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Bowing to Pressure
Early season bow hunting can be one of the more challenging ways to hunt white-tail deer. But it can be perhaps the most rewarding of all to a serous bow hunter. […]
Statewide NC
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2008 Game Lands Preview
With more people moving to North Carolina and conversions of former farms and wood lands into housing tracts and shopping centers, finding places to hunt can be a frustrating experience. […]
Backlashes
Circle-hook fight and D.C. gun vote
We published a story during August about red drum fishing at Ocracoke. […]
Dove
Banded Doves Provide Vital Information to Biologists
Since 2003, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Section and other partners have taken part in a long-term, multi-state banding study of mourning doves to improve information on dove life history. […]
Featured Story
Angler Reels in State Record Fish on Barbie Doll Rod and Reel
RALEIGH, N.C. (Aug. 20) – It’s David Hayes’ story and he’s sticking with it. The Wilkes County angler used his granddaughter’s Barbie Doll rod-and-reel combo — all 2 ½ feet of it — to reel in a new state record channel catfish that measured 2 inches longer than the fishing pole.
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Currents
A sportsman’s favorite season
I have long believed that September and October — along with April — are the three best months on a sportsman’s calendar, especially in South Carolina. […]
Fishing Tournaments
Aiken, Barfield get weekend wins
Barton Aiken of Greenville worked Spook-type topwater lures and Flukes on June 21 to catch a 5-fish limit on Lake Hartwell and win the final qualifier of the Bassmaster Weekend Series South Carolina West/Georgia East Division 7. […]
Bass Fishing
You can catch suspended bass
Fishing for bass in many of our South Carolina lakes this month poses a problem. The water is super clear, because we’ve gone through a dry summer, but the weather is starting to cool, and the nights are getting longer. […]
Fishing
Piers are a great angling option
My last column signed off with a salute to the 75th anniversary of the South Carolina State Parks program and mentioned fishing piers that are part of two of the coastal state parks. […]
Fishing
Autumn means nymphs for trout
A vast majority of the food a trout eats is below the water’s surface. As fly anglers, we love the sight of a trout taking a fly on top. […]