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Summer Night Calling for Hogs Has Never Been Easier
For hunters, summer can be a time to sort through deer and turkey hunting gear or daydream about past hunts and those to come. But it can also be a great time to hit the woods searching for wild hogs, especially in cooler evenings when porkers are often more active during those warmer months. Convergent®offers…
Read MoreYamaha Celebrates Grant Program With North Georgia Mountain OHV Trail Work
Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, marked the 14th anniversary of the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative (OAI) with an employee volunteer event in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, helping The Great Outdoors Fund fulfill its OAI grant project on the Oakey Mountain OHV trail system. In a fitting celebration of the OAI program awarding more than $5 million in grant…
Read MoreSPRO’s Wave Tail Grub Appeals To All Five Fish Senses
For decades, grubs have been in anglers’ tackle boxes for one simple reason – they catch fish! Spro’s new Wave Tail Grub takes the basic shape of a traditional curl-trail grub and improves every aspect. With these modifications, the Wave Tail Grub is highly effective throughout the year in freshwater and saltwater applications. The Wave…
Read MoreWildlife Damage Management And Control Class Offered At UGA
UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources will be hosting a Wildlife Damage Management and Control class in Athens on July 26 from 7:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. They released the below information. Purpose This course will provide an overview of managing and controlling damage caused by wildlife species including feral swine, coyotes, beavers,…
Read MoreThe Advantages Of A Good Cultipacker
Building food plots requires a considerable investment of time, money, and effort. However, land managers need to take the proper steps to maximize that investment; otherwise, it might be squandered. Site conditions, seed selection, and the appropriate application of soil nutrients are all important, but good germination rates won’t be realized without optimal seed-to-soil contact.…
Read MoreSix Wins $50,000 On Lake Hartwell
Story by Justin Brouillard | Photos by Tanner & Travis Lyons Saving the best for last, Drew Six weighed in his biggest bag of the tournament on Showdown Saturday to capture his first National Professional Fishing League (NPFL) victory. With 17-lbs., 7-ozs. on day one, 14-lbs., 13-ozs. on day two and 19-lbs., 1-oz. on day…
Read MoreTrout Unlimited Cohutta Chapter Sponsors Veterans Fly Fishing Class
By Rob Hilkin The Trout Unlimited Cohutta Chapter recently completed its third Veterans Fly Fishing Class. The four sessions were held at the Boys and Girls Club in Canton. The class opened with a wounded warrior from Iraq sharing his experiences. He was seriously wounded in Iraq and nearly died. While he was recovering in…
Read MoreDucks Unlimited Releases Season Review
For the second year in a row, Ducks Unlimited (DU) has released their Season in Review, a report designed to show broad-scale habitat conditions, weather and regional duck abundance from the 2021-22 waterfowl season. Notable additions to this year’s report are an expanded look at the 2021 drought and its likely impacts on the fall…
Read MoreClassroom Program Produces Trout For Chattahoochee River
The Upper Chattahoochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited just concluded the latest Trout in the Classroom trout release for schools in the Atlanta area. This event was held by Mabry Middle School in Marietta. Participants included science class sixth and seventh graders along with their teachers and Trout Unlimited volunteers. The release was held at Jones…
Read MoreNew Fish Homes Deployed On Lake Allatoona
Seven members of the E3 Bassmasters bass club, along with Jackson Sibley and Collin George of WRD Fisheries, spent Saturday, Feb. 5 making and deploying fish habitat on north Georgia’s Lake Allatoona. The project was supported by the Lake Allatoona US Army Corps of Engineers. “The purpose of the project was to assemble and deploy…
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