Night Deer Hunters Run Heavy Risk
North Carolina sees a rise in illegal night deer shooting or firefighting using spotlights. Wildlife officials report arrests up about 50 percent as they deploy airplanes and ground crews to cover large areas and deter the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Dean
North Carolina
Don Curtis
Division of Protection
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Piedmont
Curtis
the Wildlife Commission
Don
Up North Dogsled Racing Growing By Huffs and Puffs
TRAVERSE CITY Mich AP The dogsled sport draws big crowds in Michigan with races 20 to 30 miles long and 3,000 plus fans. Pro racer Tom Mathias of Decatur outlines gear, training, and the key lead dog role in this growing frontier activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse City
Mich
Tom Mathias
Decatur
Mathias
Michigan
All Outdoors Vaughn Went West Where Deer Antelope Roam
Rick Vaughn, a High Point real estate salesman, and his wife Carolyn plus her brother Rusty Leitzsey spent nearly two weeks in Wyoming hunting antelope and mule deer without guides. They camped in a tent trailer in Medicine Bow and Snowy Range areas at about 10 000 feet, car camping near streams and hunting on private ranches with free permits. Vaughn bagged a whitetail in North Carolina after returning, and hopes to hunt again if fuel allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Phillips
Rick Vaughn
Wyoming
Rick
Carolyn
Rusty Leitzsey
Vaughn
Piedmont
Uwharrie
Fairview
Prairie
Vaughns
Medicine Row
North Flat River
York County
D.C
Clover
Bob White
The quail as North Carolina hunting king and lore
Popularity of the bobwhite quail dominates Carolina hunting culture with noted devotion from Ralph Webb and Ed Byrd. The piece recounts quail legends, a Morganton game lands moment, and a humorous price tale ending with hunters declaring quail hunting a ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Higgins
Carolinas
mid-Georgia
Ralph Webb
Ellerbe
N. C
N. C. Wildlife Commission
Ed Byrd
Richmond County
N.C
Morganton
Wildlife Commission
Jim Connally
Burke County
Wildlife Agency
Connally
Boating Q and A on Winter Care for Boats and Fuel
Stan Davies answers reader questions on disposing leftover outboard fuel safely using car mix, storing and tarpaulin considerations for wooden boats, winter work indoors, fiberglass aging, diver flags, trailer storage, and sun protection for fiberglass boats.
Tide Flats Buzz With Oyster Gatherers At Low Tide
On a foggy Saturday morning the Low Tide flats near Lockwood Folly River drew about fifty people collecting oysters and clams. Families, two teens, and a fifth grader joined parents as workers filled baskets while wading birds patrolled the marsh edge and the tide returned by dusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Tyler
Lockwood
Folly
Supply
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Sonny Hedgecock
Alaska
Fairbanks-to-Nome
Gee
Haw
Medicine Bow
Snowy Range
Phillips
Rocky Carter
Deborah Street
High Point
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