Over 45,000 turkey hunters take to the woods annually in South Carolina with hopes of harvesting a wily gobbler, and the 2014 spring turkey season was no exception With an estiated harvest of 16,248 birds, the spring turkey harvest was down about 15 percent from 2013 and down cumulatively 36 percent from the record harvest […]
GREENWOOD, S.C. — Dedicated National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) volunteers, like those from the Neil “Gobbler” Cost Chapter in Greenwood, are the lifeblood of the conservation organization and its Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative. “Over our 27-year history in this community, we have treated our public lands as if they were our own,” said […]
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources, in partnership with the South Carolina State Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and the South Carolina Department of Corrections, will continue the construction and distribution of wood duck boxes this winter. Applications are available online and will be accepted until Nov. 1, 2014. Approximately 1,000 boxes will be available for distribution. Ducks […]
Abbeville 33, Strom Thurmond 14 Andrew Jackson Academy 76, Francis Hugh Wardlaw Academy 26 Brookland-Cayce 21, Aiken 13 Fox Creek 28, Ridge Spring-Monetta 14 Ninety Six 28, Saluda 14 North Augusta 37, Ridge View 13 Dixie 10, McCormick 6
The heavily populated deer woods in East Central, SC will be filled with disabled hunters Nov. 7th – 8th, 2013. They’ll be participating in the 4th. Annual West Central SC “Ultimate Adventure Deer Hunt.” The hunt is being hosted by the Edgefield/Saluda County SC Chapter and Outdoors Without Limits (OWL). The Saluda Shrine Club 1035 […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. — Songbirds and game species alike are reaping the benefits of the work of the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture (AMJV), a collective effort involving the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and other conservation organizations creating and restoring vital habitat in the Appalachian Mountains region. “While the main focus of the NWTF is the wild […]
The S.C. Natural Resources Board, the policy-making body of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), recently approved the 2014-2015 late migratory bird seasons and regulations from a framework set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The season and bag limit selections must be approved by the Service and published in the Federal Register. […]
The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) recently appointed Becky Humphries its new chief conservation officer. “I am excited to lead NWTF’s conservation efforts in this new role,” said Humphries. “Our staff is working hard to conserve the focal landscapes we have identified across the country. We also are focused on the future site of the […]
The complete listing of South Carolina’s antler records is now available to the public online. Although summary information has been available annually, this is only the fifth time that the complete listing of all antler records has been available since 1998, according to Charles Ruth, Deer and Wild Turkey Program Coordinator for DNR. The South Carolina […]
Aiken County’s Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area and Ecological Reserve will be open to the public on Saturdays during the month of September (6, 13, 20 and 27). Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and Ecological Reserve consists of 10,600 acres owned by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed for them by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources […]