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B.A.S.S. officials announced today that the 2024 national championship for the wildly popular Bassmaster College Series will be played out on the waters of Lake Hartwell. The 2024 Strike King Bassmaster College National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops will showcase the nation’s best college anglers Aug. 22-24. Anglers will launch from and weigh in…
Project WINGS (Wildlife Incentives for Nongame and Game Species) is a unique program designed to create new wildlife lands along gas and electrical transmission lines. Offering cash grants and professional wildlife management advice to landowners, WINGS is committed to rights-of-way brush control and habitat improvement. Electric and gas utilities—powering our homes, businesses and factories through…
Georgia Outdoor News is seeking a dynamic Advertising Sales Manager to meet with existing and potential customers, identify needs, craft appropriate advertising solutions and close deals. This is a remote full-time position with benefits, requiring frequent in-state travel and occasional in-person staff meetings. Full-time job opportunities in the outdoor industry don’t become available often, particularly…
If only there was a new law that said you had to remove two existing unnecessary or overreaching laws before a new one could be passed… That concept would certainly benefit gun owners. Every legislative session we see anti-gun legislation in the name of “common sense” and “safety.” Meanwhile, laws already on the books—like it…
Brooks Anderson, of Marietta, caught a five-bass limit weighing 23-lbs., 3-ozs. on Saturday, Feb. 19 to win the Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Lanier. The tournament was the first event of the 2024 season for the BFL Bulldog Division. Anderson earned $4,584 for his victory. Anderson began his day…
Whitetails Unlimited recently granted more than $9,600 to the CJ3 Foundation. The Virginia-based foundation focuses on serving our nation’s wounded and disabled heroes from the U.S. military, law enforcement and emergency services. Their focus is to improve individuals’ outlook on life and reconnect them with their communities. The funds were used in support of a…
SITKA Gear, the industry leader in technical hunting and outdoor gear, is set to open its third brick-and-mortar storefront in The Battery Atlanta. The SITKA Atlanta store, strategically located near the Braves Stadium at 455 Legends Place – Suite 850, will host grand-opening festivities for the Atlanta community on Feb. 24. The celebration will…
American heroes who served our country enjoyed some time in the Georgia outdoors recently thanks to the generosity of an outfitter, volunteers and the Warrior Bonfire Program. Once again Kenny McCrimmon showed out for veterans with another benefit shoot for them at Sawblade Outfitters on Sgoda Road a few miles east of Macon. Kenny and…
With the Paris Olympics looming this summer and Team USA qualifying matches in Arizona next month, Eatonton native Vincent Hancock earned gold and silver medals during the recent ISSF World Cup shooting competitions in Rabat, Morocco. Vincent won gold in the Skeet Mixed Team event silver in Men’s Skeet. In the Men’s Skeet competition, Vincent…
The recent announcement of Georgia Power as one of four companies honored as DNR’s 2024 Forestry For Wildlife partners should come as no surprise to sportsmen and conservationists in Georgia. Georgia Power has about 67,000 acres of forest land that primarily serves to buffer operations or provide sites for potential future projects. About half of…
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