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Hunting
Hunters can get a jump on the waterfowl season with the upcoming early teal and Canada goose hunting seasons. Early Canada goose season for 2024 is Sept. 7-29, with a daily limit of five geese. The early teal season for 2024 is Sept. 14-29, with a daily limit of six teal. “Teal migrate earlier than…
It’s rare for a week to go by without GON being contacted about a Georgia cougar or panther sighting. Even more rare is an ounce of credibility to any of those reports. Although not definitive, two recent trail-camera pictures from rural Muscogee County east of Columbus are certainly compelling—to say the least. The images above…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Hartwell Lake Project Office will open three of its larger recreation areas for hunting during the regular hunting season for 2024-2025 in Georgia, in addition to the seven areas within Fant’s Grove Wildlife Management Area in South Carolina. In Georgia, 410 acres at Hartwell Dam Quarry Area,…
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge in central Georgia is turning to an electronic sign-up process to fill their upcoming deer and turkey quota hunts. In the past, they used the U.S. Postal Service to fill quota hunts, but with current struggles with delivery of USPS mail, the electronic change at Piedmont seems to come at an…
GON’s Deer Coolers list is a statewide look at places to take deer for processing. The listing is free to deer-cooler operators and just one more service we provide to GON readers. A listing for a deer processor is not an endorsement by GON. If you’d like to add your deer cooler to the list, or…
About 10,000 acres of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) land around West Point Lake is open to public hunting, but a $25 Corps permit is required. Hunting permits and maps for the 2024-2025 seasons are now available. These Corps hunting permits do not cover the West Point Wildlife Management Area (WMA). Hunters should carefully…
Sinclair: Level: 1.7 feet below at 340. Temp: 87-89 degrees. Clarity: Little River is stained but clearer toward the dam. The 14 members of the Potato Creek Bassmasters club fished from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. The weather was cloudy until 10, but it was sunny and hot after that. It was tough…
The southeast Georgia blackwater rivers are still blown out, but ponds, lakes and saltwater have produced some good reports this week. Altamaha/Ocmulgee River: The Ocmulgee is fishable (even low in the upper, rocky reaches) for panfish and bass. The Altamaha is falling out within the banks and should be a good option later in the…
Twelve-year-old Bryson McGlynn, of Opelika, Ala., was once again crowned a champion for his age-defying culinary skills. Last December, McGlynn won the Gordon Ramsay Master Chef Junior competition, which aired on Fox in May. Last weekend, McGlynn was crowned champion of the Alabama Wildlife Federation’s (AWF) Wild Game Cook-Off State Finals held in Millbrook, Ala.…
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