Usually, it's the full moon tide that overfills the marsh. These astronomical events that result in flooding are called lunar tides by most. But to a hunter, a super-high tide is a "marsh hen tide." ...

For longtime Lowcountry outdoorsmen, the extreme high tides that soon will be upon us have never been known as king tides but instead marsh hen tides. King tides is a relatively new term, imported ...

"I hear people say, 'Wow, you eat them?,' " a frustrated sportsman posted on CoastalOutdoors.com a few years back. "Let some of the older hunters cook them; Serve on top of a bed of rice and you will ...

A couple of seasons back, I worked with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission to help change rail season dates to coincide with the lunar tides. Clapper, king, sora and Virginia rails are legal game ...

Unfortunately, there’s no one around but ­Dinkins to witness my impressive ability to shoot perhaps the easiest target in all of bird hunting. But that’s part of the allure of marsh hen gunning. The ...

Don't know how many took advantage of the 9-foot-plus tides this week to hunt marsh hens. Seems that the number of hunters has been steadily declining for several years. However the recent run of ...