New Year's Eve Toast to 2024

Hunting Public Land in ACE Basin 2024

My 16th Annual Toast to following the outdoors trail, and bringing my stories and photos to like-minded followers, continues today. Year-round activities are set by seasons and calendars, but sometimes simply wandering down a new trail or simply scouting ahead of a planned activity, can reveal the most treasure. On Monday December 30 I found a pair of shed antlers from last year, they were covered in green slime from the forest floor, where they had sat undisturbed for one year because no one else had been there. Note to readers, finding one shed antler is fun, but finding both sides together is a treat, and signals the whitetail has healthy when he cast his antlers and thus is still out there on the landscape - and ready to SNORT at anyone getting too close in the future!

I remain grateful to the publications and organizations that chose to work with this veteran writer and photographer in 2024, raising awareness from the field about hunting, fishing and conservation. I hope to keep it going in 2025 with Mossy Oak Gamekeepers magazine, Tideline (online) with the Post and Courier, Trilogy Outdoors and Scuttlebutt SE.

Covering fishing tournaments in 2024

Top Stories from 2024 include Sullivan's Island Bird Banding - Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve - Kiawah Shoreline Restoration - Georgetown Blue Marlin - Beidler Forest 50th - Charleston Race Week - Hammock Coast Birding Festival - Release Over 20

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