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For years, GON has attempted to alert sportsmen to a continued assault on hunting, fishing, and law enforcement within the Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This assault, also known as budget cuts, has hit personnel and programs that should service sportsmen, the very folks who have traditionally — and…
Editor’s Note: In the October issue this magazine ran an article written by GON Publisher Steve Burch titled, “DNR’s Budget Preference: Close 12 WMAs, Fire Three Wardens, and Hire Three Cooks!” The following is a written response to that article by Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Noel Holcomb. October 13, 2005 Mr. Steve Burch…
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Georgia DNR deployed four separate teams of officers from Law Enforcement, Game Management, Fisheries and Parks to Louisiana and Mississippi to assist with law enforcement and body-recovery efforts. A team of 41 officers was deployed to New Orleans on a two-week assignment to assist with search-and-rescue and security efforts.…
The GON sticker has shown up in some interesting places, like on the lead character’s truck in the movie “Sweet Home Alabama,” but none are more special than this picture sent by Denny Swain, of Snellville. “Here is the picture from my wife’s nephew, S/Sgt Alan Trawick, who is stationed in Iraq,” Denny said. “He…
The owner of one of Georgia’s most recognized deer coolers can add another feather to his cap. Bill Hilsman, who used to have an opening-day barbeque and a big-buck contest that made Hilsman’s Deer Cooler near McDonough a fixture to Piedmont hunters, began a program last year that provided venison and a cash donation to…
The first of three House Wildlife Management Study Committee meetings took place Aug. 19, 2005 in Perry. There were 102 people at the meeting, and they listened to speakers state their cases for and against the issue of hunting over bait/feed. This House Wildlife Management Study Committee was created because the subject of hunting over…
The summer of 2005 began on Georgia’s lakes the way most summers do. Anglers, skiers, and pleasure boaters took to the water in droves as temperatures warmed. And until the last week of June, there had been very few accidents. However, in a 10-day stretch between June 20 and July 1, three separate boating accidents…
Of the many national wildlife conservation organizations that are well known to sportsmen, only the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) calls Georgia home. On Saturday, August 6, QDMA will officially open its new, permanent headquarters site near Athens, and Gov. Sonny Perdue will lead the dedication. QDMA members and all hunters interested in learning more about…
Rambling exotic animals have been on the loose in two Georgia counties recently. In early July in Cherokee County, a pair of fallow deer were seen going yard-to-yard in a neighborhood. The two were part of a small herd of fallow deer that were being confiscated by WRD because of a permit violation. Because the herd…
Sixteen-year-old skeet-shooter Vincent Hancock of Eatonton outshot the world in the recent 2005 ISSF World Clay Target Championship in Lonato, Italy to take the Men’s Skeet World Championship. Vincent, a member of the Lake Oconee Shotgun Team, used his Beretta DT10 and a near-perfect swing to break 148 of a possible 150 targets and become…
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