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The Hall of Shame column 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. Echols County: On Aug. 30, 2013, Sgt. Patrick Dupree of the DNR Law Enforcement Division was conducting surveillance for nighttime deer…
Defining A Successful Deer Season Is More Than A Kill Dear GON, The time is finally upon us, as hunting season has begun. Everyone is hoping that their hours of scouting, planting and the blood and sweat that have been shed will all result in a buck on the ground. As this dream may become…
Each month we turn back the clock to see what was being reported in the pages of GON, both 20 and 10 years ago. Here’s a look back at what appeared in GON. 20 Years Ago: November 1996 Jonboat Pipe Bomb In Shaddix Marine Lot: A pipe bomb blasted a hole in a jonboat at…
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“I’m sitting in my recliner smack-dab in the middle of south Georgia,” a friend was relating, “and there’s a feller with a microphone standing on a beach in South California talking to me live and in color. You know, I don’t even want to know how that’s possible.” Ahhh, good ol’ TV technology! That story…
By Andrew Litton Hunting in northern Georgia can be tough for chasing a giant whitetail. From pasture edges to thick hardwood hollers, north Georgia monster bucks are few and far between. It had finally come the time of year all hunters who chase trophy bucks dream of, the rut. I had been putting in my…
Deer Recovery My son, Jackson, and I had been getting a lot of hang time in the deer woods before his ship date to U.S. Army Basic Training at Fort Benning. During the pre-rut weeks of September and October, we try to bowhunt over food sources, and this season was no different. In an area…
The news is devastating, threatening and shocking, yet completely predictable. New World screwworm has appeared in the endangered Key deer population on Big Pine Key in Florida. Screwworm has already killed 5 to 10 percent of the estimated 1,000 Key deer, and endangered subspecies of white-tailed deer. But screwworms present equal-opportunity threats to all deer…
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