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The Storm 360GT Searchbait isn’t just a bass lure. It also will catch trout and redfish.

The 360GT Searchbait

1999 Bassmaster Classic champion Davy Hite hopped in Bassmater Elite Series pro Jacob Wheeler’s boat on the final day before a tow vehicle took it from Cherokee Lake to the weigh-in Feb. 12. […]

The NCWRC has extended the Roanoke River striped bass harvest season through May 7.

Roanoke River striped bass harvest season extended through May 7

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will extend the striped bass harvest season within the Roanoke River Management Area until midnight on Sunday, May 7. The season had been set to expire by rule on April 30. […]

Changing from a caliper-style release (right) to a back-tension release can help with problems involving holding on the target.

Live with target panic

Sammy Romano

Archery is a sport that requires extreme mental focus, as well as proper form and muscle memory developed through lots of practice. For these reasons, I often compare it to golf. Also like golf, it is a game of mistakes: he or she who makes the fewest mistakes wins. […]

The Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament includes archery, shooting, responsibility, and orienteering.

NCWRC to host 40th pre-collegiate shooting sports championship this month

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will host the 40th annual Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament — the state championship for pre-collegiate shooting sports — on April 29 at the John F. Lentz Hunter Education Complex in Ellerbe in Richmond County. […]

Travis Atkins killed this five-bearded turkey on April 10. The gobbler weighed 22 pounds.

Guilford County hunter kills five-bearded gobbler just off his back porch

Jeff Burleson

A quick trip off the back porch turned into an epic win for Travis Atkins of Summerfield, N.C. […]

Hayden Cardwell didn't realize this bearded turkey was a hen until after he'd shot it. His dad also killed a bearded hen years earlier at a nearby farm.

Rockingham County youngster bags bearded hen

Jerry Dilsaver

Hayden Cardwell got a slow start on North Carolina’s youth-only turkey season. The morning hunt on Saturday, April 1, was not fruitful, but the 12-year-old Rockingham County resident made up for it that afternoon, taking a hen turkey that sported a 9-inch beard. […]

With the help of Capt. Ponytail and the Dream Hunting & Fishing Program, Kaylee Rios caught several stripers and a catfish last weekend on the Roanoke River.

8-year-old cancer patient catches dream fish thanks to Dream Hunting & Fishing Program

Brian Cope

I go on a lot of fun trips as part of my job, and friends always ask me what trip has been my favorite. I’ve never been able to narrow it down to one, but I know that way up on the list is any of the fishing trips I’ve shared with Capt. Ponytail Guide Service, and that was solidified last weekend when I joined him and some other anglers on the Roanoke River as part of the Dream Hunting and Fishing Foundation. […]

A gobbler showing off for a hen is unlikely to leave and head off in the direction of any hen calls from birds that he can’t see.

Wait them out; great hunting is on the way

Dan Kibler

What’s the biological reason for gobblers to get “henned up” early during the annual spring turkey season? Charles Ruth, the biologist who oversees the wild-turkey program for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources said it’s just a natural thing. […]

Scott Hammond said it’s easier to ditch his blind and decoys late in the season when he’s hunting with a bow.

Run-and-bow?

Phillip Gentry

Many hunters may have, on occasion, considered leaving their scattergun at home to give bowhunting turkeys a try. Of that number, some will drop the idea right away, thinking that bowhunting doesn’t fit their preferred style of turkey hunting. […]

When planning a major timber harvest, hunter/landowners should think about leaving some nut-bearing trees along the margins of the cuts to help feed wildlife.

Leave tree-protection zones

Jeff Burleson

From lumber and veneer to fiber, the Carolinas are home to a thriving forest-products industry, and timber harvests are common throughout the region. […]