Statewide NC Archives - Page 531 of 633

Dog-day Crappie

Tim Mead

According to the old song, when it’s summertime, the living is easy. […]

Ellen Padgett shows that women can handle a shotgun with the men, knocking down doves at a WMA hunt.

Share the Fun

John Gribb

“Mark!”

“Bird!”

“There comes a bird, behind you.”

“Low bird, low bird, don’t shoot!” […]

Hunt managers at the Croft State Natural Area promote taking antlerless deer by guaranteeing that hunters who take a doe on a permit-only hunt will receive a permit for the next year without having to be drawn.

Hit the Lottery!

Phillip Gentry

Deer are creatures of habit. […]

Sheepshead are delicious, fun-to-catch fish that are often overlooked by inshore and nearshore fishermen.

Bust the Flock

Terry Madewell

Sheepshead fishing is excellent along the entire South Carolina coast throughout the summer and fall. […]

August is the top month for fishermen to target tarpon in South Carolina waters. Fish will usually be found shadowing large schools of bait, often rolling to the surface to gulp air for their swim bladders.

The Silver Standard

Jeff Burleson

Leaping and bounding from wave to wave at lightening speed fits the profile for a phenomenal hookup with the elusive top predator and coveted sportfish of South Carolina’s waters. […]

Robert Rikard of Lexington finished fourth overall and led South Carolina’s team to fourth place in the TBF Southern Divisional on North Carolina’s Lake Norman.

Rikard leads S.C. TBF team again

Pat Robertson

Robert Rikard of Lexington had never seen North Carolina’s Lake Norman until the Saturday before The Bass Federation’s Southern Divisional in mid-June. […]

Properly adding lime and fertilizer to a food plot like this powerline right-of-way is a key to getting a good stand of deer forage.

Avoid common planting mistakes

Jeff Burleson

As the change of seasons approaches throughout the northern hemisphere, nature’s crops of acorns, beech nuts, muscadine grapes, and persimmons are available for deer to eat in most areas, but in a little while, they will quickly be consumed. […]