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Georgia Hunting and Fishing Federation (GHFF) President Reggie Dickie expressed what he called “cautious optimism” for the future of the Ogeechee River and King Amercia Textiles (KAF) in the wake of a court order rejecting the plans of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to address the chronic violations by the Screven County plant.…
He’ll be the first to tell you, he’d do lots different if he could only replay the events of Sept. 29, 2012, starting with leaving a rattlesnake well enough alone. Brian Hearn was at his Polk County property planting food plots when an encounter with a 4-foot timber rattlesnake, also known as a canebrake, just…
Three Georgia deer hunters suffered severe injuries within a two-week span during primitive-weapons and rifle-season weekends. Two fell from tree stands—one climber and one ladder—and a third plunged 40 feet through the darkness down an unmarked well. Before daylight on Oct. 13, Donny Moore, 50, of Atlanta, was walking to a stand in Meriwether County…
The biggest bear GON has heard about so far this season was taken by Danny Taylor, of Ailey. He killed a 528-lb. south Georgia bear in Clinch County on Sept. 27 while on a dog hunt. “I was observing a planted pine field when I noticed a pine sapling move,” said Danny. “Then I spotted…
A month after a north Georgia man was murdered during a deer hunt at a Georgia Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Wilkes County, there’s been no arrest. That fact is enough to keep nerves on edge among hunters in the Holliday Park area of Clarks Hill Lake, but authorities say hunters don’t need to fear…
If the Army tried it and recommends it for our fighting soldiers, instinctive shooting could certainly help wing-shooters. Instinctive shooting is an improved version of the “Quick Kill” system soldiers learned and used during the Vietnam War. It allows a shooter to fire quickly and accurately at fleeting enemy targets. James Rutland, of Box Springs,…
This year’s alligator season produced monster results from ponds, rivers and lakes around the state. Take a look at some of these beasts in GON’s 2012 gator photo gallery.
Blue Ridge native Hunter Barnes had seen this fish before. He had watched it for two weeks in the tailout of a big run while guiding on the Toccoa River tailwater. A college student and wrestler at UT Chattanooga, Hunter spent the summer guiding, and in one stretch of river he watched a resident mallard…
Sportsmen have a rare opportunity to show their gratitude and support for military men and women who sacrificed for our country while also enjoying a morning of wing-shooting standing shoulder-to-shoulder with those heroes. High Point Quail Shooting Preserve in Locust Grove is hosting the “Purple Heart Wounded Warriors” continental pheasant hunt on Oct. 20. This…
The U.S. Secretary of Commerce has approved a request by NOAA Fisheries to allow limited harvest of red snapper in the federal waters of the South Atlantic. Anglers can harvest red snapper September 14 through 16 and again on September 21 through 23. Each angler is allowed one red snapper per day with no size…