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In the fall of 1999 I had a bad case of the melancholy. My up-and-coming grouse dog had died and had left me feeling down in the dumps. Little Mac, our young Brittany spaniel, had died from what was evidently a brain tumor. Little Mac started having seizures in his second year which progressively became…
In the Southeast, when a person mentions upland hunting, the bobwhite quail is usually the first, and sometimes only game bird that people think about. The late Charlie Elliott named the bobwhite the “prince of game birds.” When you go into the Appalachians, the ruffed grouse enters into the conversation, but the lack of timber…
Falling Feathers at Whitaker Farm in Harlem hosted the Georgia chapter of The Fallen Outdoors for a veteran’s pheasant shoot on Saturday, Nov. 28. The Fallen Outdoors is a national volunteer 501c3 nonprofit organization comprised of active duty and veteran military who use the outdoors as a means of therapy, and to help other active…
The calendar shifts to early fall, and many outdoorsmen across the whitetail’s range are thinking about deer season and the rut. However, for those of us lucky enough to live near the coast, fall brings an opportunity that can’t be passed up: Nor’easters and the accompanying flood tides. Flood tides are a natural occurring phenomenon…
A feature film on grouse hunting in America will be a highlight of an event on Feb. 8 in Thomasville, as Project Upland magazine and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) host the Public Grouse Film Festival. It will take place at the Thomasville Center for the Arts. “This festival will highlight upland bird hunts from…
The folklore surrounding snipe hunting as a practical joke played on gullible, inexperienced campers has been around for so long that some people don’t realize snipe are real birds. But snipe are real! This migratory bird overwinters in balmy Florida providing hunters with exciting wingshooting opportunities. In addition to preferring warm weather, snipe need vast…
My credits for my being a grouse hunter are owed to a great grouse hunter who was the late Arthur (Fats) Truelove, of Gainesville. Many of you reading this story knew Arthur personally, or you may have known about Arthur’s grouse hunting days. Arthur Truelove taught me the essentials of grouse hunting, turkey hunting…
Currently, the state’s waterfowl season must end on the last Sunday in January. This results in a floating ending date between Jan. 25-31. However, beginning with the 2019-20 duck hunting season, Georgia will be able to select season dates that can end on a fixed date of Jan. 31. This would result in the last…
The Georgia Mentor Competition will once again give out three guns in an effort to encourage current hunters to get new hunters into the woods. The competition is spearheaded by the Georgia R3 program, which is a group working to reverse the current trend of declining hunter numbers. The competition will run through May 15,…
Time is running out for current or former armed service members to participate in a pheasant tower shoot on Saturday, Dec. 9 in Columbia County. To be entered into a random drawing, participants must apply by Sunday, Dec. 3. The Fallen Outdoors (TFO) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help get veterans get…
Other Game Recipes
Onion-Stuffed Grilled Pheasant If you get the opportunity to hunt pheasants out west or on a preserve, try this recipe. 4 pheasant breast halves 3 cups apple juice 5 cloves garlic 4 tablespoons rosemary 2 cups brown sugar 5 orange peels 5 whole bay leaves 1 cup kosher salt 1 gallon of water 4 green…
Danged-Good Frog Legs If you’re looking for a summer adventure with your buddies, you won’t find much more fun than going frog-gigging. Frying up a mess of frog legs in the backyard is a great way to re-live the adventure. 20 sets of frog legs 2 eggs, well beaten 1 cup of flour Cooking oil…