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For Tommy Burford, of Camilla, growing up in south Georgia was somewhat different because he happened to be born without hearing. There were communication barriers to overcome, but by learning to adjust with the gifts he was given, Tommy managed to complete a normal education, raise a family and become a successful businessman. Obviously, not…
I had been in my treestand for an hour, and — finally — the sky began to lighten in the east. My location was a big tulip poplar on the very edge of a thick beaver swamp. Tall privet surrounding the tree concealed my outline, and that of the portable stand. There was a food…
As the 2001 Georgia deer season began, the landscape sure had changed along the Gwinnett and Hall County line where 70-year-old Bonnie Harrison had lived for more than 25 years. What was once sure-enough Georgia countryside — mostly small farms, pastureland, and woods — is now cut by huge neighborhoods, shopping centers, and busy roads…
If you’ve struggled with trying to bring off a field of sunflowers, corn or millet in the last couple of years, you are not alone. The drought has made it difficult to prepare for dove season by withering a lot of would-be dove fields. Maybe this time around you would like a little professional guidance,…
The Georgia General Assembly finally went home on April 12, 2002, ending the most-active legislative session in memory in terms of potential impacts on hunters. We asked sportsmen through last month’s VOTES card to tell us how they felt about four bills that were being debated. The results of what the legislators voted on can be…
Major changes to deer-hunting regulations enacted by the General Assembly will take effect for the coming deer season. Significant was the change that allows deer hunting to begin one week earlier in September. The upshot is that firearms season will be one week longer than normal. Statewide, archery season will open on September 14, P/W…
A Glenwood turkey hunter received quite a surprise when he walked up to a gobbler he had just shot in Wheeler County this season. The bird had four distinct spurs, two on each leg! “He has two long spurs like a regular turkey, and underneath them, growing separate, is another spur on each leg,” said…
At long last, sport hunting for alligators in Georgia is on the horizon. The Georgia DNR Board of Natural Resources was briefed at its March meeting about plans by the state to open an alligator season in September of 2003. The proposed gator season will offer limited quota hunts on four specific south Georgia areas,…
“And the winning number of the chapter gun, this brand new Mossberg in Advantage camo, is…!” Not mine. As NWTF Regional Director Ricky Peek finished calling out the rest of the winning ticket number, I tossed my little green ticket onto the table, right next to my door-prize number card, and my blue ticket for…
I could probably be well on my way to a sizable retirement account right now if I had just one dime for every time an old gobbler flew off the roost, gobbled a few times at my yelping and cutting, headed straight for a flock of real-life hens and left my camouflaged tail sitting in…
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