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July 5, 2022
HomeAuthorsBrian Cope

Articles by Brian Cope

About Brian Cope
Brian Cope of Edisto Island, S.C., is a retired Air Force combat communications technician. He has a B.A. in English Literature from the University of South Carolina and has been writing about the outdoors since 2006. He’s spent half his life hunting and fishing. The rest, he said, has been wasted.
Deer Hunting

Abandon food plots for late-season deer

December 17, 2015 Brian Cope

We’ve spent all season perched in stands overlooking food plots and other well-known grazing areas, waiting for deer to get their feed on. […]

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Best bets for late Canada geese

December 14, 2015 Brian Cope

Hunting get a little tougher later in the Canada goose season, but Wrecking Crew Guide Service’s Daryl Hodge offered some tips to help hunters limit out just the same. […]

When you spook a deer on the way into your stand, it’s a lot easier to put a shotgun bead on a deer than aim a rifle.
Deer Hunting

Why a shotgun is better than a deer rifle

November 18, 2015 Brian Cope

Ernest McLeod has killed his share of deer with rifles, but about 10 years ago he decided that a shotgun was the way to go. […]

When a whitetail buck lifts his nose to test the wind, will he smell your last meal, what was on the seat of your truck, and the flowery detergent in which you washed your hunting clothes?
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Top 4 tips to stay scent free when hunting

November 17, 2015 Brian Cope

It’s a common practice for deer hunters to make themselves as scent-free as possible before heading to their stand, and over the past couple of decades a whole category of gear has sprouted up to help with that task. […]

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Buck found swimming a half mile off North Carolina coast

October 16, 2015 Brian Cope

While venturing to one of the nearshore wrecks off the North Carolina coast yesterday, Capt. Dennis Barbour of Island Tackle & Hardware thought the day was starting out in pretty normal fashion. […]

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‘Clean and healthy’ catfish baits

October 12, 2015 Brian Cope

Mike Spinks of Sumter, S.C., has branched out in other directions when searching for the perfect catfish bait. He goes with fruit and soap. […]

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