The much-anticipated start of the 2009 deer season is just around the corner and South Carolina’s deer population is healthy and the season outlook is good. Although the deer harvest has been on a downward trend the last few years indicating that population levels have moderated, hunter success and deer harvest rates remain good.
The S.C. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the University of South Carolina (USC) Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences and USC Earth Science Research Institute, conducted a two-mile seismic reflectivity study along Hwy. 27 north of Pringletown, in Berkeley County during the week of June 15.
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).
After the first ever state record white grunt was added to the South Carolina saltwater marine game record list, that record has now been broken a second time by a veteran Summerville angler.
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.
I made this recipe with the breakfast sausage we had made with our venison scraps.
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources will conduct a series of alligator hunting seminars around the state in the month of August for the public alligator hunt participants, hunting assistants and other interested persons.
The registration deadline for a youth deer hunt sponsored by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the Clemson University Experimental Forest is Tuesday, Sept. 1.
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the U S. Forest Service will co-sponsor a youth dove hunt at the Forest Service’s Sedalia Dove Field in Union County on Saturday, Sept. 5. Preregistration is required, and the deadline for registration is Monday, Aug. 17.
The Wildlife Technical Assistance Providers List is a list of contractors who are involved in wildlife technical assistance statewide, especially those contractors who provide on-the-ground services.
Yet another amazing Italian dish. Why does Italian food and venison make sense?
Chunks of sturgeon…..or is it lobster???
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.
The most recent round of white-tailed deer antler scoring conducted by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources revealed 193 new records, maintaining the trend of solid numbers seen the last few years.
The new Jocassee Gorges Visitor Center officially opened on Tuesday, July 7, at Keowee-Toxaway State Natural Area just off S.C. 11 (Cherokee Foothills National Scenic Highway) on Lake Keowee in Pickens County.
In an effort to control non-native aquatic invasive species, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Aquatic Nuisance Species Program has stocked 6,325 sterile grass carp in four South Carolina public water bodies as prescribed by the 2009 SC Aquatic Plant Management Plan. Three of the water bodies are original stockings and one is an increased maintenance stocking to keep invasive plants under control.
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.
In an effort to keep state waterways safe during the upcoming July 4th holiday weekend, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division will again be conducting courtesy safety inspections at some public boat landings.
Development is encroaching more and more into areas that used to be solely animals’ habitats, so it is likely that we will encounter more wild animals crossing “our” property, tempting us to intercede in the animals’ natural life cycles.
It’s time for South Carolina hunters and anglers to purchase their 2009-2010 hunting and fishing licenses. Last season’s licenses expire June 30, 2009.
