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Truck-Buck Scoring Event Dates And Details

If you have a buck entered in the 2023-2024 GON Truck-Buck Contest or Youth Big Buck Contest, there’s still an important step at the end of the season. To compete for weekly prizes and a spot in the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out, an entrant’s rack must be officially scored during one of two GON scoring events. Any…

Corps, Counties Partner To Manage Lake Lanier Parks

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has entered into partnership agreements with two Lake Lanier area counties that should improve maintenance and operation at several key parks on the lake. Tim Rainey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lake Lanier Project Manager, and Dawson County’s Director of Parks and Recreation, Matt Payne, recently co-signed a…

4,700-Acre Solar Farm Next To Oaky Woods WMA In Study Phase

When the state purchased 10,015 acres of Oaky Woods WMA back in 2010 for $28.5 million taxpayer dollars, a big victory had been achieved for middle Georgia sportsmen and wildlife—including the central Georgia bear population. However, a crisis is lurking over the horizon as the same landowners, Southern Timber Consultants LLC in Perry, who sold…

Sign Up For GTA Annual Youth Trapping State Championship Field Trials

It’s once again time to sign up for the Georgia Trappers Association Youth Trapping State Championship Field Trials. The weekend format is simple. Kids and parents pair up with experienced trappers and spend two days on big chunks of private properties while kids get their feet wet in the art of trapping. Trap lines are…

Georgia Shotgun Coach Helps Shape Young Lives

Our names are Shelby Cannon (16) and Lane Cannon (12), and we are sister and brother. This 2023-2024 season has been our first-year shooting for the Terrell Academy Shotgun Team out of Dawson, and it has been the best sport we have ever done. When we joined the Terrell Academy Shotgun Team, we were both…

“Dawn Of American Deer Hunting, Volume III” Now Available

Duncan Dobie’s new book Dawn of American Deer Hunting, Volume III, is just off the press. The 256-page, 8 1/2 x 11-inch hardback contains more than 300 vintage black-and-white photos and dozens of fascinating stories. The book retails for $40. With the amazing success of Duncan Dobie’s first two volumes of the “Dawn” series published…

Time To Apply For DNR Youth Career Academy

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting applications now through Nov. 30 for its 2024 Career Academy, a week-long summer camp for current 9th, 10th, and 11th graders interested in exploring careers in natural resources management. The academy will take place July 21-27, 2024, at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Mansfield and…

Mike England Named New Law Enforcement Division Director

Georgia DNR announced the appointment of Mike England to Colonel and director of the Law Enforcement Division (LED). Col. England assumes the role following Col. Thomas Barnard’s appointment to Deputy Commissioner of Georgia DNR. “Col. England’s promotion from Lieutenant Colonel is well-deserved and I know he will continue to build on the positive impact he…

Bass Boat Explosion Likely Linked To Lithium Batteries

Piloting a powerful boat among a throng of racing bass boats at daylight at the start of a bass tournament is a danger that anglers accept. Rickie Knight, an angler from Selma, Ala., never dreamed that the real danger might come from just backing his boat down the ramp on a practice day. The 40-year…

DGD Outdoors Fishing Outing For Athens-Area Kids

Even during the busy football season, some players who are part of DGD Outdoors found time to continue their efforts to introduce kids to fishing. Recently Georgia football players Cade Brock, Drew Bobo and Will Snellings took 10 kids from Downtown Ministries out for a day of fishing at an Athens-area private pond.  “These kids…

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