Fishing
Keep your cool when the heat is on
In the strange event you somehow haven’t noticed, it’s hot every day, and the evening, it barely cools down, dropping to temperatures we considered hot just a month ago. […]
Statewide NC
Freshwater Fishing
Summer is prime time for camping/fishing trips
Summer is an ideal time to plan a fishing/camping trip to the mountains. The weather is ideal, with warm days and cool evenings, making sleeping out a true pleasure. […]
Greener Pastures
Wildlife management never rests
Any seasoned hunter understands the investments needed to grow quality deer and bumper populations of ducks and quail on their hunting lands. […]
Fish Like a Pro
Summer patterns that really work
Summer brings on unique fishing challenges — increased boat traffic, oxygen-level problems and just plain hot temperatures. […]
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Turkey harvest breaks record again
North Carolina hunters killed a record 13,756 wild turkeys during the 2010 spring season. […]
Backlashes
Written permission worth considering
Nothing is more irritating to sportsmen or clubs than to own or lease land for hunting and have unauthorized folks hunt that land, perhaps killing a trophy animal the landowner or lessees watched all summer, waiting for hunting season to arrive. […]
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Kiss-ing Triggers
The order of the day was bottom-fishing when Capt. Devin Cage steered The Poacher out of the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center and into the ocean. […]
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Sheepshead on the Rocks
Fishing partners Lewis Emery and Larry Essick of Wilmington enjoy chasing a couple of species that are plentiful in their area, but they often take a break from red drum and sea trout to challenge sheepshead. […]
Bass Fishing
Smallmouth ‘Toe’-Hold
Scott Cunningham backed his trailer down a steep incline, the sort of grade where an angler hopes his parking brake holds when he off-loads his boat, lest he need a wrecker or winch to fish his pickup out of the water. […]
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Deer Dynamics: Antler Growth
As the days become longer, the process of “photoperiod” takes hold — stimulating more hormonal growth for bucks. […]