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Hunting
Rob Barnard, of Snellville, was successful at bagging his first deer on Saturday, Oct. 20, 1990. Rob didn’t have a car Friday, but he wanted to go hunting real bad—bad enough that he decided to ride his bike from Snellville to Redlands WMA! Rob started peddling at 3:30 p.m. Friday and got all the way…
Many a country boy has yearned to make a living off the land hunting, fishing or trapping. Some dream about it, while others seize the opportunity and head to the woods. One group that actively pursues an outdoor livelihood is the Georgia Trappers Association (GTA), a tightly organized group of approximately 400 sportsmen scattered throughout…
Harvesting a deer with a bow is not an easy task. The limiting factors that archers face range from, first, just practicing enough to be proficient with a stick and string, to having to wait for that close-in, clear shot. It’s just a different ball game than hunting with a high-powered rifle. But for all…
So you think you have your buck patterned for the year already? You know the area he is using because you scouted in post-season 1989 and pre-season 1990 and saw his fresh sign on both occasions! You could still be hunting a ghost—a trophy animal now 4 or 5 miles from his fresh sign. When…
This story is nine years old, but it’s never been told. It is about a star-crossed rack that could have been a contender. If we could nudge two tines a half inch or so, we’d be talking about a new Georgia state-record buck. The buck is a monster 12-pointer with an inside spread greater than…
In the pitch black darkness you could barely see your hand in front of your face as the two conservation rangers eased their boat up to tie off. Rangers John Bentley and Ernest Hooks were on the coastal island to investigate a report of night hunters poaching deer from the island. The two rangers were…
Mention Charlie Elliott and you’ll immediately touch a nerve that tingles to the tune of the finest of writing. Whether it is his favorite, the outdoors style, his fascinating, incisive novel on the life of his friend, Coca Cola founder Robert Woodruff, or a textbook on one of his early jobs, forestry. Mister Charlie is…
Clarks Hill WMA has one of the oldest and best established turkey populations in Georgia. There is a good number of birds on the area and even more hunters. The estimated hunter success last year on the WMA and surrounding area was estimated at a respectable 20-30% Since December 1988, the University of Georgia has…
Georgia’s first goose season since 1968 is now in the books. From the 1,150 permits that were awarded hunters, they killed 263 geese for a hunter-success rate of 22.9%. The best success was found in the Monroe County hunt unit, with 45% of hunters killing a goose. The poorest hunting took place in Hall County…
It’s just after eight of the a.m. and a typical gray December morning. Well maybe just a little more gray than usual. A silent, shooting mist shrouds the Oconee River as the battered old Ouchita flatbottom glides downstream without a whisper. The river gurgles and laps around the two of us, all alone on the…
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