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Turkey Baiting Question For DNR Law Enforcement Dear GON, It is obviously not legal to hunt turkeys over bait in Georgia, but for some reason our regulations do not specify how far you must be away from bait in order to legally hunt (screen shot to the right of eRegulations). I contacted a game warden…
The Conservation LE Corner is designed to highlight the efforts of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officers who, among their many duties, protect Georgia’s wildlife, sportsmen and natural resources from game-law violators. The following account is provided from DNR LED. Tattnall County: On Nov. 27, 2020, Sgt. Chris Moore assisted Game Wardens Clint Jarriel…
There’s quite a bit to be proud of at GON—at least I think so—but our record-keeping legacy has to be near the top. Most of us will never kill a buck or catch a fish that has any record-book potential, but we all hunt deer in a county and have our favorite lake or river. …
Betty, Jenna and Jacob Benjamin in Huntsville, Ala. at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center enjoying NASA’s Family Space Camp last Dec. 17-20. Their dad Jack Benjamin, a GON subscriber for more than 10 years, took the photo. When you see the GON logo in an interesting location or take your magazine along, please get…
Anglers on the Flint River in the Yellow Jacket Shoals area recently might have seen No Fishing signs posted along the river. Apparently, a guide/outfitter is attempting to restrict access to the area by obtaining a lease from private landowners. Under Georgia law, navigable streams are those “capable of transporting boats loaded with freight in…
By Barden Revelle Some days you can do no wrong. Some days everything goes wrong. This tale is a mixture of both. The end product is really what matters. Picture in your mind the second Saturday of Georgia deer season in the year 1991. It is before daylight in Paulding County. I’m drinking black coffee in…
Round 2 of the 2022 GON Coyote Cull has started as hunters and trappers continue stepping up to the plate to kill song dogs in an effort to save fawns and turkey poults. Listed below are all the entries of those who have found success and taken a photo with their June 2022 issue of GON.…
Seventeen weekly winners and four hunters in our wildcard spots will soon shoot it out at the Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast on July 31. The second-best shot will win a Firminator G-3. And then, the last man, woman or child standing—there are three kids in the Shoot-Out this year—that last person on the Shoot-Out stage will…
Never know what you’ll trip over, er, discover, while rummaging through that storage building unvisited for a couple years. Said visit usually comes while musing, “Now where did I put that thing…?” And for entertainment purposes, it’s always a hopping good time to have a Jack Russell in tow. Because when that first resident rat…
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