Posts by Mike Bolton
Walton County Surprise Buck Makes Late-Season Appearance
Cameron Johnson missed most of the Georgia deer season because he was out of the state. When he finally got home and got to hunt, the only thing on his mind was getting a doe and putting some meat in the freezer. Luckily for Cameron, his plan didn’t work out. “I was in Montana for…
Read MoreTrout Whirling Disease To Affect Spring Stockings
When it comes to potential disasters, it’s best to expect the worst and have a plan. That plan should include erring on the side of caution and getting help from your allies. That way of thinking by WRD Chief of Fisheries Scott Robinson and his staff has salvaged the state’s 2022 trout stocking program. Whirling…
Read MoreWild In The Kitchen: Zuppa Toscano Venison Soup
Zuppa Toscano Venison Soup I am a huge fan of soups this time of the year. I especially love the Zuppa Toscano soup at Olive Garden, so I decided to experiment using venison sausage instead of Italian sausage. Everybody loved it. To be extra thrifty, you might even pluck the kale from…
Read MoreColquitt County 18-point Expected To Gross In Low 180s
Trophy bucks have a way of evoking every emotion possible from a hunter. Grown men have been known to dedicate every waking hour to the pursuit of a particular trophy buck. Trophy bucks have made grown men cry. In a span of about eight hours, deer hunter Bill Willis, of Lenox, underwent a roller coaster…
Read MoreOld-School Bow Takes Grady County’s First Record Bow Buck
In this era when archers gather to brag about arrow speed, Chip Wells likes to talk about arrow lethality. All that old-school thinking for the Cairo native made it possible for him to take what could prove to be the biggest bow-taken buck ever from Grady County. Rough measurements show that the buck will likely…
Read MoreSouth Georgia DNR Biologists Taking Students To School
Educating customers to exactly what a business does is an important component of every business model. WRD Fisheries is no different. The truth be told, however, WRD Fisheries employees find educating youth on how it manages fish especially fun. Fisheries staff have made youth education an important responsibility in that education effort. That means taking the…
Read More2,000 “Freeze Brand” Largemouth Stocked Into West Point
Georgia has stocked 2,000, 10-inch largemouth bass into West Point Lake, and fishermen will be able to tell if they catch one of those fish. The bass carry a brand that makes them easy to identify. “We freeze brand them with dry ice,” said Brent Hess, Fisheries Biologist II from the District I office in…
Read MoreGnarly 15-point Comes From A Change Of Hunting Plans
Sometimes a change of plan can be just what a deer hunter needs to find success. Bowhunter Justin Mizell’s plan was to target a big 8-point buck this season. That buck had appeared on his game camera that he had mounted on piece of property he had permission to hunt on in Fulton County. “As…
Read MoreGeorgia Hunter Gored By Buck
Taking a trophy buck is a dream of every hunter. For Jonathan Stevens, that dream quickly turned into a nightmare. Jonathan was hunting a food plot behind his Swainsboro home in Emanuel County when a routine situation suddenly turned into a life-and-death struggle. “I was hunting a food plot behind my house and two does…
Read MoreWild In The Kitchen: Canada Goose Pate
Canada Goose Party Appetizer I’ll be honest. I was no fan of any goose dishes until I had this Goose Pâté appetizer at an upscale wild game dinner. The chef was nice enough to email me the recipe. 3 Canada goose breasts 1 Vidalia onion, chopped 1 jalapeno 1 Tbsp. Dale’s Steak Seasoning 1 tsp.…
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