Columns
A look at 2020’s new bows
These three bow manufacturers have great additions for 2020.[…]
North Carolina
Other Hunting
Hunters in Carolinas kill 149 coyotes in weekend
Hunters from across the Carolinas competed this past weekend in the sixth annual Carolina Coyote Classic. Together, they killed 149 coyotes.[…]
Alligator
Live frozen gators spotted at North Carolina nature park
Alligators don’t often have to worry about the water freezing around them, but they don’t seem to mind it one bit. They just freeze themselves in, but keep their noses above the surface so they can breathe just fine.[…]
Fishing
Fuel accidentally pumped into rod holder leads to explosion
Three people were injured when a boat exploded last week in North Carolina after 28 gallons of fuel were inadvertently pumped into a fishing rod holder instead of the gas tank, according to media reports.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Two state-record catfish caught in as many days for N.C. angler
The biggest catfish I’ve ever laid my eyes on went about 35 pounds, and it looked freakish. But it can’t hold a candle to two blue catfish a North Carolina angler landed in on consecutive days — setting a state record with each catch.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Buck found swimming a half mile off North Carolina coast
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.[…]
Hog Hunting
Father-son duo bring home the bacon, down 700-pound-plus N.C. hog
Jonathan Florence admitted that it was “pure luck”, but neither he nor his father, Bruce, is about to downplay the hunt last Friday in Transylvania County that ended with Bruce Florence killing a 707 ½-pound wild hog he said could be best described with one word: buffalo.[…]
News Breaker
North Carolina’s No. 2 all-time black bear killed by Virginia hunter
On the morning of Nov. 11, Thomas Capps of Richmond, Va., killed a 782-pound black bear from a blind overlooking a field of soybeans and corn on private land in Hyde County. […]