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Eastern N.C. bear hunters can only growl about weather

Huntmaster Tommy Melvin poses with a 344-pound black bear killed in Beaufort County by his dog-hunting club.

The first segments of the black bear season at eastern N.C.’s traditional hot spots provided some outstanding results, with the only drawback a mid-week weather system that brought torrential rain, high winds and even a November tornado.
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1st Annual Cape Fear Wildlife Expo to be Held in Wilmington

The First Annual Cape Fear Wildlife Expo will be held March 21 and 22, 2009 in Wilmington.

The First Annual Cape Fear Wildlife Expo will be held Saturday, March 21st from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 22nd from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. in historic downtown Wilmington’s Schwartz Center and Coastline Convention Center.
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November Hobie Fishing Anglers Challenge for SE Kayak Anglers

The Hobie Fishing Anglers Challenge is a catch-photo-release tournament featuring speckled trout and red drum for kayak anglers across the SE U.S. during the month of November.

The Hobie Fishing Anglers Challenge, an online fishing tournament sponsored by Hobie Fishing for November 2008 has been announced by Hobie Fishing and 321Fish.Com.
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Near Record Wahoo Caught Oct. 15

The 114 pound wahoo that Billy Brock, Sr. caught on Oct. 15 kept the SIB Fishing Team chasing it for almost 4 hours.

October 15 was a good day for Billy Brock, Sr. Unlike some folks who were rushing to get their taxes in before the extension expired, he was reaping the dividends of being more timely in dealing with the IRS.
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Speck bite torrid, sizes huge at Crystal Coastal creeks

North Carolina Sportsman publisher Ty Conti, Sportsman Magazines national sales director Marc Hilzim and DownEast Guide Service's Brian Harrington display half of a four-hour trip's catch of speckled trout, including Conti's 7-pounder. These fish all hit live shrimp

MOREHEAD CITY — Big numbers of spotted sea trout and some of the heftiest individual specimens of the last five years are available to anglers now (October) and will be available through November in the marshes, creeks and rivers behind Morehead City and Beaufort.
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Kay Crocker Passes Away Unexpectedly on October 3

Kay Crocker with his young sons Newland and Will and the king mackerel he caught earlier that day that won one of the Wrightsville Beach King Mackerel Tournaments in the early 1980s.

Boaters and fishermen in North and South Carolina lost a friend and icon October 3, when Newland Kay Crocker passed away.
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WRC Staff at Odds With Commissioners’ Proposals

Deer hunters will be able to hunt whitetails with any weapon from mid-October to the end of the season, starting in 2009, if a proposal by the WRC’s commissioners is approved.

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s commissioners are at odds with the professional staff’s proposals for deer-season and bag limits for 2009-10.
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Seasons Peaking for EJW Outdoors Big King and Big Buck Classics

The EJW Outdoors Big King and Big Buck Classics are going on through December 31 and January 1. Many Tar Heel sportsmen feel the best time to bag the winning king or buck is between now and then.

The old saying, "There's no time like the present," has a special ring to it right now! The seasons for the Big King and Big Buck Classics presented by EJW Outdoors in Morehead City, may have begun a few months ago, but savvy Tar Heel fishermen and hunters know the prime time for bagging the winning king or deer is right now.
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Hunter Green

As Steve Sanetti of the National Shooting Sports Foundation points out in this op-ed piece, hunters are the leading 'green' Americans.

Today's green movement uses certain buzzwords -- organic, locavore, renewable -- to the wry amusement of 15 million to 20 million of us who've actually lived the eco-friendly lifestyle that these words describe.
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WRC schedules public hearings

N.C. Sportsmen will get a chance to express their opinions about proposed changers in N.C.'s fishing, hunting and trapping laws during January's public hearings.

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has scheduled its annual series of nine public hearings to allow citizens to comment on dozens of proposed changes to the state’s hunting and fishing rules.
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Bladen County to Open 17 New Oyster Shell Recycling Sites

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and the Bladen County Solid Waste management will add oyster shell recycling locations at all 17 county waste convenience centers beginning November 19.

MOREHEAD CITY – Folks in Bladen County areas will soon have 17 new places to chuck their oyster shucks.
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N. C. Wildlife Forester Honored with Wildlife Management Excellence Award

Dean Simon has been presented the Wildlife Management Excellence Awards by the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

RALEIGH, N.C. (Nov. 5, 2008) – The Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, an organization of state agencies with primary responsibility for management and protection of the fish and wildlife resources in 15 states, has presented its prestigious Wildlife Management Excellence Award to North Carolina’s Dean Simon.
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WRC Postpones Trout Stocking for Reddies River

Because of increased turbidity and lower survival rates downstream of the dredging by the town of North Wilksboro, trout stockings in the Reddies River have been postponed until the dredging is completed.

RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has postponed the November delayed-harvest trout stocking for Reddies River in Wilkes County.
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A place for bird dogs, bird hunts

Classic north-central piedmont farm habitat, with fields of milo, millet, corn and sorghum await bird hunters at Hunting Creek Preserves of Iredell County.

With the loss of habitat and predator problems, North Carolina quail numbers have declined seriously the last 20 years.
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Fritts earns $125,000 at Clarks Hill

David Fritts earned $125,000 at Clarks Hill Lake by winning a four-day tournament with a 10-pound margin.

David Fritts of Lexington was wearing a million-dollar smile as he cashed a check for $125,000 for winning the FLW Series Eastern Division tournament the last weekend of October at South Carolina’s Clarks Hill Lake.
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Oak Island votes to buy Yaupon Beach Pier

The town of Oak Island voted to purchase Yaupon Pier, contingent upon public funds becoming available.

Oak Island‘s town Council voted Nov. 14 to buy Yaupon Beach Pier for $1.5 million.
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N. C. Wildlife Officer Honored With Prestigious Regional Award

Dan Forster, president of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and director of Georgia Wildlife Resources Division, presents Master Officer Robert Wayne of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission the Wildlife Officer of the Year, 2008 award during ceremonies in Corpus Christi, Texas.

RALEIGH, N.C. (Oct. 21, 2008) – The Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, an organization of state agencies with primary responsibility for management and protection of the fish and wildlife resources in 15 states, has named Officer Robert Wayne with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission as the top wildlife officer for 2008.
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