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Preseason scouting for Carolina turkey hunters
Before turkey season arrives, do plenty of scouting to learn areas birds are roosting, feeding, and strutting to get a leg up on tagging that first tom. […]
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Apply now for South Carolina’s public lottery turkey hunts
Apply now for South Carolina’s 2019 public land lottery turkey hunts. The deadline is Feb. 22. […]
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NCWRC, NWTF offering free turkey hunting seminars
The NCWRC and NWTF are offering numerous turkey hunting seminars throughout North Caroilna in March to help prepare hunters for the 2019 season, which begins in April and runs through May. […]
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SCDNR asking for volunteers to participate in Summer Turkey Survey
Annually, since 1982, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conducts a Summer Turkey Survey to estimate reproduction and recruitment of wild turkeys in South Carolina. The survey involves agency wildlife biologists, technicians, and conservation officers, as well as many volunteers from other natural resource agencies and the general public. […]
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NCWRC requesting help with reporting wild turkey observations
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is seeking public assistance in reporting observations of wild turkeys this summer. […]
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Chatham County bowhunter drops trophy longbeard
After Jake Muehlbach took a few career bucks on his Chatham County hunting land last fall, he was ready to chase another dream — shooting a big tom turkey with his bow. And on the afternoon of April 18, a longbeard couldn’t resist the appeal of his Avian X hen decoy, making it easy for Muehlbach to check off that box on his bucket list. […]
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Bowhunter kills bearded hen in Rockingham County
For the average turkey hunter, a bearded hen is something you don’t see everyday — one with a beard long enough to rival a full-grown gobbler is pretty darn rare. Shoot it with a bow and arrow and you’ve got a real anomaly. […]
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Rockingham County hunter bags 7-bearded gobbler
Stanley Farmer of Stoneville, N.C. was expecting to see a gobbler and probably get a shot when he headed to a series of connected food plots on a Rockingham County, N.C. farm shortly after lunch on April 17, but the long-time turkey hunter wasn’t prepared for either the show he was treated to, or the trophy turkey with seven beards he bagged around 1:30 p.m. […]
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Youth hunter kills two turkeys with one shot
I don’t remember the first fish I ever caught. That’s probably true for many of us, especially those who did it when we were very young. One bluegill turns into a dozen, and before you know it, your memory is blurred. […]
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SC turkey season outlook is good for 2018
South Carolina’s 2018 turkey season starts in less than two weeks, and according to wildlife biologists with the SCDNR, the outlook is good for most of the state. Hunter participation is also expected to be up. […]