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Big Fires Break Out Near Waycross

At presstime, more than 1,000 people were involved in a fire-fighting effort that began on Sunday, April 15, just west of Waycross in Ware County. By Wednesday, the fire had spread to the south and southeast and was said to be 12 miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide. The fire has covered 20,000…

Savage Arms To Be A Major Sponsor Of United States Young Eagles Rifle Team

Suffield, CT – April 9, 2007 – The United States Young Eagles Rifle Team today announced that Savage Arms, Inc., has committed to a significant level of sponsorship for the national team for the 2007 World Championships. In August, 20 of America’s finest young men and women shooters will travel to Canada to face team…

Proposed 2008 Hunting Regulations Released, Public Meetings Begin April 17

The Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) has released the proposed hunting regulations for the next two Georgia seasons, and the document includes some changes that might be of interest to sportsmen. The entire proposed regulations document is available online at WRD’s Web site. If you hunt WMAs, there may be proposed changes to WMA hunts that…

Leatherman Puts New Spin On Hunting Knives

Leatherman Tool Group has introduced four robust and innovative hunting knives. These new fixed and folding models offer bone saws (fixed models), gut hooks and premium stainless steel blades. “One thing we wanted to address with these knives was safety,” said Senior Product Engineer Hollan Tsuda. “They need to have the size and strength required…

April Chattahoochee Tailwater Hatch Chart

“Critter”: Caddis Size: 14-20 Dry Fly Pattern: X-Caddis or Elk-hair Caddis Sub-surface Pattern: Hare’s Ear Nymph, Prince Nymph or Z-Wing Caddis “Critter”: Blue-winged Olive Size: 14-24 Dry Fly Pattern: Parachute Adams or Compara Dun Sub-surface Pattern: Pheasant Tail Nymph or Hare’s Ear Nymph “Critter”: Sulphur Size: 18-20 Dry Fly Pattern: Parachute Adams or Compara Dun…

April 2007 Cannon’s Creel

Each year, millions of patients are diagnosed with one of the thousands of physical and psychological disorders and syndromes; some serious, some not so serious, some affecting significant numbers and others not. One such disorder that you won’t find in any of the major medical journals, despite the fact that it can be observed alongside…

Crankin’ For Rip-Rap Redfish

At the mouth of the St. Marys River on the Florida-Georgia border, a wide dredged channel runs east into the ocean for about a mile. It is a deep channel, one that allows part of our nuclear submarine fleet access to their port at Kings Bay. On the north and south of the channel, jetties…

Fish The Thickest Timber For Heath Lake Slabs

Spring crappie fishing is supposed to be as easy as falling off the proverbial log, right? Well, for a few glorious weeks on Heath Lake at Rocky Mountain Recreation and Public Fishing Area (PFA), it is. When the crappie move into the lake’s shallow timber coves to spawn, catching them is as easy as casting…

Catch Eufaula Bass In April Coming And Going

Prespawn bass here, bedding bass over there and postspawn bass holding nearby. April is an amazing month on Georgia lakes with bass on most any pattern you want to fish and large numbers of them are up shallow and feeding. Lake Walter F. George, also known as Eufaula, offers one of your best bets to…

3-D Archery Blast At Lake Oconee Shooting Club

Shooting 3-D archery tournaments is reportedly one of the fastest-growing sports around. At GON, however, no one had ever shot one of the tournaments. We thought we would go pay our fee and try one out to see what the buzz was about. The Lake Oconee Shooting Club near Eatonton had a tournament scheduled for…

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