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Greenwood veteran angler Bill Brookshire uses a 7- to 8-foot-long fly rod to fish vertically for crappies at boat docks each spring.

Karaoke Crappie

Surveying the landscape, seeing the boat docks, bridges, river arms, and just the general atmosphere of Lake Greenwood, even a novice angler can tell this is a place to catch fish. […]

Alex White and his dad, Bob, of Hickory, N.C., found redfish by using hardbaits.

Hardheads for Reds

Walt Rhodes

Standing on the bow of the flats boat, I felt like a ready-made hamburger under the heat lamp after the lunch crowd was long gone. […]

Joe Kelly likes to use old-time tube calls, and he does it with great effectiveness.

Talking Turkey

Terry Madewell

It’s turkey-talking time in the Palmetto State, and hunters are getting ready to hit the woods. […]

Blades are weapons of choice for some spring anglers.

Bodacious Bassin’

Walt Rhodes

The 2006 B.A.S.S. Elite Series Santee Cooper Showdown put the exclamation mark behind the fantastic largemouth bass fishing that the lakes support. […]

Dolphins are a treat to catch because they are so beautiful when pulled from the water and they are tremendous to eat when filleted and cooked on a grill.

2007 Offshore Forecast

Walt Rhodes

The Atlantic Ocean is a really big fishing hole.

Besides the enormity and variety of gamefish populations the Atlantic hosts, the ocean borders several countries, each, no matter how large or small, vying for its fair slice of the pie, plus a few other nations who wet a line in the pond that want to crash the dessert table. […]

Currents

Ethical hunting key to the future

Pat Robertson

The recent furor over hunting ducks at shooting preserves is a classic example of why hunters must be increasingly vigilant to educate the non-hunting public about ethical hunting. […]

Randall Luthi has been appointed as the deputy director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Luthi Appointed as FWS Deputy Director

From News Reports

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall today announced the appointment of Randall Luthi as deputy director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. […]

A bill by a state senator would end bag limits statewide for white-tailed deer and add two weeks to the season, effectively taking management out of the hands of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Senate Bill Proposes End of N.C. Deer Bag Limits

From News Reports

State senator Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph) has introduced a bill (S79) at the N.C, Senate that would extend the state-wide white-tailed deer gun season by two weeks, one week at the beginning and one at the end of the present gun season. […]

Tens of thousands of snow geese from Pungo Lake land at a Washington County farm field during January 2007.

OLF Opponents Note Gag Order on FWS

From News Reports

The U.S. Department of Interior has placed a gag order on N.C. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists working at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, according to N.C. environmental lawyers.
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Sessions on scoring deer antlers, such as this unique set, will be offered by DNR at numerous locations across South Carolina during March.

Antler Scoring Sessions Scheduled in March

From News Reports

Antlers will abound throughout the Palmetto State as the search for new state record deer antlers gets underway during the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ annual series of scoring sessions. […]