Ford Walpole
Jan 13, 2022
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!"
Ford Walpole
Mar 11, 2021
Time for Turkeys
By Ford Walpole Eastern wild turkey gobblers. Image courtesy of SC DNR The eastern wild turkey is a popular game species hunted in the...
Ford Walpole
Feb 4, 2021
Oystaflage: Standing apart while blending in
By Ford Walpole For many years, camouflage patterns were about like barbecue sauces and craft beers: the choices were so overwhelming,...
Ford Walpole
Dec 2, 2020
A family legacy of duck hunting
By Ford Walpole When Scott Farfone and his wife Dottie were still dating, the young woman invited her boyfriend to spend Thanksgiving at...
Ford Walpole
Oct 1, 2020
Lonesome dove?
Enjoy wingshooting when the flocks are thin or thick alike Some decades ago, you didn’t hear much about dove hunting. That is not to say...
Ford Walpole
Sep 2, 2020
Trying to stay still in the stand … and it’s still summer
The opening day of the Lowcountry’s early deer season seems to ignite a particularly unbridled passion among whitetail hunters. The...
Ford Walpole
Aug 5, 2020
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...
Ford Walpole
Apr 1, 2020
Knocking down clay birds at Bluefield Shooting Club
Steeped in history, Colleton County’s Bluefield Farm has been in the Tuten family for more than 100 years, ever since Will Tuten’s...
Ford Walpole
Mar 4, 2020
The pot calling the turkey back: Call making guru Daryl Stubbs
Since he began turkey hunting in 1980, Daryl Stubbs has mastered the craft as well as anyone else in the Lowcountry. Hailing from Cheraw,...
Ford Walpole
Feb 5, 2020
Getting our ducks in a row
South Carolina boasts a storied history of waterfowl hunting, a sport that continues to thrive — though not without challenges, changes...