With the close of the 2018 wild turkey hunting season this weekend, hunters, wildlife biologists and land managers are all asking the same questions — How did the season go? Were the harvest numbers up or down? And ultimately, what is the strength of the turkey population for future seasons?

One of the most positive trends in the fishing industry over the last decade has been the move away from killing trophy-sized specimens simply for the purpose of documenting the catch to releasing them so they can continue to grow and provide others with the thrill of hooking a huge fish on the line.

With the rising of the sun this morning, turkey hunters across the state will enter the fourth quarter of the 2018 season.

Whatever the groundhog did in February to make springtime so mad seems to be wearing off, and it looks like the Upstate may actually have a summer this year.

What does a bear biologist who spends most of her time at work outdoors investigating bears do when she has a few hours off? She goes turkey hunting.

The first question anyone ever asks Scott Hammond of Charleston when they see him packing up his turkey hunting gear is, “Where’s your shotgun?”

Before the start of the 2018 Bassmaster Classic, both fans and competitors were hoping for record numbers.

All eyes are on two local pros competing in the Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell this weekend.

With less than two weeks until opening day of the wild turkey hunting season, many Upstate turkey hunters are getting their calls tuned up and practicing for that first conversation that will hopefully occur just after daylight on opening day.

I’ve chased crappie all over much of the Southeast and have always been fascinated by the different tactics employed by anglers in different locales.

Most sportsmen inevitably become at least proficient in preparing wild game and fish entrées for the simple fact that spending so much time hunting and collecting it makes you want to eat it.

Antlers will abound throughout the Palmetto State as the search for new state-record deer antlers gets underway during the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ annual series of measuring sessions.

Fishing fans in the Upstate have been looking forward to the return of the Bassmaster Classic ever since the final day of the event in 2015, when native son Casey Ashley from Donalds was crowned champion.

It’s no surprise to anyone who’s ever spent any time on the hopeful end of a fishing rod that crappie — one of the most prized game-fish species in the country — travel in schools.