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Every SC hunting license, tag, and permit you might need — resident and non-resident pricing, big game permits, WMA permits, migratory bird stamps, and how to buy them\u2026
The complete guide to hunting South Carolina's Wildlife Management Areas — how to apply for quota deer and turkey hunts, the WMA permit rules, and the public-land tactics\u2026
Everything Aiken hunters need to know before opening day — SCDNR game zones explained, current season dates, resident and non-resident bag limits, antlerless tags, and the SC Game\u2026
Aiken-specific guide to building permits, contractor licensing, plan review, inspections, and timelines for residential work.
Modern sonar makes the summer thermocline visible as a band of suspended bait and structure-holding bass that opens up entire fisheries to savvy anglers.
Water temperatures climbing into the upper seventies push largemouth bass off the spawning flats into post-spawn recovery, changing tactics across the Southeast.
Hot summer water lowers dissolved oxygen and raises mortality on released fish. Proper handling, short fight times, and quick releases keep released bass alive.
Langley Pond spans roughly 270 acres in Aiken County and holds a strong bluegill, redear sunfish, and largemouth bass population accessible from the public boat ramp.
The South Fork Edisto carves through Aiken State Park as a designated canoe trail with redbreast sunfish, jackfish, and a mixed warmwater population for paddling anglers.
A newly designated Heritage Preserve Wildlife Management Area on more than 3,600 acres along the Wateree River opens this season to South Carolina hunters and anglers. The tract\u2026
A volunteer push organized by deer hunters and backed by national hunting conservation groups planted thousands of soft-mast and hard-mast trees on New York public hunting land this\u2026
Chronic Wasting Disease has been creeping across the whitetail range for more than two decades, and for most of that time the response has been chronically underfunded. That\u2026