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Segment 2, December 21st, 2024
HB Ratterree has spent time in both states of the Carolinas. He reports to the Carolina Outdoors from Raleigh. His unique view in some newsworthy items that happened in 2024.
Segment Highlights:
- Columbia, SC & Raleigh, NC, have both states and others in the southeast measuring the trend of decreasing population of wild turkeys. Poor recruitment of poults & predators have both been a part of that reduction.
- North Carolina’s Roanoke River Striper population decrease has gone to a non-keep regulation. Overfishing, habitat have decreased the numbers but in 2024 and 2025 the state is increasing stockings.
- David Gilmore, the lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, has sold his guitars for charity.
- Alex Van Halen has sold tons of drums and sticks for charity
- Concert for the Carolinas and Helene Recovery was a huge part of the fall
- Boy Scouts have changed to Scouting America
Things You’ll Learn by Listening:
Ratterree dodges the question regarding the Clemson University’s success against Texas University in the College Football Playoff by answering that it is “Guaranteed that one of the teams will win.”
The Carolina Outdoors is powered by the hiking boot department at Jesse Brown’s.