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Are you eclectic? (Go ahead, I’ll give you a minute to look it up so that you can decide. How are we ever going to get you educated if I don’t toss challenges at you once in a while?) OK, got it? Good. That’s what I thought. Me neither. How about erudite? Awww, don’t even…
The family had just sat down for a big evening meal. It had become less common to have the whole family together since so many had moved away from the farm. Bill and Eva had bought the land when Bill came home from World War II in the 40s. It was all woods when Bill…
I went to see Ducky the other day to borrow his .22 rifle cleaning kit and, the weather being unseasonably warm, found him lounging by his little backyard pool. I’ve never actually seen him in the pool, but it does serve in his exercise regimen. His reclining lawn chair is on one side and he…
Bleckley County: Wild hogs have been deemed public enemy No. 1. Efforts to reduce their numbers range from federal invasive species dollars being spent on helicopter snipers to hunters using high-dollar night-vision weapons. If you’re going after hogs at night in bear country, be careful, as a pair of hunters in Bleckley County found out…
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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. Wilcox County: On Oct. 20, 2020, Game Warden Kennedy received an email through Sgt. Greg Wade from Florida Wildlife Commission officer David…
By Kelly Brookins Jr. So I was digging through my hunting gear and came across my license from the 2001-2002 hunting season. I killed my first deer with a bow that year at age 14 on the opening afternoon of archery season. I remember every minute of that hunt. That day at lunchtime my dad…
Ethical Conundrum Last month I taught one of my annual fall Georgia Hunter Education classes to a great group interested in firearm safety and being safe in the field. One of the topics covered was a “Shoot, Don’t Shoot” section. On the screen was a group of six bucks approaching at different angles. Clearly the…
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