SCELP Lawyers for the Wild Side of SC

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SCELP
Lawyers for the Wild Side of SC
By Amy Armstrong & Margaret Sand
On Saturday, October 3rd, as clouds
gathered over the state of South
Carolina, environmentalists, naturelovers, outdoor enthusiasts, and attorneys gathered at Hobcaw Barony for
the 6th annual Wild Side event. This
fundraiser benefits the South Carolina
Environmental Law Project, the only
non-profit environmental law firm
focused exclusively on South
Carolina. This group of attorneys
works to protect our state’s natural
resources and to serve the citizens
who depend on them. In South
Carolina, where much of our culture
revolves around the great outdoors,
people often presume that since these
remarkable resources are so readily
available to us, no allowance needs to
be made for their protection in the
future. However, it is only thanks to
protections of the past that our natural resources are still available to us to
use on a daily basis. That is why it is
fitting that they celebrate their work
each year at Hobcaw Barony, a large
tract of priceless undeveloped land
placed under strict protections by
Belle Baruch, who recognized its
From left to right: Amelia Thompson w/Addy, Amy Armstrong w/Roxie,
Jessie White w/Huckleberry.
value to posterity in her days hunting
in its woods.
Wild Side is an opportunity to witness what conservation today can
look like tomorrow, and remind attendees why the South Carolina
Environmental Law Project began in
the first place. SCELP’s founder,
Jimmy Chandler, recognized that
while our modern day environmental
laws are designed to protect natural
resources, sometimes those laws are
not properly implemented or
enforced. When that happens, citizens impacted by poor decision-making need to have a voice in court like
any other victim. While practicing
law in Columbia and an active member of the Sierra Club, people who
knew Jimmy’s love of the outdoors
asked him for help in challenging
agency permitting decisions that
would lead to adverse impacts to the
environment. As those cases began to
build, he decided to form the
“Project,” which was intended to be a
short-lived effort to address the inadequacies in South Carolina’s environmental regulations, improve environmental permitting and decision-making, and be dissolved when our natural resources were properly protected.
Twenty seven years later, the South
Carolina Environmental Law Project
has grown to three attorneys and one
project manager, been involved in
nearly every environmental issue in
South Carolina, and argued cases in
our State’s highest courts.
Wild Side began six years ago as a
memorial for Jimmy Chandler, the
original lawyer for the wild side, and
has since grown into a celebration of
his legacy and demonstration of support for the organization that continues it. Wild Side is a chance for peo-
ple from across South Carolina and
beyond to join together for fun, food
and fellowship in recognition of
SCELP’s important work.
This year we celebrated land mark
successes, like the South Carolina
Environmental Law Project’s challenge to a license authorizing the disposal of radioactive nuclear waste in
Barnwell County. This nuclear waste
was placed in unsealed vaults with
holes in the bottoms and then stored
in uncovered, unlined trenches. As a
result, radioactive tritium leached
from the vaults and trenches and
migrated into the groundwater, forming a plume which fed into a tributary
of the Savannah River. On July 30,
2014, after many years of work in and
out of the Courts the South Carolina
Court of Appeals agreed that these
disposal practices fail to minimize the
contact of water with waste and thus
are in violation of the applicable regulatory standards. The crowd also
cheered at SCELP’s success in keeping
a pristine, 150-acre barrier island spit,
known as Captain Sams on Kiawah
Island, safe from an ill-advised development. For the first time ever, the SC
Supreme Court heard arguments on
this one case three separate times,
indicating the level of tension
between protecting public resources
and ceding to private interests. The
landmark victory in SCELP’s Captain
Sams Spit case set important precedents that the public interest in using
our tidelands and beaches cannot be
trumped for purely private economic
gain and requiring consideration of
the long-range and cumulative
impacts of a project on the coastal
zone.
Wild Side also provided a time of
preparation and education for some
of the important issues ahead.
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MEANDERINGS …
By Jerry W. Teaford, Jr.
W
hen I was a little boy, my
grandmother used to tell
me; “one of the signs of old
age is you begin to think time passes
fast.” I guess I must be getting old.
This year is flying by at break neck
pace. It seems like we were just ringing in the New Year and when you
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read this article, Thanksgiving will be
upon us. WOW!
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite
holidays. Naturally, this time of year
causes me to do some reflecting and
soul searching. It’s a time of counting
my blessings and reaffirming the lessons, events of this year has taught
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me. I truly have so much to be thankful for this year.
The definition of “thanksgiving” is
“expression of thanks, especially to
God.” The definition of “thankful” is
“feeling or expressing gratitude,
appreciative.” How long has it been,
honestly, since you sat down and just
thought about the things that make
you thankful?
Those of us who live in the United
States of America are blessed beyond
measure just to be living in the greatest country in the world. We have our
share of problems but as a whole, I’d
rather live here than anywhere else on
the planet. I am thankful for the good
ole U.S.A. I’m thankful for our brave
men and women, past and present
who have put their lives on the line to
protect our freedoms. I am thankful
for their families who have so selflessly shared them with us.
I am thankful for my friends. In a
lifetime, you are blessed to find a few
people who live up to and earn the
title of friend. They are the people
who are there through thick or thin.
When everybody else walks away,
your friends remain. They love you
when everything is going great and
they love you when things aren’t so
great. Friends are treasures. Their
value exceeds that of silver and gold.
I am blessed to have made some great
friends. I am thankful for them all but
especially those who have impacted
my life. Greg, Shelton, Scott, Connie
and Marcie I love and appreciate you
more than you can ever know.
I am thankful for my family. I love
my wife with all that’s in me. She is
the epitome of a life partner. When
my world had fallen apart and I knelt
November 2015
in rubble and dismay, she stepped in
and “saved me”. I am eternally thankful for you Therese. Words cannot
express nor do justice to what you
mean to me, how much I love you
and how thankful I am for you.
I am thankful for my kids;
Matthew, Rachel, Joe, Allyson,
Michael, Katey, Ryan, Brad, Amy and
Brittany. I could not have handpicked you any more perfectly than
you are. There is not one thing that I
am not proud of concerning each of
you. You all own my heart. I love you
and I am thankful for each one of
you. I am more thankful than I can
justifiably express for the grandchildren y’all have given to me: Hailee,
Caelan, Hayden and Seth.
The emotions of love, joy and
thankfulness brought into my life by
these babies overwhelms me. My parents used to say, they wished they
could have skipped over us kids and
gone straight to the grandchildren.
That used to hurt my feelings (not
really). But now, I understand exactly
what they were saying. (By the way,
we are ready for more grandbabies
when y’all are. Just saying and putting it out there.)
I am thankful for my parents, my
sisters, my brother and their families.
Through the years, we’ve seen each
other at our best and at our worst. We
have loved each other through it.
Mom and dad, you taught us the values that have shaped our lives. You
instilled in us what it means to be
family. Michelle, Rena and Kevin, I
love you more now than I ever have
and I’m proud to be your brother. I
am thankful for who you have
become. I’m thankful for having
shared the journey and look forward
to continuing it into the future.
One more thing, Dad, you alone
have done more to shape who I am,
what I believe and how I live. I could
write books that would fill up
libraries of who you are in my eyes. I
can honestly say, everything I have
learned about life has come from
watching you. To me, you stand head
and shoulders above all men. You are
my hero. I love you and I am thankful
you are my dad.
Last but most of all, I am thankful
to God. I respect the right of others to
believe what they want to believe but,
for me and my house, we will serve
the Lord. I am thankful to God for His
mercy and grace. I am thankful to
God for salvation. I am thankful to
God for all of the blessings in my life.
God is good. I am thankful that I am
thankful … How ‘bout you?
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November 2015
Archery Segment
By Michael Jones, BBR Outdoors
H
ello folks. This month’s segment is called Bicycle Buck.
This year I started hunting
a new area within my club. I
thought I had a good set up. I had a
lock-on stand in a big oak tree with
good cover. I thought I had it all figured out. I started baiting it up in
August, put my camera out and
stayed out of the area except to bait
up. The first time I pulled my card I
had over 1700 pictures. Man, I was
excited! I had several big bachelor
bucks together. I remember thinking
‘I’m gonna get that big ole boy on
opening day’. But wrong, wrong,
boy was I wrong! These bucks had
me pegged from day one. The only
thing I saw on the first day were
does. Fool me once, fool me twice,
but not three times. Then it all came
to me. I checked my camera - the
buck was feeding at 3:45 pm. So I
thought I’d get in the stand at 2:45,
bag him, and be back at the house
in time to watch the Clemson football game. But I was wrong. I only
saw does again.
Now folks, I’ve been around the
block a few times, been bow hunting for over 30 years and I knew
something was wrong. The wind
was perfect so I’m thinking these
deer had to hear and see me going
to my stand. I firmly believe a
mature buck can tell the difference
between a Chevy and a Ford! Don’t
ever underestimate a mature buck.
You know the old saying, a bird in
the hand is worth two in the bush.
Just because you see them on the
camera doesn’t mean you have
meat in the freezer. So, now I have
to figure out ‘how to outsmart the
big ole boys’?
So, instead of going in their front
door, I went in their side door. I
entered my stand from a different
direction. I parked my truck about a
mile on the other side of the block. I
took my bicycle and quietly slipped
in about two hours before feeding
time.
The first time I sat, I harvested
my first deer of the year, a nine
point buck. When I first saw him,
he was entering from the same
direction where I was parking and
entering, so they had been bedding
between my truck and my stand,
just as I thought. The good news is,
after I harvested him, I only had to
drag him about 20 yards to the new
path I had made. The moral of the
story is changing your game pays
off!
You see, folks, when you’re in the
woods you’re in their world. When
a mature buck is bedding, it’s in an
area where he can detect everything. If he sees or hears your truck,
he’s gonna start to pattern you.
Then the next thing you know,
you’re only getting night time pictures on your camera and he’s gone
nocturnal, or he will leave the area
altogether. Entering and exiting the
woods is very important, most
times, all you have to do is move a
couple of hundred yards. So if you
start getting pictures of bucks on
your camera every day and you
think you’ve got them figured out,
they just might have YOU figured
out!
Another key is, don’t over-hunt
your area. If this is happening to
you, there’s a good chance he’s bedding near your stand and he’s got
you patterned. You’re gonna have
to move or do something different.
The good news is cameras can really help you figure out deer patterns.
If you don’t get him the first time,
then you need to rethink your stand
location because he knows you’re
there and when you’re there.
Remember, think smarter not
harder. Folks, I hope this segment
helps you get a big one this year.
Come on by BBR Outdoors and
check us out. We love to hear your
hunting stories.
We have all your hunting needs firearms and archery. Also check us
out on Facebook and our web page.
Always spend time in the great outdoors!
Michael Jones, Archery Pro
BBR Outdoors
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Georgetown, SC 29440
843-527-4298
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Transplanting
Established
Shrubs
By Gary Forrester
On a nice
sunny day you
are walking in
your yard and
notice that the
lovely, small tree
you planted several years ago has
now grown so
big it is blocking
your view of the
pond. Or, you might want to change your
landscape and save a little money in the
process. No matter what the reason, moving established shrubs and trees can be a
bit intimidating. Good preparation however, can make the project somewhat easier
and less time consuming and following
recommended practices will increase your
chances of plant survival.
Roots of healthy trees and shrubs normally grow well beyond the drip line of
the plant and usually are much larger than
the volume of soil you can move. If you
can plan ahead, reduce the size of root
volume by root pruning in the spring or
fall before your transplanting date. Plants
that are to be moved in the spring should
be root pruned in October and those
plants you want to move in the fall should
be pruned in March. Root prune in the
spring before new growth appears and in
the fall after the leaves have fallen.
Pruning at any other time can cause damage to your plant. Begin root pruning by
marking a circle around your plant equal
to the size of root ball you want to move.
Next, dig a trench just outside the marked
circle. Minimum root ball diameters for
plants of various heights and trench
depths can be found at Clemson’s Home
and Garden Information Center web site
at http://hgic.clemson.edu. Look for
brochure 1055. These root ball sizes are
recommended by the American
Association of Nurserymen.
The day has finally arrived and it’s
time to move your plant. Hopefully, the
root system is now much smaller and easier to handle but is healthy and strong.
Before digging, tie up any low hanging
branches to avoid damage. You will also
want to orient a branch to a certain direction so the plant can be placed in its new
home properly oriented. Mark the trunk
of the plant where it meets the soil. This
should be at the first root flare. When
replanting, you want this mark to be
about 1 inch above the soil level. Once
the plant has been tied, marked and oriented, it’s ready to move. Shrubs less than
3 feet tall and trees having a trunk diameter of less than 1 inch when measured 6
inches above the ground can be moved
bareroot.
“Bareroot” means that all, or most, of
the soil is removed from root system. This
makes the plant much easier to handle
especially larger shrubs and trees.
Bareroot transplanting should only be
done when the plant is dormant. Trees
larger than 3 feet tall and those having a
trunk diameter greater than 1 inch should
be moved with the soil attached. Be sure
when digging, you remove enough soil
and root system to provide for full recovery of the plant. Some points to consider
are this: trees that are difficult to move
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such as beech, hickory, sweetgum, sassafras and oak need a much larger root
ball than trees that are easier to transplant.
Plants growing in sandy soils will have a
much larger root system than those growing in heavy, clay soils. Once your plant
has been dug and lifted out of the ground,
trim the ball to the size you want with a
spade. Wrap the root ball with a piece of
burlap to keep from losing soil during the
move. Be aware that these root balls can
be very heavy. A soil ball 15 inches in
diameter and 15 inches deep can weigh
up to 200 pounds. Large plant moving
should be left to the professionals as they
are familiar with this process.
On the other end, it is very important
to properly prepare the new hole. It
should be 50 percent wider than the root
ball itself but no deeper than the depth of
the root ball. Disturbing the soil under the
ball will cause settling and a plant planted
too deep. Place the plant in its new hole
and backfill with the excavated soil. Be
sure to not pile soil on top of the roots as
this could smother the root system.
Lightly tamp down your backfill and
water lightly to eliminate air pockets. Try
to maintain a constant moisture level after
planting and mulch the area lightly.
For more information contact:
Gary Forrester, Environmental
Horticulturalist/Master Gardener
Coordinator Clemson University
Cooperative Extension Service Horry
County office number
843-365-6715
[email protected].
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November 2015
Reel ‘Em In 2015 Kids Fishing
Tournament Results
The second annual Reel ‘Em In kids fishing
tournament, presented by the S.C. Department of
Natural Resources Marine Division, was held on
Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the Mt. Pleasant
Pier. Forty anglers competed in the event, reeling
in a total of 90 fish representing 19 different
species.
Awards
* Big Fish: Noah Cannady for a 1.56 pound
black drum (male angler category) and Samantha
Kotz for a .78 pound sheepshead (female angler
category)
* Most Unusual Catch: Rachel Lingerfelt for a
juvenile cobia
* Most Fish Caught: First Place - Mason
Cavallon for an impressive 12 fish
* Second Place - Tie between Phillip Wilson
and Jordyn Lyttle, with eight fish each
* Third Place - Tie between David Barton and
Connor Hodge, with seven fish each
* Fourth Place - Tie between Haley Nichols
and Caitlin Adams, with five fish each
The anglers ranged widely in experience,
including some first timers. With a loaner rod
provided by DNR and a little coaching from
agency staff and her father, Isabela Reamer reeled
in her first saltwater fish - a 12-inch bluefish.
“She loved everything about the experience,
from catching her first bluefish to touching and
learning about all the different species caught
that were put into the holding tank,” said father
Mark Reamer. “It was an awesome experience for
Isabella and a great father/daughter time as
well.”
A touch tank on site allowed participants to learn
more about the 19 fish species caught in the tournament. The high number of species caught echoed
the importance of the Charleston Harbor estuary,
where young fish and other marine animals take
refuge in the sheltered and food-rich environment.
The tournament winners all practiced catch and
release, returning their fish to the estuary - in hopes
of hooking a bigger fish next time.
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You also need to meet the newest member of the 5-Star Guns family - Buckshot!!
Model 36 Smith & Wesson, unfired, engraved
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1960 Ruger Blackhawk, customized by Hamilton
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was a 357 converted to a 44.
(appears on page 124 of John Taffins ‘Book of 44’s’)
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Student Angler League Tournament
Student Angler League Tournament
Trail kicked off the second season with
less than favorable conditions. Fishing
after a few days of rain combined with a
flood tide is not always easy or patient to
wait on the fish to come to the anglers on
a very slow falling tide. Nevertheless,
with tourneys designed to have a mid
dayish low tide, there were some happy
kids parading their catch at the 3:00
weight ins.
High school bass division was won by
Lauren Dyer and Chase Todd, both of
Georgetown High School with 3 fish at
6.54 pounds and Chase took the “Big
Fish” honors with a 4.35 pounder. Second
place was won by Bradley Thompkins
and River Squires of Conway High
School. No anglers competed in the middle school bass division.
High school red drum division was
won by Maria Rabon of the Christian
Academy with 1 fish at 1.38 pounds
(15.5 inches) with no teams taking second. The “Big Fish” honors with a 38
inch red drum picture taken and fish
released was Colin Newton of
Waccamaw High School. Middle school
red drum division was won by Ben
Pardue and Charlie Holmes with 1 fish at
4.07 pounds (21.5 inches) and they also
released a 26 inch red drum after a picture was taken on the bump board to
show the nose to pinched tail length that
determines the “Big Fish” winner for
reds.
Schools represented were Conway
High and Middle, Carolina Forest High,
Ocean Bays Middle, Middle, Waccamaw
High, Rosemary Middle (Andrews),
Socastee High, Forestbrook Middle,
Christian Academy High, Stratford High,
Georgetown High and Middle, and the
Scholars Academy. St James Middle and
Blackwater Middle will be attending the
next tourney.
October 10th is the second of 4 trails
this school year and it is NOT too late to
sign up and fish the trail. The spring
dates are February 20 and March 5.
Anglers can target reds “or” bass.
Anglers can fish for reds one tourney
then bass the next if they choose to but
here will be a trail winner for each division and species for each species.
All trails are from Campbell Landing
on the Sampit River with a 7 am launch
and 3 pm weight in. Anglers must have
an adult of 21 or older driving and it only
costs $25 per angler for the trail. Anglers
compete in the middle school or high
school division but mixed anglers (one
high, one middle) must fish in the high
school division. For more information go
to www.salttfishing.com where you will
find the director’s contact information if
you have any questions.
Ben Pardue and Charlie Holmes
Bradley Thompkins
Colin Newton and Noah Payne
Maria Rabon
Chase Todd and Lauren Dyer.tif
Chase Todd
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VETERANS
Stories from the Resource Center
By Kris Tourtellotte
Veterans Welcome Home & Resource Center
Over the years we have had
countless people come into the center requesting assistance for various
reasons, most of which are honest
and above-board and some are less
than truthful. We also say that we
could write a book and maybe someday we will. On that note, I’ve decided to share a few stories, some goodsome funny and some just plain disgusting.
# 1 - One of our clients, a homeless veteran whom we had helped
with food, gave him rides to the grocery store and bank when he
received money, had lost his social
security benefits because he had
missed some important mail since he
did not have a permanent address.
We went to work battling to get his
payments back while keeping tabs
on him and his campsite in the
woods.
A few months later he came into
the center, I was alone and on the
phone so I asked him to wait. He
had a check in his hand and was
waving it at me (hang on, I will take
you to the bank when I’m done) “no,
he said, look at the check”, wow
$500 good for you, he pointed at it
and said look again. I finished my
phone call, and looked again - it was
made out to the Veterans Welcome
Home and Resource Center. He had
received $2,000 in back pay and
would be receiving $500 a month.
He wanted to thank us and would
not take no for an answer, which is
amazing! In the past we have helped
people get hundreds of thousands in
back pay and he was the only one
(up to that point) to offer us any
money for everything we had done
for him. He then rented a small
apartment for the winter months,
then bought a new tent and back to
the woods!
There are a lot of “Feel Good
Stories” but I want to relate to you
the other side:
# 2 - A worker at a local shelter
brought a young man (claiming to be
a wounded Iraqi veteran) in for
assistance, who saw his own brother
die from wounds received in a battle.
He showed us the scars on his legs
then proceeded to tell all the gory
details. He claimed to have been dis-
charged a week ago
but had no dd214 or
any other papers
and was discharged
from Fort Worth
which does not
even have a base.
My many years
of experience told
me that it was all a
lie so I asked him to
step outside while I
spoke to the person
who had escorted
him in. I told her
that I was sure he
was a liar but would check it out and
get back to her. She was astonished
that I would think such a thing and a
little upset since she was so positive
that he was telling the truth, so how
could I be so uncaring? I assured her
that if I find out he is actually a vet, I
would do everything I could to help
him. Research proved that he had
never been in the service, his brother
was alive and well, and the scars
were from a car accident, all of
which he admitted to me when we
confronted him.
# 3 - A young lady came in with a
homeless vet who had been staying
at her house and again after hearing
his story I told her he was not being
truthful and that she needed to call
911 and have him removed. Not
believing me she allowed him to
stay. She called me a few weeks later
to tell me he had stolen from her and
admitted he was not a vet.
# 4 - One guy who was a veteran,
had convinced his wife of several
years that he was a hero in Vietnam
and had received medals that only a
few others had. His dd214 showed
no overseas duty and his highest
award was the National Defense
Ribbon that everyone receives in
basic training. He stated that he had
other terms of service so I completed
the form to obtain the missing
papers, put them in an envelope
addressed to the national records
office and told them to mail it out.
An hour later the wife called asking if she had left the envelope at the
center? After a search, to be sure, I
told her I had given it to her husband. Somehow it was misplaced
between the center
and home and the
veteran refused to
come back in to get a
new one. I’m thinking he did not want
to be exposed as a
stolen valor candidate.
# 5 - We had the
case of relatives that
had found pictures
and patches from a
WWII veteran who
had passed away.
They wanted to
know what these items meant
because he had never told them. I
did some research, finding out that
he was in a very elite unit. I was
lucky to locate his military history
showing that he was indeed a heroic
veteran who had received some very
high honors. It was sad that he took
his story to the grave; it would have
been very interesting and something
that his family could have passed on
through many generations.
You never know what you will
encounter each day when you are
assisting others, some are in serious
need, and others are trying to get
over on the system. We err on the
side of the veteran, but research as
much as we can to get the true story
so that we are spending our donations on the right people. We will
continue to do what we can but we
cannot help being skeptical, we may
even seem callous to some. We apologize for that, but unfortunately, we
have learned some hard lessons
doing what we do!
Kris ‘Turtle’ Tourtellotte is the
founder of The Veterans Welcome Home
and Resource Center located at 421 Hwy
57, South in Little River, SC. Feel free to
stop by, call 843-427-4568 or check out
our website: www.veteranswelcomehomeandresourcecenter.org.
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Mass Shootings,
What Do We Do???
By Simon Spain
Here we
go again,
more
school
shootings!
What do
we do?
Where do
we go from
here? I
don’t know
the
answers.
There’s one thing I do know, if we,
the law abiding gun owners of
America do not push for some
stronger control over those that are not
law-abiding gun owners, we will be
the victims! We will be the victims of
unreasonable gun control laws that
will never solve the real problem! I’m
not sure what the real problem really is
but neither do those that represent the
anti-gun crowd! Sure, there’s a problem, but writing another law for nonlaw abiding criminals makes
absolutely NO sense what so ever!
Our president says we need more
common sense gun laws, what does
that even mean? “Common sense”...?
• Common sense to law abiding gun
owners means you don’t go around
shooting up people or places for no
reason. Lives are valuable!
• Common sense says the words
“Gun Free Zone” means no one here is
a threat to your attack, these people
are unarmed and unprotected.
• Common sense says to me that all
of these politicians are themselves protected by armed security, why is that?
In late September I attended a semi-
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nar on “Active shooter in a house of
worship”. It is a sad, but true fact that
this issue even has to be addressed.
Two of the places we always thought
of as safe were schools and churches,
but no more. The FBI seminar was
very informative and sadly disturbing
that it was even necessary. The saddest
thing was that the agent giving the
seminar stated that these are events
they can’t prevent and their only goal
was to give us enough information to
possibly lessen the casualties!
Law Enforcement Agencies all over
have begun to do something I’m very
much in favor of and that is too not
use the name of the shooter. It is now a
known fact, the mass shooter seeks
notoriety and when the media continues the use of their name, it gives them
just that, for days and sometimes
weeks! Why don’t we stop that? Forget
their name, but speak of the victims
and families whose lives they have
destroyed. No one remembers the victims, let’s change that! It takes no heroic act to do such a deed and then take
your own life. It is a much greater act
to stand up and be counted for what
you believe!
Even though church shootings are a
present topic, they only make up 3% of
the overall mass shooting incidents in
this country. Work place shootings are
by far the largest percentage at 55% again not a welcome statistic. I think
that a large part of the overall problem
is that government agencies don’t
communicate with each other.
The 2nd Amendment is constantly
under attack from the anti-gun crowd
and if we, the law abiding, gun owner
citizens of this country do not help to
devise a plan against the shootings, we
will become the minority. I know we
are not the problem but if we don’t
help come up with a solution we will
be the losers! Even when you are within your rights, you can lose support
when a few bad people make it bad
for us all. I am a firm believer in the
2nd Amendment and I believe that
you can’t always stand behind a line
drawn in the sand and not come up
with some suggestions to help with a
solution.
If we, the gun owners, just stand by
and say it could never happen here,
we are sadly mistaken! The same was
said for prayer in schools or the
removing of the Ten Commandments
from government buildings or the
Christmas tree from the town square.
Yes, these are all things I thought
would never happen, but look where
we are today. We can’t just wait
around for the government to come up
with a plan that will ultimately only
affect law abiding citizens. We need to
be proactive, we need to create our
own destiny. What do we do? I don’t
know either, but we need to work on
it, we need to be the founders of our
future!
FROM THE KILL TO THE GRILL
Venison Meatloaf
2 lbs ground venison
1 pkg of Lipton instant soup mix
(mushroom & onion)
1 lg egg
1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
Chopped parsley
Sm clove of garlic minced
1 cup ketchup
1 cup Sweet Baby Rays hickory
BBQ sauce
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
Mix the meat well with all the
ingredients except the BBQ sauce,
Worcestershire sauce and the
ketchup. Once you have mixed
everything together, place it in an
oven safe dish. Add about a 1/4
cup of water into the dish with the
meat.
Mix the BBQ sauce,
Worcestershire sauce and the
ketchup together and set aside.
Cook in an open dish for 45 minutes and pour half of the sauce mixture over the top of the meat.
Continue to cook for another 20
minutes and pour the remaining
sauce.
Cook for another 15 minutes.
You’re ready to go.
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November 2015
Executive Director and lead counsel Amy Armstrong spoke to guests about
SCELP’s involvement in opposition to a project whose impacts promise to be
widespread, long lasting and catastrophic to our coast: the proposal to allow offshore drilling in the Atlantic. To date SCELP has challenged three state agency
decisions allowing companies to conduct seismic testing in SC to collect data on
oil and gas resources. This method of projecting sound waves louder than a jet
engine into the water to map the sea floor poses significant risks to marine life off
our coast who are highly sensitive to acoustic disruption. It is also the first step
towards offshore oil and gas drilling. The data they collect will not be made public, yet it will determine what our coastline will look like for the next fifty years
and beyond.
The month of October brought lots of talk about South Carolina’s rivers, which
form complex waterways throughout the state. One of SCELP’s cases that began
this year could have an impact on every single one of them. On behalf of a group
of citizens who live or own property along our state’s rivers, SCELP is challenging
the Surface Water Act. This piece of legislation that allows agricultural users to
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register for unlimited water withdrawals from South Carolina’s natural
waterways without any public notice or participation. Current large scale
agricultural users are registered to withdraw over 68 billion gallons of water
from our surface waters each year. Though many of our state’s rivers overflowed in the torrential rains in early October, this unfettered use could
deplete their flows to dangerously low levels and deprive downstream users
of water for fishing, boating, irrigation, and other uses.
This was the first year that Wild Side has not been held at the Hobcaw
House, on the banks of the Winyah Bay. The rain the night before caused the
event to move further inland on the Hobcaw property to the Kimbel Lodge,
where we were fortunate to have clear weather on Saturday for a fun
evening of music, great food by Bistro 217, and educational entertainment
from Gullah Gullah Island’s Ron Daise. However, the conditions in days that
followed served as a reminder of how important the wild side of our state is;
not just for cultural, historical and aesthetic reasons, but in order to maintain
balance in the ecosystems where we live. This year SCELP spent many
hours in and out of the courtroom trying to protect wetlands and water quality. Our state is home to many isolated wetlands, known as Carolina Bays, in
addition to coastal wetlands. Wetlands occur throughout the Midlands and
Lowcountry areas of South Carolina and serve as important wildlife habitat
and rainwater catchment, but too often they are filled unnecessarily and
storm water and tidal flows are left with nowhere to go.
As our climate changes and weather patterns become more extreme and
unpredictable, it is crucial that we do our utmost to preserve natural
resources that mitigate those impacts, and prevent irresponsible development that exacerbate their effects. It is only through action today, that our
natural resources will be preserved for our health, safety and enjoyment in
the future. The South Carolina Environmental Law Project is dedicated to
protecting the natural environment of South Carolina by providing legal
services and advice to environmental organizations and concerned citizens
and by improving the state’s system of environmental regulation.
If you would like more information on SCELP, please check out
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Root Beer Bundt Cake
Make this cake the night before serving to let the flavor
intensify. For a more pronounced root beer taste, swap out
1/2 cup of root beer for root beer schnapps. And whatever
you do, do not use a diet root beer.
Total Time: 1 1/4 hours
Makes: One 10-inch Bundt cake
For the cake:
1 stick unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes
2 cups flour, plus more for dusting pan
2 cups root beer, preferably a natural brand
1 cup dark cocoa powder
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
For the frosting:
2 ounces 60% chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup natural root beer
2/3 cup dark cocoa powder
2 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
What to Do
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour a 10-inch
Bundt pan.
2. In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat butter, root
beer and cocoa powder until butter is completely melted.
Add sugars and whisk until dissolved. Remove mixture
from heat and set aside to cool.
3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda
and salt.
4. In a small bowl, whisk eggs until just beaten, then whisk
into cooled cocoa mixture until combined. Gently fold flour
mixture into chocolate mixture. Do not overbeat. Mixture
will be slightly lumpy.
5. Pour mixture into Bundt pan and bake, rotating pan
halfway through baking, until a toothpick inserted into cake
comes out clean, 35-45 minutes.
6. Remove from oven and let cake cool in pan. Once completely cool, use a knife to gently loosen sides of cake from
pan and invert onto a cooling rack.
7. Make frosting: Place all ingredients in a food processor
and pulse in short bursts until frosting is shiny and smooth.
If necessary, thin with 1-2 tablespoons whole milk, pulsing
to combine.
8. Use a spatula to spread frosting in a thick layer over top
of cake. Let frosting set before serving.
7-Up Pound Cake
This lemony cake stays moist for days.
Total Time: 1 1/2 hours
Makes: Two 8-by-4-inch loaf cakes
3 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
3 cups granulated sugar
5 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Zest from 1 lemon
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Soda
Recipes
7 ounces 7-Up
Confectioners’ sugar for dusting cake
What to Do
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter two 8-by-4-inch loaf
pans. Cut two pieces of parchment into 13-by-9-inch rectangles. Cut 2 1/2-inch squares from each corner. Parchment
should cover bottoms of pans with four flaps that come up
sides.
2. In a large bowl, cream butter with an electric mixer or a
stand mixer with paddle attachment. Mix in sugar and beat
until combined.
3. Beat in eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition
until fully incorporated.
4. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and
salt.
5. Add 1 cup flour mixture, lemon zest and juice, vanilla
and 3 tablespoons 7-Up to butter mixture and beat until just
combined. Continue alternating additions of flour mixture
and 7-Up until batter is combined, taking care not to overbeat.
6. Divide batter between loaf pans and bake until golden or
a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 1
hour. Remove from oven and let cool completely in pans.
7. Serve at room temperature, dusted with confectioners’
sugar.
Coca-Cola Cake
The mini marshmallow and pecan garnish is optional, but
adds a playful touch.
Total Time: 1 1/4 hours
Makes: One 9-inch cake
For the cake:
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for flouring the pan
1 cup butter, plus more for buttering the pan
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup Coca-Cola
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk
2 eggs
For the frosting:
1/2 cup butter
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons Coca-Cola
1 vanilla bean, halved and seeds scraped, or 1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
1 cup pecans, roughly chopped
What to Do
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 9-inch
cake pans.
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2. Sift flour, sugar and baking soda into a large bowl.
3. Melt butter in a small pot over high heat. Add melted butter, Coca-Cola and cocoa powder to flour mixture. Whisk
together until just combined.
4. Add buttermilk and eggs, whisking just until smooth.
5. Divide batter between the cake pans and bake until a
cake tester comes out clean, 25-35 minutes. Let cool in pans
10 minutes, then invert onto cooling racks.
6. Meanwhile, make frosting: Melt butter in a small pot.
Remove from heat and pour into a large bowl. Add confectioners’ sugar, cocoa, Coca-Cola and vanilla bean seeds,
whisking until smooth. Let frosting cool until slightly stiff,
about 10 minutes.
7. Spread a thick layer of frosting on top of one of the
cakes. Place remaining cake on top of frosted cake. Cover
entire cake with remaining frosting. Top with marshmallows
and pecans.
Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork
in the Slow Cooker
2 1/2 - 3 lb pork butt (also known as a pork shoulder)
24 oz. (2 cans) Dr. Pepper
1 medium onion, cut into quarters and then again in half
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons dry ground mustard
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Salt and black pepper to taste
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
3 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
Barbecue Sauce of choice
Place the chopped onions in the bottom of the slow cooker. Place the pork butt on top of the onions and add the garlic, ground mustard, cayenne pepper, salt, pepper, apple
cider vinegar and Worcestershire sauce. Pour the Dr. Pepper
on top and cook on high for 4-5 hours (or on low for 8
hours).
Very carefully, because the pork will be hot, remove the
meat from the slow cooker and place on a large cutting
board. Using two forks, shred the pork by pulling away
from each other. The meat should be very tender by this
point. Place the shredded pork back into the slow cooker
and continue to cook for an additional hour.
Drain the remaining juices and toss the meat and onion
mixture in the barbecue sauce of choice. I don’t have an
exact amount listed-just add a bit at a time until you get to
your desired sauciness!
7-Up Biscuits
4 cups Bisquick
1 cup sour cream
1 cup 7-up
1/2 cup melted butter
DIRECTIONS:
Mix Bisquick, sour cream and 7 up.
Dough will be very soft - don’t worry.
Knead and fold dough until coated with your baking mix.
Pat dough out and cut biscuits using a round biscuit / cookie
cutter.
Melt butter in bottom of cookie sheet pan or
9x13 casserole dish.
Place biscuits on top of melted butter and bake at 425
degrees for 12-15 minutes or until brown.
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Have You Had Your Hearing Checked Lately?
Things to Know about Hearing Loss
By Jennifer Reed and Kayla Bracey
Owners, Hearing by Design
• Hearing loss is a major public
health issue that is the third most
common physical condition after
arthritis and heart disease.
• Gradual hearing loss can affect
people of all ages — varying from
mild to profound. Hearing loss is a
sudden or gradual decrease in how
well you can hear. Depending on
the cause, it can be mild or severe,
temporary or permanent.
• Degrees of hearing loss: mild,
moderate, severe, profound.
• Congenital hearing loss means
you are born without hearing, while
gradual hearing loss happens over
time.
• Hearing loss is an invisible condition; we cannot see hearing loss,
only its effects. Because the presence
of a hearing loss is not visible, these
effects may be attributed to aloof-
ness, confusion,
or personality
changes.
• In adults,
the most common causes of
hearing loss are
noise and aging.
There is a strong
relationship
between age
and reported
hearing loss.
• In age-related hearing loss,
known as presbycusis, changes in
the inner ear that happen as you get
older cause a slow but steady hearing loss. The loss may be mild or
severe, and it is always permanent.
• In older people, a hearing loss is
often confused with, or complicates,
such conditions as dementia.
• Noiseinduced hearing loss may
happen slowly
over time or
suddenly.
Being exposed
to everyday
noises, such as
listening to
very loud
music, being
in a noisy work environment, or
using a lawn mower, can lead to
hearing loss over many years.
• Sudden, noise-induced hearing
loss from gunfire and explosions is
the number one disability caused by
combat in current wars.
• More often than not severe tinnitus (or ringing in the ears) will
accompany the hearing loss and
may be just as debilitating as the
hearing loss itself.
• Other causes of hearing loss
include earwax buildup, an object in
the ear, injury to the ear or head, ear
infection, a ruptured eardrum, and
other conditions that affect the middle or inner ear.
*Courtesy of the Hearing Loss
Association of America, the nation’s
voice for people who have hearing
loss.
If you or your loved one is struggling to hear or understand, please
call us today for a free hearing evaluation. It may just be wax, but it
needs to be checked! We look forward to meeting you soon!
Hearing By Design,
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843-272-1486.
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BRANCHES
OF LOVE
It’s time to order your Christmas tree….
By Gale Mulcahy
You may be asking, what exactly
is Branches of Love? It is a non-profit charity organization that gives
100% of the monies raised to the
mission of helping needy families
and to adopt needy families for
Christmas, right here in Horry
County. When they provide
Christmas for a family, that family
receives items of necessity, presents
and meals.
This year will mark the seventh
year for Lauch Martin and Shaw
Williams, two local businessmen,
who partner together to see that
local funds are raised to help local
families. They are the first to admit,
they could never do it alone. They
rely on local churches and schools to
do the screening of families here in
our communities and then it’s up to
all of us to help in any small way to
make the holidays just a little
brighter for those less fortunate.
Here’s how these two men do
their part…for the last six years
Lauch and Shaw take orders for live
cut Christmas trees. They go to
Boyd Mountain Tree Farm in
Maggie Valley, NC hand-pick the
trees that have been ordered and
mark them to be cut in the future.
Trees are fresh cut, delivered and
available to be picked up –Saturday,
November 28th - at Grand Strand
Power Equipment, in Myrtle Beach
where you’re treated to a FREE pig
pickin’ with all the fixins’ and of
course the football games! Your tree
has been cut for less than a week
when you get it.
The popularity of this event has
grown by leaps and bounds through
word of mouth! Anything you can
The Horry/Georgetown
Sportsmen’s Coalition
“Stop being duck shooters and become duck hunters”
Mission Statement: The
Horry/Georgetown Sportsmen’s
Coalition is made up of sportsmen and
property owners who are willing to
work together at the local level to protect, restore and enhance the wetlands/wildlife conservation and the
rights of property owners and public
sportsmen alike.
Just some of our goals as a coalition
are:
• To educate the teens and youth in
South Carolina.
• To address the concerns of all outdoorsmen and wildlife in the
Lowcountry of South Carolina.
• To manage and restore the
Samworth Waterfowl WMA.
* To work and alongside property
owners to reach these goals.
We have approximately 300 members currently and we are 100% funded by the generous donations of our
supporters. There are no dues or mem-
bership fees associated with this coalition.
If you have an interest in becoming
involved in our Sportsmen’s Coalition,
would like more information or have
any questions, please feel free to contact any of the existing board members
through the contact information listed
below. Or feel free to fill out the application and send it to the address listed
at the bottom of the form.
Our current Board Members are
Mike Hardee, Ritchie Beverly, Matt
Johnson, John Mishoe, Bryson
McCord, John Long and Jacob
Lazarus.
[email protected]
Mike Hardee 843-450-4892
Matt Johnson 843-907-5637
Ritchie Beverly 843-855-3016
Or Mail your inquiries to:
The Horry/Georgetown
Sportsmen’s Coalition
1301 Hwy 501 East,
Conway, SC 29526
do to help with this worthy cause would be greatly appreciated. You’ll
have a beautiful,
healthy live tree and a
deserving family will
have a Christmas to
remember – all
thanks to you!
If you have
any questions or
would like
to volunteer or
donate,
please feel free
to contact:
Lauch Martin @ 843602-8814 or [email protected]
or Shaw Williams @ 843-241-0926
or [email protected]
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November 2015
7th Annual
Antique Fishing Tackle Show
Myrtle Beach
Saturday, November 21, 2015 9am - 5 pm
Springmaid Resort & Conference Center
3200 South Ocean Blvd. (Carolina Room / 2nd Floor)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Free appraisals for your fishing tackle - Consign items for sale in the CATC club auction - Admission: Adult $5 / Children accompanied by adult free -
Hunting:
Safety
Tips
• Treat every firearm as if it is loaded.
• Always point the muzzle in a safe direction.
• Be certain of your target, and what’s beyond it.
• Keep your finger outside the trigger guard and off the
trigger until ready to shoot.
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707 Deer Processing
By Roper & Joan Wilkes, 707 Deer Processing
Let us open with a short prayer:
Lord, we ask that you wrap your
arms around and comfort all of
those that have suffered so greatly
during this recent, tragic flooding.
We give our deepest appreciation to
all first responders, volunteers and
for all of the charitable acts of kindness that our fellow Man has
shown. We also ask that you take
care of Mother Nature and let as
many of her creatures find the comfort of dry ground as possible. We
would also like to lift up in praise
our Dept. of Natural Resources and
our Governor of this beautiful state
for making the difficult decisions to
protect our wildlife. We love you
and praise you! Amen!
Before this storm hit there was a
weatherman on TV describing what
was headed our way. The future
prediction showed a counter-clock-
wise rotation over Georgia and a
clock-wise rotation over North
Carolina at the time this storm
would pass us. The weatherman
then said the two systems would
suck the moisture from those
storms into SC and that it was
THE BEST DAYS FOR
FISHING IN NOVEMBER
(will be subject to change by local storms)
Morning
20th, 21st
Evening
1st, 2nd, 28th and 29th
“going to be like a firehose from
‘God’ shooting water all over SC!!
At the time I kinda blew it off, but
in retrospect what a profound statement that ended up being!
Watershed closing
There have been many viewpoints about the closure of the
Watershed areas to deer hunting.
Personally, we feel it was the
absolute right thing to do! Sure, we
could have made a lot of money
without the closure but it would
have felt like we were robbing a
bank. That ‘bank’ would have been
the deer herd that we so love and
respect. We had so many instances
at the beginning of this tragedy that
proved to us that the closure was
the correct thing to do.
At our plant, every aspect of the
deer processing takes place indoors
(including unloading & receiving).
The two days before the closure
there were massive bucks on our
carts and on the floor, packing the
entire receiving area and hallway
leading to the skinning & gutting
area. There were ‘no’ does at all.
That is just not natural!
At our farm, our entire corn crop
failed this year, we had maybe 3 or
4 deer using the property. I hunted
the afternoon before the closure and
saw 31 deer in the field at one time.
That should never have happened
and there are so many more stories
we’ve heard just like that one.
Everybody owes SCDNR and the
Governor a great BIG thank you for
making the unpopular and tough
decision!
Due to this horrific storm, there
are so many long lasting negative
effects to our eco-system that will
not present themselves for months
to come. Some of the most worrisome are the ends of the Santee,
Waccamaw, Black River and Edisto
Watersheds. The volumes and force
of the fresh water moving through
these areas have the possibility of
forever changing the landscape
above and below the waterline. I
fear so much for the famed ‘Ace
Basin’ that gracious South
Carolinians have donated and has
become the model for and the most
admired conservation effort in the
whole United States of America.
The famed Santee Delta, that
once was one of the world’s largest
rice and indigo (a plant needed to
make a unique blue dye) producers
and was famous for its’ unparalleled waterfowl hunting. The Marsh
Islands that so many of today’s
duck hunters enjoy, could virtually
be washed away. Winyah Bay…this
area could be hit the hardest. At the
time of this writing there is ‘zero’
salinity in this massive watershed.
The clams, oysters and mussels the filtering mollusks - that are the
heart of any saltwater environment
are in peril. Without these creatures,
NOTHING can survive. Together,
we must hope and pray that they
are able to live through this freshwater period.
There are a lot of difficult and
dreadful times facing a large portion of the population of our state.
The one thing that South
Carolinians can always be proud of
is that we, as a whole, come together and persevere during tragic
times such as these.
May God be with you ALL and
keep you in His loving graces.
Roper & Joan Wilkes and the staff
at 707 Deer Processing
November 2015
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The
Angler’s
Roost
By Dan Neuschafer
Welcome back. Again,
hopefully you took the
opportunity to tie some
Mouse Gurglers. With
cooler weather, the bass
should be smashing the
surface again. For this
month’s offering we
bring back the venerable
trout fly, The Henryville
Special, a caddisfly imitation which has brought
many a trout to net. The
Henryville was introduced by Hiram Brobst for the trout
on the Henryville stretch of the Brodheads Creek in
Eastern Pennsylvania.
The original pattern had a red body which was later
changed to olive or green, which produced a more effective fly. This point is where the history gets a bit sticky. I
don’t mean to throw the cat amongst the pigeons here,
but who made the body color change first? Ernest
Schwiebert-angler, tier and author extrordinaire-makes a
claim in his book, TROUT, but a good fishing and hunting buddy of mine, Bill Fink, fished the Henryville
stretch before the Henryville Club was formed.
In the late 50’s it was room and board for a night with
a four fish allowed for a sum of $6.00 per night. Bill
asserts that Al Zeigler, husband of the last ‘Henry’
daughter, Eleanor, sold olive-bodied Henryvilles’ in his
shop. The Henryville Club was formed about 1960, Bill
Fink was a charter member – end of ‘fly’ history 101 –
let’s tie some Henryvilles’.
Dressing:
Hook – Mustad #94840 or equivalent
Sizes – 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 & 20
Thread – Black or tan Unithread 8/0 or 6/0
Body – Olive dubbed fur
Ribbing – Grizzly hackle, palmered
Underwing – 5-6 strands of wood duck flank ending
beyond the hook bend
Overwing – 2 matched sections of slate mallard quill
Hackle – Dark ginger
Procedure:
• I debarb and pre-sharpen my hooks before tying.
• Attach thread toward the rear of the hook and wind
rearward to a point above the hook point.
• Attach a grizzly saddle hackle with barbs approximately the width of the hook gap. Saddle hackles are
best because they are easy to handle and you can get 6-8
flies from one hackle.
• Attach a small amount of olive dubbing to the thread
and roll it on. (It is much easier to add more dubbing if
needed than to strip away excess). Your goal is a slim,
untapered body. Do not crowd the eye.
• Palmer the grizzly forward with bright side to the
The Chattooga River upstream from the Burrells Ford Bridge
photo by Dan Neuschafer
front of the body. Tie off.
• With sharp scissors cut a ‘v’ in the hackle on the top
of the fly. Tie in the wood duck flank feather slips. If you
have no wood duck feathers you can substitute mallard
dyed wood duck. Also, try to cultivate a friendship with
a duck hunter. Select a matched pair of mallard quills,
one from each wing. Wing width should be about the
same as the hook gap.
• Place the pair of wings on top with darker sides out.
Attach wings using the pinch and loop method, always
remembering to apply thread pressure only, straight
down.
• Next, attach the ginger hackle and wrap 4 or 5 turns,
then tie off.
• Whip finish the head and you are good to go. Head
cement is unnecessary if you tie a proper whip finish and
it also has the added bonus of not gumming up the eye of
the hook.
Good luck and now take this lad fishing…you won’t
be disappointed!
Tight lines, Dan Neuschafer
[email protected]
FREE Fly casting classes Saturdays at 10:00 am
FREE Fly tying classes Sundays at 3:00 pm
For information call the Bass Pro Shop in Myrtle
Beach: 843-361-4800 and ask for the fly shop.
The Grand Strand Flyfishers meet the second Tuesday
of every month at 6:00 pm at the Orvis Store in Market
Commons. All levels of fly fisherman are welcome. Join
kindred spirits for fishing, information and fun!
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November 2015
DNR Honors
2015 Law
Enforcement Officers
Of The Year
PFC Wes Stewart of Lancaster was
awarded the title of statewide S.C.
Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
wildlife officer of the year for 2015 during
ceremonies held Sept. 23, 2015 in
Columbia. Five other officers were also
honored for their dedication in protecting
the state’s natural resources through
enforcement, education, special investigations, intelligence and records and staff
operations.
PFC Stewart started with DNR as a
wildlife technician. Eight years later in
2013, he was hired into the Law
Enforcement Division assigned to
Lancaster County.
PFC Stewart had 159 cases and 332
warnings for a total of 491 contacts for the
year. Officer Stewart has assisted other
officers in 106 cases with many being
major cases. Those include commercial
and recreational non-game device violations, two night hunting, three shining,
one rallying waterfowl with use of a boat,
three offer for sale of deer parts, dove
over bait, two of taking turkey from a
public road, trespass to hunt turkey,
untagged turkey, antlerless deer violations
and countless warnings. Included in those
numbers are 283 night patrol hours and
327 boat patrol hours.
The annual officer of the year awards
and banquet are dedicated to the late Chief
R.M. “Bobby” Gifford, highly regarded
chief of natural resources law enforcement
for many years. The S.C. Wildlife
Officers’ Association, the Harry Hampton
Memorial Wildlife Fund, the family of
Chief Gifford and DNR together honored
the state’s top officers.
The following were selected as outstanding DNR officers for 2015 from each
of the state’s four Natural Resources
Enforcement Regions and Marine Law
Enforcement Investigations and Education
and Staff Operations along with the
National Association of State Boating Law
Administrators (NASBLA) officer. The
statewide honor of Officer of the Year was
chosen from these candidates:
Region 1 (Anderson, Abbeville,
McCormick, Edgefield, Greenwood,
Laurens, Union, Cherokee, Greenville,
Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg counties): LCPL Erik Martin
Region 2 (York, Chester, Fairfield,
Lancaster, Kershaw, Chesterfield, Lee,
Darlington, Marlboro, Dillon, Florence,
Marion and Williamsburg counties): PFC
Wes Stewart
Region 3 (Newberry, Saluda, Aiken,
Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Lexington,
Outdoor Truths
By Gary Miller
Many times when I
pick up my bow I’m
reminded of my first
shotgun purchase as a
sixteen year old. I’ve
often said, I went into
that store as a boy and
left feeling like a man.
My bow gives me an
equal amount of manly
pleasure. It’s not that I
feel overtly prideful; it’s
more about being able to use this complex and
even quirky piece of equipment in the pursuit of
deer. The bow is a hunting tool like no other. It’s
made up of many different parts and accessories
Richland, Sumter, Calhoun, Orangeburg
and Clarendon counties): LCPL Steven
Johnson
Region 4 (Horry, Georgetown,
Berkeley, Hampton, Charleston, Beaufort,
Colleton, Dorchester and Jasper counties):
SGT Freddie Earhart
Law Enforcement Investigations &
Education: SGT Ken Cope
NASBLA Officer of the Year: LCPL
Mark Jervey
DNR Officers of the Year, including the
statewide title, were selected by a committee of key DNR law enforcement personnel and captains and rated in six categories: employment history; enforcement
activities and specialties; awards, achievements and accomplishments; leadership,
teamwork and attitude; family and community involvement; and outstanding
cases.
Top men and women from across the
state are chosen as DNR Officers of the
Year because of their exceptional abilities
in natural resources enforcement. Before
assuming their duties, new officers must
that must work in perfect harmony in order to
perform properly. Each part must be synchronized
with the other. Even though the bow itself is the
main element, without lesser components like the
sights and rest, it cannot do the job. The bow also
usually costs several hundred dollars more than
the other additions, but once again, without these
additions it might as well be on the shelf. There
have been many pictures taken of a hunter and his
bow as he or she stands over their game but no
one ever holds up a peep sight inferring that it
was this tiny piece of equipment that was the reason for success.
The truth remains that those in the limelight
would not be in the limelight without someone sitting behind said light and turning it on. It’s the
idiot who claims he picked himself up by his own
bootstraps without giving recognition to that gifted individual who put those bootstraps in the perfect place to be tugged upon. I guess what my
bow reminds me of is the need for humility and
harmony. A humility that recognizes the need and
complete an eight-week course at the
Criminal Justice Academy plus an additional five weeks of intensive DNR field
training.
South Carolina’s Natural Resources
Law Enforcement officers serve and protect the state’s natural resources by
patrolling more than 31,000 square miles
of the state’s lands and inland waters.
Officers also patrol 750 miles of tidal
shoreline and marine waters, to the state’s
territorial boundary three miles offshore
and beyond on special federal assignments.
Throughout the state’s 46 counties,
DNR officers enforce laws and regulations
pertaining to more than 450,000 registered
boats, and a half-million licensed hunters,
anglers, and the multi-million dollar
coastal fishing industry. Officers enforce
Wildlife Management Area regulations
and statewide litter laws, instruct hunter
and boating education, conduct statewide
search and rescue operations and perform
community service.
worth of others will have harmony and success.
But a prideful and self-centered individual’s pursuit will only end in humility. Each time I travel to
hunt I check my bow before I go into the woods.
I’m not looking for cracked limbs or risers. I’m
looking for one of those accessories that may have
jarred loose from the trip. Without them I will
miss.
This week, make sure you encourage those who
help you perform. And if you are one of those
individuals that serve behind the scenes, you are
what make the rest of us hit what we’re aiming
for.
Don’t forget to go online and pick up a copy of
my new book, Outdoor Truths, Hunting and
Fishing for Answers, Volume III. It’s more articles
that have appeared in this publication. Also, I
loved to speak at your wild game dinner or outdoor event. Email me or visit my website
www.outdoortruths.org
Gary Miller
[email protected]
November 2015
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