The Edgefield County School District has selected Coach Antwaun Hillary as Head Football Coach of the Strom Thurmond High School Rebel Football Program. Head Coach Hillary is filling the position recently vacated by the retiring head coach Lee Sawyer. His most recent coaching assignment has been as Offensive Coordinator for the highly regarded Rebel Football […]
David Wamer, NWTF Georgia save the hunt coordinator, worked with refuge staff and volunteers from eight chapters in Georgia and South Carolina, to create a weekend of wildlife and conservation education, paired with firearm safety and hunting. The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge recently hosted youth hunters for the first […]
Jonathan and Todd Brunson finished third in Cabella’s Crappie USA Super Event on Lake Murray April 11th and 12th. By winning this event Jonathan and Todd qualify for Cabella’s Crappie Classic in Kentucky this October.
Addison Faust , 7, harvested his first turkey and with him, his brother, Jordan, harvested two turkeys, on Friday, April 11. They were hunting on the family farm.
Fish spawning season is here—and it’s looking good, Corps biologist says |. The annual water management period for fish spawning officially began April 5 in the Savannah River Basin—and so far, conditions are favorable for a very productive spawn, said Jamie Sykes, fisheries biologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District. – See […]
On March 29th The Edgefield Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation along with many volunteers hosted a “Mentored Youth Turkey Hunt“. This event not only gave boys and girls who might not ordinarily have the chance to hunt the experience of hunting, but also to be paired with a seasoned turkey caller to learn […]
The Miracle League is a baseball league that gives boys and girls ages 4-19 with special needs and disabilities in Greenwood and surrounding counties an opportunity to play. Our motto is “every child deserves a chance to play baseball.” All games are played at the Burton Center on a special rubberized field with the spring […]
Marshall White summited the details and photos below of the big flathead catfish he caught on Lake Thurmond Saturday March 29. The certified weight of the flathead catfish is 57 pounds 8 ounces. 47″ inches long and the girth is 27”. Caught on 3-29-2014 at Lake Thurmond. Caught ( while bass fishing ) on spinnerbait […]
The National Wild Turkey Federation backs two bills in the South Carolina General Assembly that provide more opportunities for turkey hunters, establish a permanent youth turkey hunting day and help turkey populations recover following a multi-year decline in reproduction. South Carolina house bill H4838 and its senate companion bill S1070 propose significant modifications to current […]
An estimated 50,000 hunters will take to the woods during the upcoming turkey season, generating an estimated $30 million in direct expenditures for South Carolina’s economy. The 2014 wild turkey season begins April 1 on private lands in 34 counties that make up Game Zones 1-5 and for all Wildlife Management Areas statewide where turkey […]