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The Posse Comitatus Act is a federal law signed in 1878. The purpose of the act is to limit using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States. Its primary purpose is to prevent a U.S. President—the Commander in Chief—from using federal troops against the U.S. citizenry. And so we come to…
In 2008, Beau Turner created the Beau Turner Youth Conservation Center (BTYCC) in north Florida for young people to have a place to go and discover and enjoy the outdoors. The center hosts several programs throughout the year that allow kids to learn about northern Florida, wildlife management and renewable energy sources. They are given…
As GON prepares to publish the annual Fab 40 article, a good ‘un showed up the other day that will appear on the exclusive list—and way up near the top, too. Every August, GON publishes its list of the top-40 bucks taken in Georgia the previous deer season. Joel Kauffman, of Marshallville, is the latest hunter who will now appear in the…
Saturday, June 11 was the annual Polk County Kids Fishing Event (KFE). This annual KFE takes place off Highway 113 in northeast Polk County on property owned by CW Matthews Contracting Co. The pond is large enough to hold quite a crowd of excited young anglers. DNR Law Enforcement Cpl. Chad Cox, who is the…
Retired four-star Gen. Dan McNeill came down the opening weekend of turkey season to hunt with renowned turkey hunter Claibourne Darden at his Taliaferro County farm. This is the location where Darden hosts the annual SEEDS Dove Shoot each September. Darden and McNeill have been friends for a number of years. In fact, Darden convinced…
There are some new fish in West Point Lake—41,264 to be exact. The DNR on May 12 stocked the lake with largemouth bass grown in a hatchery in Richmond Hill, near Savannah, according to Brent Hess, a fisheries biologist with DNR. “This is the first time we’ve ever done that, except for when it opened,”…
For the past several years, Gary Harrell, of Douglas, has camped out six nights a week at the Altamaha Regional Park in Glynn County, just to fish. Every evening he sets out many limb lines baited with bream in hopes of catching a monster catfish. “Since my father passed away, I had to find something…
The Coastal Resources Division (CRD) of DNR recently sunk 50 fish-aggregating devices (FADs) at the Joe’s Cut inshore artificial reef site. The structure is part of ongoing efforts to increase fish habitat and angling opportunities in coastal Georgia. Joe’s Cut inshore artificial reef site is located in Wassaw Sound at the mouth of Romerly Marsh…
Bass-tournament partners Jake Andrew and Jace Garrett, from Bremen High School, recently brought home their first tournament win at the Georgia B.A.S.S. Nation fishing tournament held at Lake Sinclair on May 14. Jake, who is a senior, has been fishing competitively since he was a 15. For his final season, he was paired with…
Recently it was documented that a rather large alligator had appeared once again near the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta. As of Tuesday, May 10, DNR successfully trapped and relocated the female alligator. She is 6-feet, 8-inches long with a significant portion of her tail missing, which would have put her in the 8-foot range. The DNR decided…
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