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On September 28, 2006, Jody Hawk of Monroe was doing some deer scouting on his hunting lease in Morgan County. He said it was a windy day, so instead of trying to bowhunt he felt like his time would be better spent scouting. “I was driving down a logging road when I came upon these…
When you head to the polls to vote on November 7, and we’ll just assume you’ll be like the vast majority of sportsmen and do just that, make sure you take your time and work through the entire ballot. You’ll start with the big ones — governor, lieutenant governor — but soon you’ll begin to…
Each year, Georgia DNR releases millions of hatchery-reared fish to create and enhance fishing opportunities for freshwater anglers. This year that effort expanded with the first-ever release of hatchery-reared red drum fingerlings into coastal waters. Between mid-August and late September, more than 750,000 small red drum, also known as redfish or simply reds, were freed…
The reports are good from opening weekend of gun season across Georgia, as hunters are reporting that they are seeing more deer than the past couple of seasons. Acorns are looking good from the mountains to south Georgia, and hunters are already having success by keying on acorns that are falling like rain in many…
In response to a federal-court judgement that could stop hunts this fall at Bond Swamp, Okefenokee and 35 other National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) across the country, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed a remedy the agency hopes will appease the court and allow the hunts to continue. A lawsuit by the Humane…
Some hunters will be sitting home this fall because they don’t have a place to hunt. Likewise, fishing, one of the state’s most popular outdoor activities, deserves attention to continue to provide angling opportunities. Sportsmen have an opportunity to speak up for their needs at a series of town-hall meetings over the next two months…
The latest victory for the animal-rights, anti-hunting Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) should send a shocking wake-up call that sportsmen better get their rear-ends off the 10-gallon bucket of false contentment and rosy everything’s-just-fine sentiment many of us seem to be stuck on. A federal court has ruled that the hunting seasons at…
This November 7, sportsmen and women of the state of Georgia have the opportunity to elevate hunting and fishing from the privilege that is now to a right through the passage of the state constitutional amendment for fishing and hunting. This will be the most important initiative to face fishermen and hunters in this state…
In the Department of Natural Resource’s (DNR) annual mast survey, the overall oak rating was a 3.14, which ranks as “Good” and is the highest rating that oaks can receive. A rating from 0.0 to 2.0 is poor, 2.01-3.0 is fair and anything above 3.0 is good. Red oaks topped the list this year, with…
Michael Almand of Madison killed one of the biggest and certainly the most unusual buck GON has heard about during the bow-season opener. Michael was hunting a Morgan County tract of land on Saturday evening of opening weekend, September 9, when he arrowed a 21-point, non-typcial buck that was still in velvet. The buck had…
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