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Brian Roth, mayor of Plymouth, was honored as the NCWF’s Municipal Conservationist of the Year. He is helping lead his region’s fight against the U.S. Navy’s plan to build an Outlying Landing Field in Washington and Beaufort counties. He is a former Navy flight officer.

Plymouth Mayor Earns Wildlife Federation Honor

RALEIGH — Brian Roth, former Navy flight officer and current mayor of Plymouth and one of the leaders of the fight to keep the Navy’s Outlying Landing Field out of his community, was honored as the Municipal Conservationist of the Year by the N.C. Wildlife Federation at its banquet Feb. 10 at the North Raleigh Hilton.
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Anglers fishing for flounders in the Atlantic Ocean now will have a 14 ½-inch minimum-size. The daily limit remains 8 flounder.

Ocean Flounder Minimum Size Increases

Jerry Dilsaver

Anglers are advised the size limit for flounder recreationally caught in the Atlantic Ocean will increase from 14 inches to 14 1/2 inches effective February 8. […]

Pets in shelters in northeastern N.C. were in danger from PETA agents, who killed dogs and cats and dumped their bodies into dumpsters. The alleged animal-rights group is based at Norfolk,Va.

PETA Workers Get Wrist Slap for Killing Animals

From News Reports

WINTON, N.C. — A jury on Feb. 2 declared two People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals workers guilty of littering by dumping animal carcasses in a dumpster behind an Ahoskie, N.C. supermarket but dismissed charges of animal cruelty. […]

Richard Mode (center) of Morganton received $50,000 from Budweiser brand manager Paul Simmons (left) and Donn Waage of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation at the Orlando SHOT Show.

This Bud’s for Richard Mode

Craig Holt

Richard Mode of Morganton has spent the last three decades mobilizing outdoors-loving people into a powerful force that has impacted local, state and federal resource management decisions and legislation. […]

A late action taken by Congress allows new boat owners to deduct sales tax from 2006 purchases.

Congressional Extension of Sales Tax Deduction Includes Boats

From News Reports

Thanks to action taken by Congress in December, tax filers who made a large purchase in 2006, such as a boat, may deduct state and local sales taxes paid if the tax rate applied to the boat was the same as the state’s general sales tax. […]

Cover: February 2007 (NC) – Hunting

North Carolina Sportsman

Tarheel hunters dropped some absolute beasts this season. […]

Cover: February 2007 (NC) – Fishing

North Carolina Sportsman

Several mild winters have led to an incredibly good speckled trout run. […]

The new Smith & Wesson Military & Police semi-auto line is so comfortable, it feels like an extension of the shooter’s hand.

New Smith & Wesson M&P a joy to hold

Gordon Hutchinson

The young woman certainly looked like she knew what she was doing.

Slim, longish brown hair, attractive, early 30s, she held the Glock 19 with a firm two-handed grip and addressed the target aggressively, her head tilted forward as she gained proper sight picture. […]

Rick Bennett of Wilmington instructs a classroom of eager anglers about saltwater fishing techniques at last year’s Sportsman Fishing School.

Make like a fish; go to school

Jerry Dilsaver

If you aren’t a striper or bluefin fisherman or one of those dedicated anglers who chases speckled trout and red drum all year, then the winter months at the North Carolina coast are a slow time. […]

Take care of needed boat maintenance and repairs now and you can fish instead of paying a boat shop during fishing season.

Now’s time to take care of boat

David Fritts

I am probably the last person to preach to anybody else about keeping his or her boat in good shape or make a special effort to get it ready for the beginning of the bass-fishing season. […]