From my earliest memory, my family lived near the water, and as a young boy, I wanted to be just like my dad. How wise he was—how could he know so many things? We always had a small powerboat, and, from the time I was little, my dad was always teaching me how to use...

Hiker Nate Edmonds, expecting a peaceful day hike in Hitchiti Experimental Forest, a 5,000 acre federal forest adjacent to Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge in Jones County, Georgia, encountered the unexpected on Saturday, May 26, 2018. Nate decided to hike that day...

Free fishing day is back again! This annual tradition, sponsored by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and authorized by the N.C. General Assembly, lasts from 12 am until 11:59 pm on July 4. Anglers of all ages are encouraged to fish any public waters in NC for...

Hunting, fishing, and harvesting wildlife represent important traditions in North Carolina.  Properly regulated hunting may act as an integral part of wildlife management and conservation, and provides an economic incentive to maintain undeveloped land in a wild...

On July 25, 2017, Governor Roy Cooper signed “Outdoor Heritage Enhanced” House Bill 559 into law, further expanding Sunday hunting in North Carolina. Mostly because of concerns about disturbing Sunday worship services and the traditional day of rest, hunting on Sunday had historically been prevented or limited in the state.

Open carry (the practice of openly carrying a firearm on one’s person in public) in North Carolina was not created by any particular state law or statute. Rather, open carry results from the people’s right to keep and bear arms provided by both our state’s constitution and the federal Constitution.

How to Properly Transport Your Legal Firearms by Motor Vehicle in North Carolina When you are packing up your pickup or SUV preparing to do a little hunting or target shooting, do you know how to carry your firearms so that you will comply with NC law during your...

All sportsmen and sportswomen, who own from one to an entire collection of firearms, should carefully determine the best way to pass down their firearms to the next generation.  Using a revocable living trust to pass down the firearms quickly and privately to loved...

Suppressors (silencers) remain popular and legal in North Carolina.  North Carolina law allows suppressors to be used by civilians for hunting, target shooting, and home/business self-defense purposes. But because they were associated with gangland crimes back in the...

In North Carolina, a person may give firearms to his or her beneficiaries after their death by proper use of a will or a trust.

President Obama, in his "Fact Sheet" describing his Executive actions to reduce gun violence released on January 4, 2016, states: "ATF is finalizing a rule that makes clear that people will no longer be able to avoid background checks by buying NFA guns and other...