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Wanna step outside? NC hunters achieve record harvest in recent spring turkey season

By Dan Kibler Turkey hunters in North Carolina are obviously onto a good thing. During the recent spring ...

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Wanna step outside? Prime time for bass fishing

By Dan Kibler For about 10 weeks, about the only thing that bass fishermen around Piedmont North Carolina ...

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Mike Wilson: Ice capades

By Mike Wilson I am no Nancy Kerrigan, by which I do not mean to suggest that I ...

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Wanna step outside? Mark your calendars for dove and duck hunting seasons

By Dan Kibler North Carolina hunters can pencil in the dates for migratory bird seasons, as the N.C. ...

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Wanna step outside? The lowdown on turkey gobbling

By Dan Kibler About a month ago, some of the miscreants I consider fountains of hunting knowledge started ...

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Three Rivers Land Trust transfers 4-wheel drive trail property to Uwharrie National Forest

The Uwharrie National Forest is one of the few locations in central North Carolina where off highway vehicle ...

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If you see an armadillo, let Wildlife Commission know 

RALEIGH — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking the public to report any sightings of nine-banded armadillos ...

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Wanna step outside: CWD virtual hearing coming April 18

By Dan Kibler  Deer hunters across North Carolina — and particularly in northwest North Carolina and the northern Piedmont ...

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Card finishes 16th in Bassmaster Classic

Brandon Card of Salisbury finished 16th and earned $13,000 with bass weighing 28 pounds, 15 ounces at the ...

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Wild turkey season opens April 1 in NC

RALEIGH — Wild turkey hunting season opens in North Carolina on April 1. The youth season is April ...

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Wanna step outside? Women can learn outdoor skills April 14-26

Women from across North Carolina have a unique opportunity to become more acquainted with outdoor pursuits thanks to ...

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Hatchery supported trout waters open April 1

RALEIGH — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open approximately 1,000 miles of hatchery supported trout waters at ...

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Wanna step outside? Youth hunter-safety tournaments begin

The District 7 Youth Hunter Education Skills Tournament have begun a series of nine regional events. Hunter-ed teams ...

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Blue Ridge Snorkel Trail in western North Carolina opening in spring

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, in collaboration with partners, has opened the Blue Ridge Snorkel ...

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Mike Wilson: The high art of the low crawl

I killed my first duck, a hen mallard, while lying on my belly in soupy mud under buckbushes ...

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Wanna step outside: Buckshot and Boone clean up at pheasant hunt

I f you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s like I did, and you were much of ...

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Major League Fishing championship coming to Lake Norman in March

Major League Fishing’s Bass Pro Tour championship will visit Lake Norman  March 8-12 to crown professional bass fishing’s ...

Lifestyle

Mike Wilson: The fugitive — an uninvited lesson in applied calculus

By Mike Wilson When my wife and I decided to dock our powerboat at Lake Norman, I was ...

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Mike Wilson: Lulling mallards

By Mike Wilson My good friend the Boss Man and I often joke about lulling our opponents into ...

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Wanna step outside? Speckled trout largely avoid cold-stun kills in North Carolina waters

By Dan Kibler Fishermen in North Carolina will be thrilled to hear that speckled trout and 19th-century author ...

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Wanna step outside? Great news for turkey hunters

By Dan Kibler Turkey hunters across North Carolina got some good news from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: ...

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Mike Wilson: Closing day, January 1983

By Mike Wilson The sky glows with that golden hue peculiar to a late winter afternoon. The temperature ...

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Wanna step outside? Will recent cold spell doom speckled trout fishing?

By Dan Kibler I wondered recently how many other sportsmen were caught between a rock and a hard place ...

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Wanna step outside? Crappie are a great fish to target year-round

By Dan Kibler So, what about a Christmas crappie? Those are two words that don’t necessarily go together ...

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Mike Wilson’s Lick Creek Days: The bream rock

By Mike Wilson As a sexagenarian, I have lost almost all of my enthusiasm for baking outdoors in ...

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Wanna step outside? Two new cases of CWD in deer; duck season begins Saturday

By Dan Kibler The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced last week that two more deer have tested positive ...

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Dan Kibler: Be prepared when getting ready for a hunt

When deer season approaches and arrives, it’s always a great idea to get your ducks in a row. ...

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Wanna step outside? Special anniversary of first buck 50 years ago

By Dan Kibler Fifty years. It can’t have been 50 years. On Dec. 2, 1972, I swung my ...

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