And you can heat up a shotgun barrel hunting these birds: Shooting a limit of clapper rails is common on a good tide, and the daily limit is 15 clapper and king rails in aggregate, plus another 25 ...

Wildlife biologists from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the Nemours Wildlife Foundation are working together to study king and clapper rails in the Ashepoo, Combahee, Edisto (ACE) Basin.

From the back of the skiff, on a homemade poling platform bolted to the johnboat hull, Walter “Joe Guide” Dinkins is taking no chances. “Watch close, now,” the 59-year-old says. “Watch good. These ...