Smart, demure and the color of a glass of aged bourbon, Bing's Tess is just hitting her stride when most coonhounds have long since retired from the hunt.

Simpson:  Few things are more disturbing on dark, cold and stormy nights than not knowing how to find a harbor.

Cool Gear:  The new Secret Weapon Recoil Rig takes drop-shotting to another level.

Outdoors Profile:  The common goldeneye, a black-and-white diving duck, is one of the last to migrate south in the fall.

Cyberia:  Registration is under way for fishermen, volunteers and sponsors for the fifth annual Warriors on the Water fishing tournament for military personnel.

Predicted bad weather has forced postponement until October of Saturday's Piedmont Bass Classics event on Harris Lake.

Christmas is best celebrated with a goose in the oven, and Wendell Diller and I like them as fresh as possible. Any goose in the freezer is a good goose.

If you want to hunt in North Carolina's sporting dog country, it's best to learn to live with the dogs.