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Cruising for a Bruiser
A large charterboat headed out through Carolina Beach Inlet, its wake rocking a 21-foot center console anchored in a slough running alongside the inlet’s northerN sandbar. […]
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‘Mr. Orwell, you have a call on line 1984’
Many children of the ’60s will remember college freshman English and studying George Orwell’s book, “1984.” […]
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Key changes in regulations for 2009-2010 are held up by protests
David Cobb, director of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Division of Wildlife Management, said on April 21 that a story in the May issue of North Carolina Sportsman ascribing errors in the way wildlife proposals were listed was partially incorrect. […]
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Commission reverses position on closing committee meetings to public
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has reversed its position with regard to closing committee and sub-committee meetings to the public.
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Franklinton fisherman catches state-record white crappie
Ronnie Emory Jr. of Franklinton will long remember March 30, 2009 – the day he and fishing buddy Jeff Williams caught 43 crappie in a private pond in Granville County. […]
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Game warden shoots and kills hunter after confrontation
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission officials said that a veteran wildlife enforcement officer acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a hunter during a confrontation on Saturday, April 11.
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Tuna-fishing trip produces state-record amberjack
A tuna-fishing trip that didn’t work out wound up producing a state-record 126½-pound amberjack for a Wilmington fisherman on March 31. […]
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State bowhunting group alleges misconduct by commissioners
The N.C. Bowhunters Association sent a letter to Gov. Beverly Perdue on March 25, charging the leadership of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission — chairman Wes Seegars, vice chairman Steve Windham and commissioner David Hoyle Jr., chairman of the Big Game Committee — with threatening retaliation against the group for its role in opposition to some controversial proposals to change hunting regulations.
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Florida officials hook South Carolina fishermen for over-the-limit catches
On March 13, Friday the 13th proved unlucky for four South Carolina anglers when a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer seized their entire catch of 1,268 freshwater fish. The case is believed to be the largest of its kind ever filed in Polk County by the FWC.
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Cary man is winner of grand prize at fishing school
SANFORD — Ward Gaskins of Cary came up a big winner last weekend, taking home the grand prize at the North Carolina Sportsman’ fishing school: a fishing trip to Venice, La.
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