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Waterfowl Photo Contest voting begins
Vote today in the 2012 Waterfowl Photo Contest! The contest, which was free to all registered users of SouthCarolinaSportsman.com, features photos from this year’s waterfowl season. Users will choose the ultimate winner of the contest by voting on their favorite photo from among four finalist images as chosen by site administrators.
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There are a few wild quail in South Carolina, too
Wild quail populations are huntable on several well-managed WMAs across South Carolina. Billy Dukes, SCDNR’s small-game project leader, said hunting for wild quail in South Carolina is a “hit or miss” proposition at best.
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What’s the problem?
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources uses cost-effect methods like prescribed burning to improve quail habitat. This is the before shot. Ask a few quail hunters what happened to all the wild birds, and you’ll get predictable answers based on their anecdotal observations and discussions with friends. They’ll opine it’s red ants migrating from Florida, opossums and raccoons, hawks and owls or felis domesticus, the beautiful but brutal house cat.
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Up the ante and ‘smoke’ a squirrel
Hovey Smith likes .32, .36 and .40 caliber muzzleloaders for small game like squirrels. Adding excitement to chasing mountains squirrels is as easy as changing weapons — to something out of the ordinary.
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Weapon choices?
A longbow and arrows with Flu Flu feathers and judo points are a perfect match for squirrels. When choosing a weapon for hunting squirrels, there are a few things to keep in mind.
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Grow Big Fish Series: Balance pH
Growing big fish begins with creating the right environment on the molecular level. The food chain in ponds begins with the microorganisms and ends with the top predators, such as largemouth bass and catfish. In order to get the preferred micro-organism to grow, proper pH and later fertilization must be a part of every pond management plan. Pond productivity starts with balancing the pH to allow the expected phytoplankton to be able to utilize the added nutrients.
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Put-and-Take Bobwhites
No matter what you think about hunting at a preserve, you can’t argue with the taste of a handful of quail. At one time or other, most bird hunters said, “I wouldn’t think of hunting at a hunting preserve.”
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Busting Upstate Bushytails
When deer and duck seasons are done, squirrels provide a great late-season test for hunters. Enter just about any standing timber, and squirrels will call it home. Be it a local woodlot, dense swamps of the Lowcountry, or high mountain ridges, squirrels live pretty much everywhere. Their chatter and scurrying around in the leaves have annoyed many deer hunters and brought smiles to many youngsters hoping to get a shot at some of these fast running, high climbing acrobats of the canopy.
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