Statewide SC Archives - Page 55 of 90

Capt. John Ward of Affinity Charters said the trout bite may be returning to normal, if anyone knows what that is for South Carolina.

Bouncing back

Before 2018, anglers had become so accustomed to mild winters along the South Carolina coast and the huge bonanza of speckled trout the good weather allowed, it was almost taken for granted. […]

The SCDNR is teaming up with several other organizations to hold a free celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Day this Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018.

National Hunting and Fishing Day celebration this Saturday in Upstate

SCDNR News Release

Oconee County’s South Cove County Park near Seneca will host a family event celebrating National Hunting and Fishing Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22. This free family adventure is open to the public. […]

The SCDNR has expanded the deer hunting closures in South Carolina's Pee Dee and Waccamaw River regions beginning Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018.

UPDATE: SCDNR expands deer hunting closure areas

SCDNR News Release

Based on continued monitoring of the flooding situation and additional input from staff in the field the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) has expanded the temporary hunting closure zone (issued on 9/17/2018) to encompass more of the Pee Dee River drainage. […]

The SCDNR has issued temporary deer hunting closures in portions of the Pee Dee and Waccamaw River drainage systems because of high water due to Hurricane Florence.

Deer hunting temporarily halted in portions of Pee Dee, Waccamaw areas

SCDNR News Release

Due to the extreme high river level and widespread flooding following Hurricane Florence, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) has declared a temporary closure for hunting within the Pee Dee and Waccamaw River drainage systems on all game species except for alligator, doves, hogs and coyotes. […]

Cowden Plantation and the SCDNR are teaming up once again to offer deer hunts to veterans in honor of Spc. Thomas Caughman, who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

Cowden Plantation, SCDNR offering deer hunts for veterans

SCDNR News Release

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources and Cowden Plantation near Jackson, S.C., are offering their thanks and appreciation to our military (active, retired, reserved, disabled) in memory of Spc. Thomas Caughman by hosting two free deer hunts on Nov. 30, 2018, and Dec. 14, 2018. […]

Approved landowners will receive up to five wood duck boxes along with predator shields.

Free wood duck boxes available to private land owners

SCDNR News Release

A limited number of free wood duck boxes will again be available to private landowners and other qualified applicants this fall through a partnership between the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the State Chapter of Ducks Unlimited. Interested individuals can apply for the available boxes via the SCDNR website (see link below). […]

CCA SC and Sea Hunt boats will give away a $43,000 Sea Hunt boat package tomorrow, Sept. 5 at 1:30 on Facebook Live. One participant of the 2018 CCA STAR tournament will win the boat.

CCA SC, Sea Hunt giving away $43,000 boat package tomorrow

Brian Cope

CCA South Carolina’s 2018 STAR Tournament ended Monday, and for the second year in a row, none of the registered anglers caught a STAR tagged fish that is worth a Sea Hunt boat package worth over $40,000. […]

Charter Captain Chip Veach came up from Florida to kill this South Carolina brute on Aug. 23, 2018.

Charter captain tags great Bamberg County, SC buck

Dan Kibler

Charter captain Chip Veach of Key West, Fla., has hunted all over for trophy bucks over the past decade or so, including multiple trips to Montana and Canada. […]

Zachary Dinkins of Gilbert, SC killed this big buck on South Carolina's 2018 opening day of deer season.

Lexington County hunter bags 140-inch opening day trophy

Brian Carroll

On the afternoon of Aug. 15, with the temperature pushing 90 degrees, Zachary Dinkins of Gilbert, S.C., opened South Carolina’s deer season by killing a Lexington County buck that had been nicknamed “Swamp Donkey” — a 9-point, 22-inch wide, 224-pound brute. […]