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Scrapbook August 2005

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America’s Priorities According To Animal-Rights

Folks are getting blown up in London, our young men and women face bullets and bombs every day in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, there is a report of crab abuse in California. Crabs? The horrors in this world must stop. Please send money and please write letters. Civil disobedience may be needed, and if so,…

Conservation Law Enforcement Corner August 2005

On Jan. 30, 2005, the last day of the 2004-05 duck season, DNR Conservation Ranger First Class Mike Binion was on patrol in Grady County. At about 7:30 a.m. he heard the sound of shotguns being fired in the distance. He homed in on the location of the shooting, and contacted DNR Law Enforcement Sgt.…

Letters To The Editor August 2005

Thanks Hunting Land Special Dear GON, I put an ad in the July issue of GON in the “Hunting Land Special.” My old lease was sold to developers, and they did not want hunters on the property. After leasing the same tract for many years I was left out in the cold. I worded my…

Editorial-Opinion August 2005

There has been a small earthquake in northwest Georgia that may have a significant impact on deer hunting all over Georgia. The old Inland and Bowater timber lands are now under management by Timberland Investment Resources. They are leaseing the tracts to the highest bidder. This is a new and very unsettling change to Georgia…

Surviving The Mountain Man Phase

Psychiatrists, doctors, fortune tellers and the like will back me up when I tell you that man experiences a series of phases throughout his lifetime. Truth be told, my phases are not apt to be exactly the same as your phases, and they may not even overlap. One thing’s pretty sure: we start and end…

Conservation Law Enforcement Corner August 2005

Grady County: On January 30, 2005, the last day of the 2004-05 duck season, DNR Conservation Ranger First Class Mike Binion was on patrol in Grady County. At about 7:30 a.m. he heard the sound of shotguns being fired in the distance. He homed in on the location of the shooting, and contacted DNR Law…

Editorial-Opinion July 2005

There is a storm coming and we have to prepare for it now. The coming storm is an attack by anti-hunters on hunters and hunting right here in Georgia. The storm is scheduled to hit about 16 months from now. The cause of this storm is home-grown. State Senator Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) has spear-headed a…

Letters To The Editor July 2005

Protect Your Gun Rights Dear GON, When Ronnie Garrison writes his Right To Bear Arms column every other month, everyone needs to read carefully what he has to say. I am a deputy sheriff. The biggest number of officers I have talked with over my 22 years of working has the same feeling I have…

Conservation Law Enforcement Corner July 2005

DNR Conservation Ranger First Class Robert Peacock lives in a rural area of Crawford County. On Saturday, April 9, 2005, he was off duty and had taken his nieces fishing. At about 2:40 p.m. he was standing in his neighbor’s yard cleaning fish when he heard a shot from a shotgun very near his home.…

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