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Kind Words From Truck-Buck Shoot-Out Contestants Dear GON, My family and I would like to thank GON for doing a great job with the Outdoor Blast in Macon. The camaraderie with the competitors in the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out was a good experience. We were all cheering for each other. One thing you did that really added class…
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 what was happening. 20 Years Ago: April 1991 • Georgia’s Best Bass Lakes: Using WRD Fisheries electroshocking data, GON ranked the best bass lakes in Georgia. We created charts so anglers could…
We don’t use no stethoscopes around here. Ain’t no pokin’ and proddin’ and coughin’ whilst someone checks to see if the tone is just right or maybe if I’m suffering from degenerative dislocated toenail-itis. And there’s not a whole lot of blood-letting — except in fairly rare cases of arguin’ and fists flyin’. Naw… whatever…
Georgia’s WMAs are generally pretty heavily patrolled in comparison to private property. And poachers typically aren’t as blatant about their illegal activities on public land. However, turning hunting dogs out illegally on a WMA, like a couple of hunters last year in Bleckley County, isn’t exactly a covert operation. The odd thing is, it wasn’t…
The intellectual dishonesty of the Georgia Wildlife Federation (GWF) continues to be impressive. Last month I ended this editorial noting that the GWF — through its wholly owned sportsman’s facade called the Camo Coalition — objected to the legislature’s plan to treat all specialty tags the same. Somehow “fair-is-fair” for all specialty tags is not…
Northern Zone Hunters Get Short End of Baiting Stick Dear GON, I was deeply frustrated and angered by the changes to HB 277, the “baiting bill.” It seems the will of 78 percent of the hunters in Georgia is meaningless to the bunny-loving tree huggers in the state capitol. I thought that the U.S. Constitution…
In choosing to be a hunter, it’s really important that you understand some of the basic concepts of wildlife management. What is wildlife management, and why do we need hunting regulations? Wildlife management is often said to be the attempt to balance between the needs of wildlife and the needs of the people. As…
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