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SCDNR Small Game Project ranks top counties for quail and rabbit 11/10/09

Survey results for the 2008-09 hunting season show Clarendon, Sumter, Lee, Horry and Darlington counties were the top five counties for quail, while the top five counties for rabbits jumped per hour were Saluda, Lee, Greenwood, Hampton and Allendale, according to biologists with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Small Game Project.

Wild turkey harvest in S.C. down again this spring 11/05/09

Nearly 50,000 turkey hunters take to the woods annually in South Carolina with hopes of harvesting a wily gobbler, and the 2009 spring turkey season was no exception. With a harvest of 16,234 birds, the spring turkey harvest was down about 9 percent from 2008.

S.C. wild turkey reproduction down again this summer 11/03/09

After increasing slightly in 2008, reproduction by wild turkeys decreased once again in 2009 based on a S.C. Department of Natural Resources survey.

South Carolina, North Carolina strike deal on Jocassee Gorges access 10/31/09

The two sister Carolina states have finally struck a deal over access to Crossroads Mountain, a remote section of the Jocassee Gorges in northern Oconee County.

Columbia waterfowl hunter public listening session scheduled Nov. 3 10/23/09

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Waterfowl Advisory Committee, an advisory group to the DNR Board, has scheduled five listening sessions to be held around the state. The purpose of these meetings is to allow waterfowlers to express opinions about the management and hunting of waterfowl.

State Wildlife, Fisheries group will meet Oct. 13 in Cheraw, SC 10/10/09

The Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Advisory Committee to the S.C. Natural Resources Board will meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 in the H. Cooper Black Recreation Area, 279 Sporting Dog Trail, Cheraw.

National Hunting and Fishing Day set Oct. 3 in Seneca 10/01/09

Want to learn more about fly tying, bass fishing, archery, or hunting safety? Wouldn’t it be great if you could learn about all these things in the same day, and in the same place—for free? All of this and much more is possible at the Tenth Annual National Hunting and Fishing Day “An Outdoor Family Adventure.”

Charleston waterfowl hunter public listening session scheduled Oct. 6 10/01/09

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Waterfowl Advisory Committee, an advisory group to the DNR Board, has scheduled five listening sessions to be held around the state.

Preserve fall and winter habitat for quail, rabbits 09/17/09

Late fall and winter bring “hard times” for small game species like bobwhite quail and rabbits, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.

Proper disposal of deer remains is a rule of good hunter ethics 09/16/09

Disposal of deer remains may not be the highlight of a hunting trip, but the state’s Deer Project leader says it’s an important aspect of hunting, particularly in maintaining the hunter’s image.