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Hunters’ dollars important to N.C. economy

With several hunting and fishing activities beginning to enter one of the busiest times of the year for North Carolina’s outdoorsmen, one could wonder just ... Read more

by Fred Bonner, Monday, September 21, 2015 10:58 am

Sports

Electric trolling motors make oars and paddles nearly obsolete

Outdoorsmen are getting soft in their old age. Where we used to rely on a paddle or a set of oars to propel our juniper ... Read more

by Fred Bonner, Monday, September 14, 2015 12:20 pm

Sports

N.C. outdoor sportsmen have it good

I was recently sitting with a very experienced outdoorsman, discussing the hunting and fishing opportunities that he’d experienced in the various places that he’d visited ... Read more

by Fred Bonner, Monday, September 7, 2015 12:25 pm

Sports

Last-minute dove hunt check

When our 2015 mourning dove hunting season opens just after six o’clock in the morning on Sept. 5, hunters from all over North Carolina will ... Read more

by Fred Bonner, Friday, August 28, 2015 4:43 pm

Sports

Outdoorsmen need to be careful where and how they hunt, fish

When a wealthy American dentist recently shot and eventually killed a famous African lion that wandered off a refuge where it was undergoing testing, it ... Read more

by Fred Bonner, Thursday, August 20, 2015 3:13 pm

Sports

Time to plan that early season mourning dove hunt

At exactly 6:09 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 5, a small army of men, women and youngsters bearing shotguns will be taking to ... Read more

by Fred Bonner, Monday, August 17, 2015 10:37 am

Sports

Where’s the .22 Rimfire ammo?

For nearly three years now hunting and shooting enthusiasts have been aware of the shortage of .22 rimfire ammunition. Sporting goods dealers have been trying ... Read more

by Fred Bonner, Thursday, August 6, 2015 1:46 pm

Sports

Recreational shrimping underway

When the 2015 shrimp season opened along some sections of the Pamlico area recently, both commercial and recreational fishermen grabbed their small trawl nets and ... Read more

by Fred Bonner, Saturday, July 25, 2015 11:02 am

Sports

Relax and float away the afternoon to beat summer heat

If you ask some geography buff what’s the oldest river in the world, you’ll probably get the Nile River as your answer. What most folks ... Read more

by Fred Bonner, Friday, July 17, 2015 2:16 pm

Columns

Outdoors: Sharks and stingrays in the Pamlico?

All this news about shark attacks along our southern North Carolina beaches made me immediately think about an incident that happened when our daughter and ... Read more

by Fred Bonner, Thursday, July 9, 2015 8:17 pm

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