A recently completed cooperative study between the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Auburn University, and Brosnan Forest will help researchers and hunters better understand buck movements and behavior around food plots and deer stands. According to Charles Ruth, Deer and Turkey Program coordinator for DNR, this is one in a series of cooperative studies […]
Annually since the early 1980’s, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conducts a Summer Turkey Survey to estimate reproduction and recruitment of turkeys in South Carolina. The survey involves agency wildlife biologists, technicians and conservation officers, as well as many volunteers from other natural resource agencies and the general public. Although reproduction increased over […]
Nationwide’s “Preserve your Passion” contest recently ended with the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) collecting the highest voter percentage and winning the top prize of $45,000. Recognizing the importance of hunting and fishing to its members and conservation partners, Nationwide created the “Preserve Your Passion” contest to give $75,000 to conservation and help create or […]
To combat the scourge of highly destructive feral pigs, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in conjunction with several partners is sponsoring a Wild Hog Management Workshop on Thursday, Dec. 11 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Blue Heron Nature Center in Ridgeland. Join experts from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service […]
Representatives from state wildlife agencies gathered with National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) staff and volunteers for a weekend of training and collaboration aimed at solving the biggest problem facing both conservation and hunting industries – lack of new hunter recruitment and retention. The NWTF is the first non-governmental organization to unite state and federal wildlife […]
Four Wardlaw Players have been named to both the All-Region and the SCISAA 1A All-Star teams. Pictured L to R Beth Warnken, Carly Anne Carr, Katie Warnken (All-Region Player of the Year), and Nicole Jackson
The Wardlaw Volley Ball Team won their state championship last night. Their Headmaster/Principal Whitlock declared Monday night as a “no homework night” so the students would be free to attend the game. Below are the names of the team memebers and their coaches: Nicole Jackson, senior Katie Warnken, senior Carly Anne Carr, junior Lauren Hammett, […]
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announces a new shooting sports opportunity for Palmetto State schools. The DNR Scholastic Clay Target Sports (SCTS) is a team based youth development program that uses the shotgun sports of trap, skeet, and sporting clays to instil life skills such as discipline, safety, teamwork, ethics, self-confidence and other […]
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 […]