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26788
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The gray squirrel is surprisingly, the number one game animal in North Carolina. This small target is challenging but there are several methods to hunt gray squirrels. An ideal time for hunting a squirrel is just after a light rain or during a light drizzle when the wind is calm.
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27399
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Eddie Nickens, an editor and writer for several magazines and how-to books, is interviewed about his writing career and hunting experiences in North Carolina.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 80 Issue 6, November-December 2016,
p10-13, il
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28528
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The Farmers and Communities Manage Deer program encourages licensed hunters to harvest white-tailed deer and donate them to drop-off sites and participating facilities. The processed meat is then used to feed impoverished people in need. The program, its success feeding the poor in Eastern North Carolina, and its impact on the deer population are detailed.
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30801
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North Carolina provides year-round field and wood activity for sportsmen. From oceans and sounds to lakes and streams, 30 variety of game fish are caught throughout the state's waters. Additionally, waterfowl hunting and game such as deer, bear, and boar bring thousands to the state.
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31284
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North Carolina is the home of a wide variety of game, both big and small. From bear and deer to boar and waterfowl, hunting in the state ranges from local to statewide, and North Carolina manages wildlife areas and provides for privately-controlled hunting preserves.
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35307
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Catherine O'Dell revealed that this facility was designed to help pass down the love of hunting to young people in the area. Involved in this labor of love included Hunters Helping Kids, a group of electric utility employees, and local family and friends of the director.
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35530
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The tale about an incredibly tough to kill hog, and the similarities it poses to a story by William Faulkner.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 2, May 1972,
p73-74
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35766
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The author recalled how a love for hunting was instilled by her grandfather and the first time she bagged a deer.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 81 Issue 6, Nov/Dec 2017,
p16
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35863
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Wiseman attended school in a one room schoolhouse with a new teacher nearly every year when he was a boy. When he was not at school or helping out on the farm, he spent his time hunting, fishing, swimming, and participating in various community events.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 33 Issue 1-2, 1985,
p42-50
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36162
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Dogs handlers were traditionally men in middle and late adulthood, noted the author. Since the 1980s, though, he’d observed women increasingly becoming part of the sport’s ranks. Profiles of four women and description of wild bird hunting proved dog handling and its associated activities were indiscriminate regarding sex and gender.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 83 Issue 2, March/April 2019,
p16-21
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36165
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The recovery of the wild turkey’s population helped to assure the ongoing need for turkey calls, an important tool in a hunter’s kit. Included was directions for making a scratch box turkey call and images of turkey calls that prove them decorative and utilitarian.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 83 Issue 2, March/April 2019,
p32-37
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36563
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Traditionally, lands unfenced meant lands were free for anyone, owners and not, to use for hunting, fishing, and grazing. The Civil War, with its attendant population growth and rise of commercial farming, helped to bring about fencing laws and end to open range. Pictured was the type of fence that dotted the Appalachian landscape by the 1890s.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 11, November 2016,
p122
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37315
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A way of life considered Southern finds a prominent place still in Beaufort County. Included as one of the older aspects of a tradition passed down for generations was decoys, in this case used for duck hunting.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 7 Issue 2, March/April 2018,
p46-49
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37781
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The importance of good buckshot scatter is explained in order to not waste valuable game.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 12 Issue 5, September 1948,
p14-15
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37784
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The seasons and bag limits for North Carolina hunting with a brief summary of the outlook for each species is provided. Animals included are bear, turkey, boar, quail, pheasants, and more.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 13 Issue 10, Oct 1949,
p8-10
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