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Capt. Jerry Neeley and his partner, guide Chris Nichols, show of a nice quartet of late October crappie from Lake Wylie.

Dock of the Day

When the leaves start to change colors, Jerry Neeley and Ed Duke start to change fishing tactics. […]

Backlashes

To bait or not to bait: a bear of a problem

Wes Seegars, former chairman of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, became so upset last year when the agency’s “conservation partners” opposed ideas for regulation changes that came out of the Big Game Committee’s summer meetings, he decided the commission wouldn’t make public the schedule for future meetings. […]

The author admires a fine buck that he took well off the beaten path in western North Carolina’s rugged mountains.

Back of Beyond

Jim Casada

Some years back, a study found that the average deer hunter ventured less than a half-mile from his vehicle, and game wardens will readily tell you that rarely does a hunter on public land get far from roads or maintained trails. […]

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources can provide hunters with average deer-harvest numbers by county as well as estimated deer densities (above).

Does: No-No’s No More

Phillip Gentry

Twenty-five years ago, killing a doe deer was not only disapproved of, it likely would get you run off the property you were hunting or kicked out of your club. […]

Approaching its 10th anniversary, the 2-buck limit has been credited with improving the overall quality of bucks in Piedmont counties. Initially, it resulted in a 10-percent reduction in the antlered-buck harvest.

Betting on Bucks

Dan Kibler

When Scott Osborne was the big-game project leader for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, he kept a map of the state in his desk. For every huge whitetail buck he found out about, he put a dot of black ink in the county where it was killed. […]

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