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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. With hunting deer over feeders and scattered corn being legalized statewide several years ago, some hunters who harvest other species, particularly bear…
All Wendell Mathis wanted to do in his 45 years of fishing Lake Seminole was catch a bream that weighed at least a pound. Well, at almost 69 years of age, the angler from Colquitt sealed the deal on Aug. 24 with a bluegill bream that weighed 1-lb., 7.68-ozs. “I put in at Cummings Landing…
Included in these three pages is a record number of bowhunting stats from Georgia WMAs, PFAs, Tracts, State Parks and VPAs. It’s shocking the number of places someone can take bow or crossbow and get after a deer. Every September we publish last year’s WMA bowhunting stat’s simply as a service to our readers. The…
Champ and me went down to Florida to hunt with my good buddies Hunter Boyd, Jordan Tanner, and Nick Perrone. We had a great time catching hogs and ripping around on the air boats. For a Georgia boy that’s always lived in the briars and clear cuts, the open orange groves and grass flats were…
It was mid-November and the whitetails were running frantically all over the woods. It was the last morning of our week-long hunt, and I was anxious to get an arrow into a decent buck before we had to head home. I was set up in my climbing stand on a hardwood hillside, and by mid-morning…
In a late change, WRD will allow WMA dove fields to be open for shooting from one-half hour before sunrise until sunset. Prior to this decision, WMA dove fields were set to open 30 minutes before sunrise but close at 12 noon. “When surveyed, hunters have routinely asked for opening day of dove season to…
Grilled Doves A La Mancha 15 doves kosher salt olive oil bay leaves ground sage melted bacon fat Smoked paprika Black pepper Pluck the feathers from the doves, remove the entrails and leave whole. Wash them thoroughly under cold water, and place doves on paper towels to dry. Stuff each dove cavity with half a…
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If you’ve been deer hunting for more than a few years, I’m sure that you have some experience chasing deer that are eating mast. Many hunters curse years with heavy acorn crops in particular, as deer that were feeding in food plots in September seemingly disappear as acorns begin to fall. October in particular is…
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