Side-ignition rifles favored by NC gun historian and maker
NC gunmaker John Braxton, a 44-year veteran from Alamance County, champions side-ignition muzzleloaders over inline designs. He hunts and builds historic rifles for reenactors and teaches muzzle-loading history, with a career spanning flintlocks, matchlocks, and even Civil War cannon carriages.
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Vanceboro
North Carolina
John Braxton
Braxton
Alamance County
Illinois
Bill Barker
Roanoke Colony
Fort Fisher
Cape Fear River
Tennessee
Craven County
Barker
Striped bass fingerlings released in Pamlico Neuse Cape Fear
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission reports stocking over 1.3 million striped bass fingerlings this year across Pamlico Neuse and Cape Fear Rivers. Pamlico received 127 635 fish, Neuse 103 057, Cape Fear 100 733, largely from Watha Hatchery plus Hoffman and Edenton. Additional stockings planned in Falls of the Neuse and Roanoke Rapids Lake in December.
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Pamlico
Neuse
Cape Fear
Watha
Hoffman and
Edenton
Pamlico River
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
New Watha
Pender County
Hoffman
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Commission
Lake Norman
Catawba River
Lake Gaston
Roanoke River
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
The
Roanoke Rapids Lake
North Carolina
Deer Surges Raise Vehicle Collisions Across North Carolina
State troopers report a record 11,877 deer vehicle wrecks last year as deer herds expand amid more roads and development. Wildlife officials estimate a growing deer population at about 50,000, with Piedmont and eastern counties bearing the heaviest losses. Most crashes occurred in Troop C and Troop A regions, including Wake County, reflecting a wider collision risk on highways.
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
Maj. C.F. Patton
State Wildlife Resources Commission
Patton
Piedmont
North Carolina
Troop C
Wake County
Bass fishing ups and downs in weekend tournament
Paul Wachter recalls a Neuse and Trent River bass tournament day with partner Eddie Whitford finishing with two keepers and a dramatic six pound burst that fell short. Gary Price and Melvin Southerland won with 18.71 pounds while Johnnie Jenkins and Donnie Lee placed second and Ronnie Jones with Johnnie Huggin took third.
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Eddie Whitford
Trent River
Johnnie Jenkins
Donnie Lee
Gary Price
Melvin Southerland
Ronnie Jones
Johnnie Huggin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vanceboro Hunting Club
Alamance
Tom Dillon
Sun Journal
Rusty Woolard
Woolard
Jeff Evans
Wildlife Commission
NCWRC
N. Salisbury St
Tri-County
Mountain
King
Clapper
Sora
Virginia
N.C
Carolina Beach
Carolina
Kure
Greens Creek
Oriental Harbor
Outer Banks
Manteo
P.O. Box
Plymouth
Call
N.C. State University
N.C. Wildlife Federation
Atlantic Beach Sheraton
Pine Knoll Shores
N.C. Maritime Museum
the Pet Supermarket
Sams Pet Foods
Eukanuba
Bill
Feop
Eukanuba Dog Foods
Bill's Pe
New Bern
Whitford
Paul Wachter
Bass Report
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Magazine
Jane Turner
Karen Daigneau
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