Posts by Brad Bailey
Conservation Law Enforcement Corner June 2005
On June 22, 2004 at approximately 11:30 a.m., DNR Ranger First Class Craig Fulghum received a call from a Georgia Power Co. employee who monitors security cameras installed at Yonah Dam. Yonah Dam is located at the upper end of the Tugaloo River above Lake Hartwell in Stephens County. The employee said he was watching…
Read MoreBird Poisoning Case Finally Settled
When folks near White, Ga. reported dead birds falling from the sky in late January, 2003, wildlife officials scrambled to the area and searched for the cause of a significant bird kill. They found the answer in poison-laced corn on the property of Roger Kahn, a two-time candidate for U.S. Congress. In January 2005, Kahn,…
Read MoreTopwater Tricks For Hartwell Bass
The name Buster Green is synonymous with fishing at Lake Hartwell. Buster has been catching fish from the lake for a long time; 24 years as a full-time fishing guide. “They call me grandpa up here,” said the 55-year-old angler. He has caught some big fish at Hartwell. For a spell he held the lake-record…
Read MoreLake And River Records Update
More fish have qualified recently for GON‘s Lake & River Records list. GON compiles record fish weights for 36 Georgia lakes and rivers. The complete list was most recently published in the March 2005 issue. The lists continue to change, with new entries ranging from a striped bass at Bartletts Ferry to a new walleye…
Read MoreConservation Law Enforcement Corner May 2005
At about 2 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2004, David Kettering, of Kennesaw, arrived at the Little Pines Hunting Club in Heard County near Franklin. David is a member of the club, and he had made the trip to retrieve his 24-foot camper trailer for the off-season. He was accompanied by his 21-year-old stepson, Josh Swinks,…
Read MoreA Bass Fishing Tour Of Lathem Reservoir
For a fun fishing trip in April, remember Hollis Q. Lathem — or Lathem Reservoir as the local fishermen know it. The Cherokee County water-supply lake is full of fishing structure and bass, and no one knows that better than Jeff Southern of Kennesaw. Since the lake opened in 2002, Jeff has fished it weekly.…
Read MoreConservation Law Enforcement Corner April 2005
Washington County: On March 16, 2004, DNR Law Enforcement Ranger Michael Crawley received a call from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department about shots fired during an apparent night-hunting incident on Newsbridge Road. According to incident reports, Ranger Crawley responded to the complaint and arrived at the complainant’s residence at 8:45 p.m. The resident said that…
Read MoreWhere Have All The Georgia Deer Gone?
From Randolph County to Elbert County, from the mountains to the coast, the cry from deer hunters is the same: “The deer are all gone.” Adam McGinnis hunts in Jasper County and has noticed a sharp decline in the number of sightings over the past several years. “The deer population is down,” he said. “You…
Read MoreConservation Law Enforcement Corner March 2005
During the first half of August 2004, DNR Law Enforcement Ranger First Class Sam O’Neal was on routine patrol looking for baited areas and discovered an active feeder in Bartow County. “It had just been put out,” said RFC O’Neal. “It was nothing fancy — your basic PVC pipe feeder strapped to a tree and…
Read MoreConservation Law Enforcement Corner February 2005
On December 26, 2003, DNR Law Enforcement Sgt. David Nugent and Ranger First Class (RFC) Morty Wood were listening for after-hours duck shoots north of Willacoochee in Atkinson County. After the end of legal shooting hours had passed, an number of shots were heard west of Hwy 90. “They were a mile and a half…
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