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EXCELLENT Deer Season Dear GON, I will be the first to tell you, I have not seen as many deer in the last couple of years as I have in years past. I did not see as many deer this season as I did last. I did not kill as many deer this season as last,…
Wayne Cauthen was sure he had killed a pretty nice buck on some private property in Harris County the Saturday after Thanksgiving. What Wayne didn’t count on was what he found when he retrieved the deer. The 8-pointer featured a rack covered in velvet and a milk sack with a small penis protruding from it.…
Thirty-two youth hunters, a dozen squirrel dogs and their handlers, and about a dozen WRD volunteers showed up at Dawson Forest WMA on a frosty December 18 for a treeing-feist squirrel hunt. The kids were paired with some of the best treeing feists in north Georgia and the dog’s handler for the morning hunt. At…
Georgia lawmakers honored Georgia’s sporting heritage at the state capitol on Tuesday, January 11. Sen. Jeff Mullis (R, Chickamauga), Sen. Preston Smith (R, Rome), Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor (D, Albany) and Gov. Sonny Perdue (R, Bonaire) were among those who addressed sportsmen and representatives of more than a dozen groups that support outdoor activities, including…
February 2005 Feature Articles: Big Crankbaits On Shallow Oconee Docks The March weather is unpredictable so anglers have to be versatile to cash in on super spring fishing. Deer Management Plan Includes 17-Deer Limit Issues that affect outdoor pursuits take the stage as Georgia General Assembly heads toward final days of session. Altamaha River Crappie…
Last summer GON mentioned a new product by Pennington Seed Co. that targets waterfowl hunters and their need for a food-plot product. A Briefly blurb discussed the new Wildlife Rice product, and it drew quite a response from Georgia duck hunters. You might think that growing rice in Georgia is a stretch, and the return…
Ol’ Slick “opened up” with a loud tenor bawl, about a half-mile into the Broad River bottoms. He was telling me that a coon had walked there… much earlier in the night. The trail was ice cold. Ten minutes later, I could tell it was gettin’ hotter, as Slick’s barks changed to a shorter,…
Georgia is both blessed and cursed with its thousands of acres of marshes. We are blessed by the abundance of fish living in the sinuous rivers and creeks winding through the marshes and cursed by the nasty little sand gnats that thrive there. This month, the little curses will be almost non-existent due to cold…
With the increased possibility of bad weather this time of year, it is great to have a lake almost in your back yard for a quick, cold-weather trip. It is even better if that lake is full of spotted bass willing to hit in the winter. Atlanta fishermen are lucky to have just that kind…
Lake Seminole is a sprawling impoundment located in the extreme southwest corner of the state, covering more than 38,000 surface acres at full pool. The lake was formed when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed Woodruff Dam just south of the confluence of the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers. In addition, it has two other…
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