Events

December 8, 2025 Pantego, NC Hosted By: Drew Blake, Brendon Brown, and Cam Patrick finally completed a swan hunt that was 2 years in the making.  The trip started off with a five (5) hour drive to a cabin owned by Brendon's family in Fairfield, NC.  After a long dinner at Harris' Steak & Seafood House, located at 6555 NC-94, Fairfield, NC 27826, the guys left and settled back in for a good nights sleep at the cabin.  The next morning came early for a hour ride to the hunt field.  Along the way the guys stopped to fill their bellies at MJ’s Country Store & Grill, located at 6888 NC-99, Pantego, NC 27860.  All the guys enjoyed smoked sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits and friendly conversations with the store staff.  After breakfast the guys made their way to the field to meet Jason Haddock with H & H Guide…

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2026 Duck Hunt January 3, 2026 Davis, North Carolina This weekend started with Drew and marine veteran Daniel Smith enjoying some private duck hunting on Thursday (1/1) and Friday (1/2).  Great laughs were had but the birds just didn't cooperate.  The rest of the group, four (4) veterans and one (1) youth, showed up Friday night for a one day guided duck hunt with Jeff Salter of Hunting Quarters Guide Service in Davis, North Carolina.  The weekend centered around  started out with a shrimp boil where the group met and enjoyed good laughs with each other.  The next day everyone woke up to meet Jeff at the Jim Dandy gas station in Davis, NC.  From there the group drove a short distance to load up on Jeff's skiff for the short ride across the Core Sound. Core Sound in North Carolina is North Carolina's premier destination of waterfowl, specifically, and…

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2026 Mountain Trout Trip May 15-17, 2026 Cherokee KOA Campground 92 KOA Campground Road Cherokee, NC 28719 Come join us for a weekend of relaxation and tranquility while trout fishing on stocked streams and ponds in beautiful Cherokee, North Carolina.  The event will be hosted by the Cherokee/Great Smokies KOA Campground.  Attendees can anticipate good camaraderie, relaxation, and fun times.  Accommodations will consist of overnight camping in our 10×12 Canvas Wall Tent from The Wall Tent Shop and a Davis Canvas Tent.

2026 Kerr Lake Striper & Catfish Weekend May 29-31, 2026 Henderson Point Campground Come join Drew Blake for a weekend of fishing on Kerr Lake/Buggs Island Reservoir. Buggs Island consists of nearly 50,000 acres of surface water and 800 miles of shoreline. Join us as we target two of the lakes well known fisheries (Striped Bass and Catfish). Buggs Island is known to have two “schools” of stripers which is based on their original stocking locations. One school ranges from Clarksville to the Ivy Hill area and “migrates” up the Dan River. During spring, these stripers can be found in the upper end of the lake and in the river above Clarksville as fish travel upstream to spawn. The second school ranges from Eastland Creek back toward the dam and “migrates” up to Nutbush Creek. As the summer progresses the upper school migrates down the lake and joins the lower…

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