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Predator Hunting
Farmers hate coyotes because of occasional losses of livestock. Homeowners hate coyotes because of occasional losses of pets. Hunters hate coyotes because they prey on game animals, sometimes having a significant impact on the same populations hunters like to prey on. A.J. Niette is one of only a few hunters in Georgia who do not…
The gray light of dawn had just illuminated the woods, and I had just stopped my second sequence of calls when I heard him trotting on the dry hardwood leaves. I shouldered the gun, immediately, while I had a chance. A short minute later he came into view. I settled the crosshairs on his shoulder,…
Editor’s Note: The following article was written in 2006, a time when state agencies and biologists were hesitant — at best — to say coyotes were impacting deer and other wildlife in Georgia. Although scientific research has not been completed on the subject, it seems clear that coyotes on certain tracts of land in Georgia…
Mike saw the coyote while bowhunting last September between some planted pines and a hayfield. The coyote, slipping along the edge of the field, never came into bow range. The next day, Mike was back in the stand, but he had traded his bow for his .223 and a fawn-bleat call. Twenty minutes later he…
A 3,000-acre tract in Murray County, almost in the shadows of the rugged Cohutta Wilderness, intensively managed for deer for the past seven years. Lush food plots, supplemental feed, minerals, and selective harvest should have caused what has traditionally been a low deer population to literally explode. Seven years on 3,000 acres, where not a…
Chad Chapman, of Blakely, was attacked by a rabid bobcat inside his carport on December 26. The terrifying event happened a few minutes after dark. “I was coming home from skinning a deer,” said Chad. “My wife parks in the driveway, and I park on the side of the house.” Chad’s sidekick, a Jack Russell…
I rounded a point in the field and came face to face with the prettiest coyote I had ever seen. My adrenaline level went sky high, and I was frozen in awe. In all honesty, this coyote did not have a silky, silver coat. Actually, the pelt had a brownish tint to it and was…
Soon after settling in for an afternoon deer hunt in Gordon County on Dec. 21, 2003, Jackson Jordon, 16, of Red Bud, soon found out what it was like to be the prey of a small pack of coyotes. Forty-five minutes after hitting the woods on the private lease he was hunting, Jackson thought he…
Coyotes have invaded Georgia by storm — and the conquest only took a few decades. In 1969, coyote populations were confirmed by hunters, trappers or road-kills in only about 23 counties. Today, coyotes call all 159 counties home. Coyotes received a helping hand in their invasion of Georgia and the Southeast by fox hunters who…
A Metter man was attacked and bitten by a rabid bobcat in April as he worked on a drained pond. On April 18, Jimmy Donaldson was on ITT paper land in Candler County that he and others lease. The men were working on a drained pond. Some of the men had seen a bobcat earlier…