A new dove field will be open on Wednesday afternoons of the mourning dove season in the Jocassee Gorges in northern Pickens County, SC beginning Sept. 16.
White nose syndrome, a wildlife crisis of unprecedented proportions, has killed hundreds of thousands of bats from Vermont to Virginia and appears to be heading south and west.
A return to a pattern of much-below-normal rainfall over the past two months led the S.C. Department of Natural Resources to issue an incipient drought declaration for 22 counties.
Hunters statewide can celebrate the beginning of dove season at noon Saturday, Sept. 5. Long-awaited opening day is traditionally considered the beginning of fall hunting season, and with the numerous wildlife management area hunts scheduled, it is the perfect opportunity to introduce children and grandchildren to the sport.
The S.C. Natural Resources Board, the policy-making body of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), approved the 2009-2010 late migratory bird seasons and regulations during its Aug. 13 meeting in Columbia from a framework set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The season and bag limit selections have been sent to the Service for approval. This approval will be finalized by publication in the Federal Register.
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently banded our 10,000th dove on July 6 at Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area in Aiken County. As of mid-August that number was up to 11,400.
The Harry Hampton Hunting & Fishing Expo is coming back to Spartanburg and Upstate South Carolina. The hunting, fishing and outdoors exposition will be held Aug. 21-23 at the Spartanburg Expo Center, 6655 Pottery Road, Spartanburg (Interstate 26, Exit 17).
Forty-six public dove fields will be available across the state during the 2009-10 season through the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Management Area program.
The S.C. Natural Resources Board recently approved migratory bird hunting seasons for mourning doves, marsh hens (rails), woodcock, snipe, moorhens, purple gallinules, and early seasons during September for teal and Canada geese.
Wildlife biologists from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the Nemours Wildlife Foundation are working together to study king and clapper rails in the Ashepoo, Combahee, Edisto (ACE) Basin. Little is known about the life history of these birds and they have traditionally received little research attention. The team extensively expanded use of radio-transmitter telemetry more so than previous tracking studies. Data will also be compiled on reproductive biology and habitat vegetation.
