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On Nov. 28, 2004 DNR Law Enforcement Cpl. Bill Bunch was working a night-hunting complaint in Stephens County. “I had been working a night-hunting complaint in one end of the county and sat there until about 11 p.m.,” said Bill. “I had received a call that a field on the other end of the county off…
The GON sticker has shown up in some interesting places, like on the lead character’s truck in the movie “Sweet Home Alabama,” but none are more special than this picture sent by Denny Swain, of Snellville. “Here is the picture from my wife’s nephew, S/Sgt Alan Trawick, who is stationed in Iraq,” Denny said. “He…
Good reservoir bass fishermen get used to boat traffic. They know that the bass live with churned-up water every day, and they still have to eat. For such a small lake, Tobesofkee gets a lot of boat traffic, and it still produces some amazing catches of bass. You can catch bass on Tobesofkee most days…
If ever there was a relentlessly un-hip rascal dragged kicking and screaming into the methods, madness and modes of today’s society, that’d be me! I was signing books a few weeks back down at Bass Pro Shops in Savannah, and every once in a great while I’d simply stop, look around and feel like it…
Hunting season in Georgia is just beginning this year and we should note this beginning because this may be last time hunting season begins this way again. There is a House study committee holding hearings about whether hunting over feed carried to the field is legal for deer. If it is legal for deer, then…
The owner of one of Georgia’s most recognized deer coolers can add another feather to his cap. Bill Hilsman, who used to have an opening-day barbeque and a big-buck contest that made Hilsman’s Deer Cooler near McDonough a fixture to Piedmont hunters, began a program last year that provided venison and a cash donation to…
The first of three House Wildlife Management Study Committee meetings took place Aug. 19, 2005 in Perry. There were 102 people at the meeting, and they listened to speakers state their cases for and against the issue of hunting over bait/feed. This House Wildlife Management Study Committee was created because the subject of hunting over…
In late July, the United States Senate passed one of the most important bills for gun owners in recent times. By a vote of 65 to 31, The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, S397, was approved. This bill makes lawsuits against gun manufacturers and sellers illegal if their gun was used to commit…
Perry Meeting A Joke Dear GON, I attended the August 19 public meeting in Perry about the legalization of hunting deer over bait in Georgia. In attendance was the panel that was set up to study this issue, then make recommendations on legislation concerning baiting. I figured these representatives were chosen because they could keep…
On the Saturday afternoon of the opening day of archery season, Tyler Wood was fifteen feet up in a tree on the Ogeechee River side of the hayfield below Asbury Manor. Tylerʼs lock-on was chained to the side of a massive sweetgum thirty feet inside the treeline. From his vantage he could watch a heavily…
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