The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has scheduled seven public meetings to receive input from hunters concerning DNR supported legislation related to future deer management in South Carolina. Senate Bill 454 was filed on behalf of DNR by Senator Chip Campsen of Charleston in February of this year. The legislation proposes a limit of […]
The Edgefield County’s Youth Football and Cheerleading program will start its signups this Saturday August 15. The Youth Soccer Program will begin signups next Saturday, August 22. This fall the Department is offering Youth Football and Cheerleading for ages 6 to12 and youth soccer for ages 4-12. The Football And cheerleading league will have […]
Forty-five public dove fields will be available across the state during the 2015-16 mourning dove season through the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Management Area program. A county-by-county list of public dove fields and special youth hunts is available online or can be obtained by writing: DNR, Attn: Public Dove Fields, PO Box 167, Columbia, […]
August 14 – 16 from 8 am – 5:30 pm at Palmetto Shooting Complex The Palmetto Shooting Complex (PSC) will be hosting the Turkey Shoot, a sporting clays championship shooting event, one of the biggest in the country, and we need your help. Edgefield County will see as many as 600 competitors along with their […]
Tryouts Set for Monday, August 3 Strom Thurmond High School announced today that it will add swimming to its sports agenda which will start at the beginning of this school year. The formation of a swim team at Strom Thurmond is in response to the growing interest from the students to have such a team. […]
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and The National Wild Turkey Federation are offering a great opportunity for aspiring young hunters of South Carolina to attend a free wing shooting clinic Aug. 12 from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in Edgefield County. Participants with wing shooting skill levels from beginner to advanced learn how […]
Local rising 8th and 9th grade students received instruction this past week in the classroom and on the shotgun range as part of the First Annual Strom Thurmond CTC Sporting Clays Summer Shooting Clinic. The Strom Thurmond CTC Sporting Clays Team along with its coaching staff hosted the three day shotgun shooting sports clinic Wednesday […]
The National Wild Turkey Federation is offering a free Hunter Education class on Monday, August 10, 2015 from 8:30 – 4:00 at the Wild Turkey Center in the Federal Conference room. All residents and non-residents born after June 30, 1979, need the hunter education certification and must complete a hunter education course before obtaining a […]
A few weeks ago we published a column spotlighting a number of our Strom Thurmond baseball players who are spending this summer with The American Legion Post 20 Senior Baseball Program. This week I discovered that there are four more of our guys contributing to the American Legion summer baseball league at the junior level. […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers J. Strom Thurmond Project Office will host primitive weapon deer hunts at Bussey Point management area, located in Lincoln County, Georgia, from one hour before sunrise until one hour after sundown. The Corps hosts these hunts annually to maintain deer populations within the carrying capacity for the area […]