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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: July 1996 A Solution To Poaching: It’s pointless for a DNR ranger to write a ticket if a judge…
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Question to idiotic, inept, would-be thieves: Just how do you plan to tote out that big ol’ tower stand considering the fact that you ain’t gonna have no kneecaps? Call or text when you come up with an answer. Assuming you are left with enough fingers and/or thumbs to punch buttons. If that’s so, it’s…
The Posse Comitatus Act is a federal law signed in 1878. The purpose of the act is to limit using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States. Its primary purpose is to prevent a U.S. President—the Commander in Chief—from using federal troops against the U.S. citizenry. And so we come to…
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. Walton County: On Nov. 29, 2015 at 6:20 a.m., Cpl. Eddie Tompkins received a call from a hunter who leases property…
Deer Hunting Prep Well, the Fourth of July is usually the turning point of the summer for me. I bowhunt deer through January in Forsyth County and then prepare for turkey season, which runs until May 15. I shoot my bow a little in June but really start thinking about deer after the Fourth of…
Twenty-four boys and girls ages 12 to 15 from all across Georgia recently participated in the 13th annual Georgia Trout Camp, sponsored by Georgia Trout Unlimited (TU). The camp took place at the Rabun Gap Nacoochee School in Clayton. Kids learned and practiced the sport of fly fishing, studied sound conservation practices and enjoyed a…
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