with the ouster of the agency's John Frampton.

Senators seek ouster, possible prosecution of SCDNR chair

Pat Robertson

Despite a call by several senators for Gov. Nikki Haley to remove Caroline Rhodes as chair of the Department of Natural Resources Board, the governor is standing by her chairwoman – at least for now. […]

Big blue catfish will congregate in coastal rivers around Georgetown when American and Hickory shad begin their spring spawning runs, out of the saltwater and up those rivers.

Shad Run Catfish

Walt Rhodes

Even though winter never really gets a good grip on the Lowcountry, the lengthening days of March have a feel to them like none other on the calendar. […]

The 2012 turkey hunting season should be fair this year, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources predicts.

Turkey season outlook fair, SCDNR says

SCDNR News Release

An estimated 50,000 hunters will take to the woods during the upcoming turkey season, generating an estimated $30 million in direct expenditures for South Carolina’s economy. […]

Chad Coley of South Hill, Va., entered a nearly-perfect 5x5 rack into the 2012 Dixie Deer Classic. The deer qualified for the Boone & Crockett all-time record book a net score of 173 4/8 inches.

‘Book’ bucks star at Dixie Deer Classic

Craig Holt

The Dixie Deer Classic once again lured to Raleigh thousands of sportsmen, sportswomen and youngsters, but more important, it lured in hundreds of great bucks to the big-buck contest, including five that qualified for the Boone & Crockett Club’s all-time record book. […]