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Close to 200 people packed the Jan. 8 WRD public meeting in Dalton to comment on hunting regulations. Most were deer hunters who want a later closing date for the Northern Zone deer season or more either-sex days in some north Georgia counties. The crowd was part of an organized effort that included ads in…
If a group of saltwater anglers and guides has its way, the red drum — Georgia’s state saltwater fish — will soon have the distinction of being the state’s first saltwater game fish. Mike Duckworth of Brunswick, along with well-known light-tackle guides, Capt. Greg Hildreth of Brunswick and Capt. Scott Wagner of Savannah, are spearheading…
Wanted: Information on the shooting of a young bald eagle last month near Paradise Public Fishing Area. Matt Henry of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources found the injured bird caught in a fence Nov. 19 at the PFA near Tifton. He and Paradise manager Charles West carefully captured the eagle using fishnets. Natural resources…
After being shot in the chest by a deer hunter on Thanksgiving evening in Chatham County, WRD Conservation Cpl. Curtis Wright, 56, of Savannah is in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery. Chief of Law Enforcement Col. Terry West said the incident appears to be a case of the shooter, Lynn Jeffers,…
It’s painful to see a giant buck KOed by a bumper, but giant antlers are always worth talking about. Just before midnight on Nov. 4, a Clay County buck that grossed several inches more than the 170-inch Boone & Crockett minimum was hit by a vehicle in the George Bagby State Park area. The main-frame…
On Nov. 16, Dave Adams of Newnan was deer hunting with a muzzleloader on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers property along West Point Lake when he shot and killed a male cougar that weighed 140 pounds. The property was south of Hwy 109 near the Abbottsford community west of LaGrange. According to DNR, the cat…
Governor Sonny Perdue today announced that Chris Clark, Executive Director of the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA), is his recommended choice to succeed Noel Holcomb as Commissioner of DNR when Holcomb retires in April 2009. Commissioner Holcomb announced to the Board of Natural Resources his retirement plans at the September meeting of the DNR Board.…
The knowledge base in Georgia’s hunting and fishing community took a serious hit when editor Brad Bailey decided to retire and make this his final issue with GON. Hired during the launch of GON, Brad has been with the company since 1987, and during his 22 years, no outdoor writer in Georgia has fished with…
At last: The bag limit on wood ducks has been raised to three birds per day! In a state where wood ducks are No. 1 in the harvest, and where most hunters have only woodies to hunt in a beaver-pond swamp, that’s great news. “Historically, the No. 1 question we heard from duck hunters is…
In just its third year in existence, the Lowndes County 4-H senior-division archery team won the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational June 21 in Grand Island, Neb. Under the tutelage of Coach Dale Cribb, the high-school-aged team was led by Madison, Fla. archer Jantz Jenkins, who took top individual archer honors for the tournament to…
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