The Carolinas Archives - Page 160 of 192

Mission’s Hype DTX offers bowhunters plenty of possible high-grade adjustments at a reasonable price.

DTX fulfills the Hype

Not many years ago, compound bows offered little in terms of adjustability. Most models featured only 10 pounds of draw-weight range, and at most, only 3 inches of draw-length adjustment. […]

Most of the live baits that fishermen can catch in cast nets in the fall will draw strikes from flounder, but perhaps mullet are the most productive.

What’s the best way to tempt fall flounder?

Jeff Burleson

Flounder gorge themselves on anything they can get inside their bellies from shrimp, mud minnows and finger mullet to small spots and croakers. But what is the best bait to use? […]

Best rigging for fall flounder

Jeff Burleson

When anglers visit a tackle shop, they find plenty of rigs labeled “flounder rigs.” […]

Planer boards work in conjunction with free lines to spread lines so they don’t get tangled behind the boat.

Freelines, planer boards are a big part of striped bass anglers’ arsenals

Phillip Gentry

Free-lining is a very natural presentation of live bait, with baits allowed to free swim behind the boat, often with enough line out to allow the bait to decide the chosen depth. Rigs can be as simple as a line with a hook on the end. Boat speed should be adequate to maintain a tight line back to the bait. […]

Keep trail cams out as the rut nears; they carry info that’s both new and important as deer change

Jeff Burleson

Trail cameras are about as important to today’s hunter as his or her weapon of choice or tree stand, and they’re not the same as they were 10 or even five years ago. […]

Occoneechee Hunting Lodge

Jerry Dilsaver

Occoneechee Hunting Lodge is near Jackson, N.C., in Northampton County, N.C., just a few miles east of I-95, which makes it very accessible by road. The property also has a grass airstrip near the lodge. […]

Cherokee Run Hunting Lodge

Jerry Dilsaver

Cherokee Run Hunting Lodge is in Chesterfield County, S.C., near the town of Chesterfield, in a triangle bounded by I-95, I-77 and I-85. The lodge encompasses almost 3,500 acres on 15 different properties across the county. […]

A great wood duck hunt may last only 30 minutes before limits are filled.

Ammo for wood ducks: the long and short of It

Marty Shaffner

Veteran duck hunters Bobby Mead, Luke Mathis and Mike Jolly all shoot 12-gauge shotguns when targeting wood ducks, but the similarities end there. […]

Squirrels are not only a popular small-game animal in the Carolinas, they can be a distant early warning system for hunters that deer are entering an area.

Squirrels can be a deer hunter’s best friends

Jeff Burleson

Hunters invest countless hours in a deer stand under a wide variety of conditions. And after years of sitting motionless in the stand and watching the time tick by, they have practically earned a master’s degree in several outdoor disciplines, including interpreting nature’s signals, which can come in many forms, including wildlife alerts. […]