Guardian Of The Uwharries: Ollie Thompson Retiring After 33 Years
In Uwharrie National Forest Montgomery County wildlife protector Ollie Thompson prepares to retire after 33 years guarding the area since 1944. From stocking deer to battling illegal hunting and guiding lost hunters, his career shaped the game management refuge and its future rules.
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Ollie
Uwharrie National Forest
Ollie Thompson
Uwharrie
Highway 109
Uwharrie Wildlife Management Area
U. S. Forest Service
Game Lands
North Carolina Wildlife Commission
The
Wildlife Commission
Forest Service
Mount Gilead
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Montgomery County
Max Capel
Alcoa
Badin
Capel
Daddy
Max
Department of Conservation and Development
North Carolina
Dutch John
River Road
Morrow Mountain State Park
Davidson
Rowan
Randolph
Cabarrus
Anson
Richmond County
Burlington
United States
Luther
Outlaw
Attempt To Ban Dove Hunting In S C Details Emerge
Columbia AP reports South Carolina faces a possible challenge to its September dove hunting opening. The Wildlife Commission opposes Friends of Animals pushing federal injunctions, citing doves breeding rates and migratory rights under US Fish and Wildlife Service timing. Officials urge hunters to support the federal framework.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina Wildlife Commission
Commission
South Carolina
The
Wildlife Commission
Brock Conrad
Wildlife Department
Brock
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Friends of the Animals
Fish and Wildlife Service
Dover
Friends of Animals
J.drake Edens
State Commission
Cecil Andrus
North Carolina Sets Migratory Bird Seasons and Elects New Board
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission approved migratory bird seasons including mourning doves opening September 3. Other seasons cover woodcock snipe rails and gallinules with specified dates and a 12 dove daily limit. New officers named J Robert Gordon as chairman and W E Wilson III as vice chairman, among seven new commissioners sworn in by Governor Hunt.
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Raleigh
N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The
Wildlife Commission
J. Robert Gordon
Laurinburg
W. E. Wilson, III
Rocky Mount
Gordon
Jim Hunt
State Capitol
M. Woodrow Price
Gloucester
Eddie Bridges
Greensboro
Lee L. Powers
Lake Lure
Polie Q. Cloninger, Jr
Dallas
Edward Renfrew
Smithfield
Manns Harbor
Boating mooring lines and rope selection guidance
The article explains mooring basics with bow and stern lines and springs. It discusses fenders, slack in tidal areas, handling spring lines, and safety around rudders. It compares natural Manila rope to synthetic fibers like Nylon and Dacron, noting strength, weight, and storage advantages.
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Manila
Lake fishing report highlights by lake names
Lake reports show Lake City area waters clear. fishing slow due to heat though bream thriving. Oak Hollow yields mostly bream and some hybrids. High Rock notes five foot drop yet better recent fishing with white bass schooling and stripers via jigging and trolling. Tuckertown and Badin report dwindling bass but white bass and stripers improving. early morning and late evening key times for largemouth in Badin.
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Ollie
Uwharrie
Outlaw Luther
Oak Hollow
Tuckertown Lake
Hellbenders
Badin Lake
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Guardian of the
Uwharries
Thompson
Benny Phillips
Joe
Hunter
Phillips
Uwharrie Forest
Thigh Point Enterprise
Sonny Hedgecock
Julius Cooper
Lake Reports
City Lake
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