Looking back at the 2015-16 deer season, the general consensus that has come across the outdoor news desk is that it was a pretty dismal one for most deer hunters across the state.

Even though the official start date to small game season was back before Thanksgiving, many Upstate hunters choose to put off the sport until this time of year for several reasons.

For sportsmen in and around the Golden Corner, the month of January can seem a bit depressing.

With the 2015 deer season on the downhill slide, it won’t be long before it’s time to start thinking about food plots for turkey season.

Although the weather might not be cold enough right now to run you off the lake and back into the house, when that time does arrive, anglers can make the most of their indoor fishing time by learning and practicing how to make their own fishing lures.

There are several basic truths to late season deer hunting that tend to get overlooked.

Shaver Recreation Complex in Seneca has been named one of the top 10 baseball facilities in South Carolina by Sports Planning Guide.

With nighttime temperatures dipping near freezing over the last week or two, many area striped-bass anglers are looking forward to the late fall and early winter bite that is often one of the best fishing patterns of the year.

Late last month, Bloomberg Business reported that activist investor Elliott Associates had disclosed that it had acquired an 11-percent stake in Cabela’s, one of the country’s leading outdoors, hunting and fishing retailer, and that with the controlling interest, the investment group may push for a shake-up or leveraged buyout of the outdoor retailer.

Marketing the world of the outdoors has become a multimillion-dollar industry that has substantial impact on the economy.