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Fishing
George Perry put Georgia on the bass-angling map when he caught the world-record largemouth back in 1932. While none of our other state’s bass have closely rivaled that mammoth, Georgia is one of the best places in the country to tangle with a double-digit bass, and you could catch one of these lunkers from…
Darkness was approaching fast. With 30 minutes of light, I had to make a change. I only killed one of the two squirrels I’d seen during an evening stalk on an Altamaha River water oak flat. With no wind, temperature near 50, and a cold windy front the next day, squirrel activity should have…
The chill of winter puts far too many anglers on the sidelines. Some of the biggest and most impressive stringers of fish you will ever see are caught in early February while air and water temperatures are at their lowest. My advice is to put on plenty of clothes and strike out to Lake…
A doubling of the bear limit, banning dog training on Chattahoochee National Forest and the plan to charge fees for WMA users not hunting or fishing were all presented to the public at eight WRD regulations meetings Jan. 3-6. However, public comment was geared toward perennial concerns like baiting and deer populations. The meetings opened…
By Mike West On Oct. 10, 2009 I took Hannah, my then 11-year-old daughter, on her first deer-hunting trip to Clybel WMA. It was a yearly adult/child hunt that in the past had been enjoyed by three of my sons. The boys were older now and above the age limit. It was time to take…
There’s no comfort food like meatloaf and mashed potatoes. With venison, you do not get the grease you do with cow burger, and the meat doesn’t hold together as well. So oatmeal and a little extra egg is needed as a binder. The good thing is, this adds another depth of flavor to your meatloaf.…
Sometimes it’s wildlife that becomes the victim of opportunity; sometimes it’s a poacher. On Jan. 4, 2010, Officer Keith McDonald with DNR Law Enforcement received a call from 911 dispatch in Lowndes County a little after 9 a.m. Dispatch put him in touch with a complainant who witnessed someone shooting at a turkey from the…
You’d think that with all the cookbooks on my shelf, at least one of them would have a single recipe for the items I’m hunting. I mean, I’ve got DU, L.L. Bean, a half-dozen by Justin Wilson and other assorted Cajuns, church cookbooks from yer ma and grandma… But nothing! Maybe my faithful readers can help…
It wasn’t the news Jay Crouch, of Eatonton, wanted to hear on a December afternoon. His wife’s grandmother called to say there appeared to be a deer floating in her 3-acre pond, which sits on property where Jay and his son, Ethan, 10, hunt. In fact, they’d been hunting a big one all year. “I…
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