Briefly Outdoor News – September 2022

Bussey Point Deer Hunts Set For Clarks Hill

The hunt dates are set for the 2022 deer season at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lincoln County property. The corps hosts these annual archery and muzzleloader deer hunts on the Bussey Point Corps Management Unit, located on a 2,545-acre reservoir peninsula, to maintain the deer population within the carrying capacity for the area, to improve herd quality and provide quality trophy opportunities. 

The Bussey Point peninsula will open for hunts on the following 2022 dates: Oct. 21-22, Nov. 18-19 and Dec. 16-17. All hunts are limited to 100 hunters per day. Hunters will be registered on a first-come, first-served basis. Archery and muzzleloader hunters are invited to participate in all scheduled hunts. Hunters must check-in at the entrance gate and check-out at the check station located at the entrance gate. Access hours begin one hour before sunrise and end one hour after sundown.

Hunters must be licensed in accordance with existing Georgia DNR regulations. Licenses will be inspected and collected along with the vehicle tag number. At check-out, hunters must present their harvest and provide survey answers before leaving the property. Licenses will be returned at check-out.

The bag limit is two does and one quality buck for each hunt, per day. Quality bucks are those with antlers that have a 15-inch or more main beam length on at least one side, or a 14-inch or greater outside spread. These bag limits are strictly enforced. All state regulations, including harvest reporting will be enforced, this is a non-quota hunt, meaning the harvest counts toward the state bag limit.

Park visitors who are not hunting are encouraged to find other recreation areas during the scheduled hunts. The management area will be closed two days prior to each hunt, except to hunters scouting or placing deer stands. Weapons are not allowed at Bussey Point on scouting days.

For more information, contact Conservation Biologist Evan Brashier, at 864.333.1159 or [email protected]. To reserve or obtain a campsite at Bussey Point Recreation Area, call 877.444.6777 or visit www.recreation.gov. For information regarding campgrounds and site availability near the Bussey Point CMU, please visit go.usa.gov/xfJUf.

Where’s GON? Hunting Camp Toilet Seat

Leave it to a hunting camp crew to take an old folding metal chair, cut a hole in the seat, and attach a toilet seat top. Now, about that GON sticker on a bathroom implement… we hope that’s not an editorial comment!

Steve Yarbrough sent this photo from his Talbot County hunting camp near Big Lazer.

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Christ Chapel Sportsmen Expo

Christ Chapel Community Church in Zebulon is hosting a free Sportsmen Expo on Sunday, Sept. 18 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Organizer Keith Ford said, “We will have a number of things such as wild game tasting, professional chainsaw carving, dog tracking and many different hunting and fishing people there. 

“We use this as a time to get more folks involved in the outdoors, as well as providing a free event for families to enjoy. We will be giving away several guns, hunting trips and other guy stuff during the event. It’s a free event with the exception of food trucks,” Keith said.

For more information on this event in Pike County, contact Keith at [email protected] or call 770.468.5831.