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The latest victory for the animal-rights, anti-hunting Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) should send a shocking wake-up call that sportsmen better get their rear-ends off the 10-gallon bucket of false contentment and rosy everything’s-just-fine sentiment many of us seem to be stuck on. A federal court has ruled that the hunting seasons at…
Explosive strikes are what you have to look forward to when fishing a Wooly Bugger. My favorite style of fishing streamers is to cast downstream and at an angle toward the bank. This sets your fly up for what I call a “dead-and-dodging” retrieve – by quickly stripping in the line you are essentially imitating…
Chattahoochee Tailwater Water temps: Mid-50s Kyle Burrell of River Through Atlanta Guide Service said that Lanier is starting to turn over so the water coming out of Buford Dam is a little off-color. But, he reported that the fishing has been good and that there has been a lot of surface activity, including terrestrials which…
Like a pair of locomotives on a collision course, two disturbing trends in 2006 are picking up steam and plowing toward each other, and hunters are standing in the middle. If the trends continue, we are about to get squashed. At issue is hunting access. At stake is not only the incredibly rewarding recreation of…
October is a fantastic time to fish for crappie on a Georgia reservoir for several reasons. With the ranks of fishermen thinned by the call of deer stands, and with the last of the skiers and summer pleasure boaters gone for the season, a die-hard crappie angler will find plenty of uncontested water waiting for…
At the 2006 Buckarama in August, I spent Saturday helping run the Quality Deer Management Association’s (QDMA) booth. This was a priceless opportunity for those of us on the QDMA staff to meet and talk with Georgia deer hunters — not only do we hear from QDMA members about their successful efforts but we get…
I love rivers. I always have. For some reason, I am strangely drawn to them. There is something peaceful yet exciting about a river’s ever-moving waters. From deep, slow-moving pools to shallow, fast-flowing riffles, each river has its own characteristics that make it unique and special. Unlike reservoirs, rivers are usually not very crowded. In…
Kids, work, traffic… kids… Is it getting more difficult to find time for that other passion — deer hunting? With our lives seemingly more busy each year, every opportunity to get out in the woods to spend a morning or evening in a stand is some- thing to be cherished. For those who just don’t…
Hunters are becoming an endangered species. During the 2005-06 hunting season there were fewer hunters in the Georgia woods than since the 1972-73 hunting season 33 years ago. Over just the past five years, the number of hunters in Georgia — licensed resident, non-resident and honorary license-holders — has dropped from 292,209 to 238,383, a…
Fifty-five minutes after the 2006 alligator season began, Peter Martin of Decatur harpooned one of the largest gators the state has heard about since the state opened a gator season in 2003. At 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, September 9, 2006, Peter pushed off the bank of Lake Seminole. Hunting with Peter were Kevin Winchester,…
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