Communicating with wood ducks and mallards: Stubbs Game Calls
Daryl Stubbs of Stubbs Game Calls started making calls "because I wanted to kill a turkey with a call that I had made myself!"

Charleston Mercury Staff
Jan 13, 2022


Farming on the water: Captain Brad of Sonny Boy Charters
Captain Brad Rumph of Sonny Boy Charters has been working on boats at Bohicket Marina since his teenage years. Brad’s success as a...

Charleston Mercury Staff
Aug 5, 2020


Forever Wild More ducks, fewer people in the ACE Basin
On December 8, the ACE Basin Project celebrated its 30th anniversary at Willtown Bluff Plantation, on a breathtaking bluff overlooking...

Charleston Mercury Staff
Jan 8, 2020
A convergence of characters at the hunting club
The late Bubba Chaplin, old-school barber and devoted sportsman, once contrasted still-hunting for deer and deer hunting with dogs thusly:...

Charleston Mercury Staff
Dec 5, 2019


Father and daughters hunting in Salley
When Alice and Rhett Smith’s daughters were little, they were fond of raising a familiar question before preparing for announced road...

Charleston Mercury Staff
Nov 6, 2019


With a spring in his step: Gilbert in the dove field
Michael Coyle grew up duck hunting, a passion he continued to master while a student of occupational therapy at Gannon University on Lake...

Charleston Mercury Staff
Oct 2, 2019


A special season for late-summer Lowcountry whitetails
South Carolina’s lengthy season for white-tailed deer allows hunters many opportunities for recreation in the woods. The state’s...

Charleston Mercury Staff
Sep 9, 2019


Fantastic fishing on the Folly Beach Pier
The Folly Beach Fishing Pier is a mecca for a diverse group of Lowcountry pier fisherman. The pier is 1,045 feet long and, at the end...

Charleston Mercury Staff
Aug 1, 2019


Peace like a river
When you grow up on a Lowcountry sea island, the salt water flows through your veins and pluff mud eternally stuck between your toes and...

Charleston Mercury Staff
Jun 7, 2019
Tempting turkeys with Tom Boozer
“I just love to hunt them rascals!” Tom Boozer declares of his passion for turkey hunting. He recalls harvesting his first turkey in 1978...

Charleston Mercury Staff
Apr 3, 2019




