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Wildcat Creek has always been a popular destination for trout anglers. This small stream that runs through a portion of the Chattahoochee National Forest in Rabun County is stocked seasonally with trout and has offered two primitive campgrounds for a fee of only $10 a night. However, a short while back, GON received a phone call from…
The discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a deer found dead in Mississippi has Georgia WRD officials fine-tuning its response plan should the deadly disease be found here. State Deer Biologist Charlie Killmaster said the state is updating its CWD Response Plan with any new research information gathered from states that have CWD. “The…
Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir opens for public fishing tomorrow, March 9, 2018 at 12 p.m. Fishing will commence immediately after a grand-open ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. The lake will supply drinking water for residents of Walton and Oconee counties, so the lake will only allow boats equipped with electric motors or self-propelled watercraft,…
There are still 43 counties in Georgia without a game warden. Georgia hunters now have an avenue to offset this giant problem by pre-ordering a “Support Georgia Game Wardens” specialty license plate for their vehicle. In addition to hiring new game wardens, a portion of the funds raised by the sale of these tags will go…
A number of landowners along the Apalachee River in Morgan and Oconee counties are concerned over news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has plans to install a water pumping station along the river in order to move water into Hard Labor Creek Reservoir. The location of the pumping station would be just north…
As the national media continues a scorched-earth campaign that somehow places blame on the National Rifle Association and its members for last week’s horrible murder of 17 kids and teachers at a Florida high school, some companies seem to be taking sides and choosing gun control over protection of constitutional rights. The mainstream media is…
On the final day that legislation could move forward this year, the Georgia state Senate approved Senate Bill 450, which removes the 200-yard and out-of-sight restriction for Northern Zone deer hunting near feed. There has been no distance restriction for Southern Zone deer hunters since 2011. The Senate vote yesterday (Feb. 28) was 36 in favor and…
The Georgia legislature is considering a law change that will legalize hunting deer around feed with no distance restrictions in the Northern Zone. House Bill 923 and Senate Bill 450 are both simple paragraphs of legislation that make legal in the Northern Zone what’s been legal in the Southern Zone since 2011. The bills remove…
Go ahead and mark Saturday, March 10 on your calendar, and plan a trip to northeast Georgia to attend a great kids event that is completely free. The Currahee Friends of NRA are hosting the YHEC Fun Day on a farm in Franklin County. YHEC is the NRA’s Youth Hunter Education Challenge. DNR and NRA…
Despite states removing almost every restriction on feral swine hunting and trapping, wild hog populations continued to grow and spread. Could it be that problem porkers are about to encounter their kryptonite? The U.S. Department of Agriculture is set to test a sodium-nitrate poison that specifically targets feral swine. If the poison turns out to…
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