Recreational fishing pumps almost $2 billion into North Carolina’s economy on an annual basis, according to reports issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the American Sportfishing Association.
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The counsel for the N.C. Legislative Rules Review Commission said the disputed game-and-fish law changes for 2009-10 could be submitted as temporary rules and be in place for the upcoming hunting seasons.
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The recent session of the South Carolina General Assembly made changes to the Saltwater Recreational Fishing License effective July 1, 2009. License fees will not change. […]
The center of the high-school hunter safety universe in North Carolina shifted decidedly from Yadkin County to the southern Piedmont in late April. […]
North Carolina hunters had another record-setting harvest during the 2008-09 deer season, with a total of 176,297 deer kills reported. […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s 140-year-old ban on hunting with guns on Sundays appears safe for another year or two. […]
Dean Phillips of the Coastal Fisheries Reform Group, an organization dedicated to preserving and protecting coastal and saltwater resources, has charged that Rep. Tim Spear (D-Creswell) told him a bill that would give gamefish protection to spotted sea trout and red drum “had no business” appearing before a legislative committee that Spear chairs.
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Some people think the most-difficult feat in sports is hitting for the cycle — a single, double, triple, home run in a single Major League baseball game — because that’s happened fewer times than pitching a no-hitter. […]
A Stokes County hunter has bagged what appears to be the biggest wild turkey ever taken in North Carolina using archery equipment.
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The annual Spanish invasion usually begins along North Carolina’s southern coast in late April with a few platoons of scouts, but by May, the armada has arrived from more southern climes, and the occupation is in full swing. […]
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