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On Sept. 8, I was walking to check my trail camera for pictures at my Walton County hunting lease when I saw a deer from behind. I watched it about five minutes, and it never moved. I stepped to my left to see its head and realized it was a buck. I stood there for…
Quail Unlimited, the nation’s primary conservation group dedicated to bobwhite quail, is working to reorganize its ranks amid financial turmoil and a series of personnel changes and resignations. The 28-year-old non-profit, which has been headquartered in Edgefield, S.C., ever since it was established in 1981, has also placed its national headquarters building and adjoining property…
A dream came true for coon-hound handler Ross Jackson, of Madison, when owner Mary Simpson, of Farmington, told him to go get the best dog he could find. “She told me to find the one I wanted to win with, and we bought him,” said Ross. The result of his search was a 5-year-old, male,…
Ricky Aaron and his son, Skip, both from Conyers, will never forget what happened in the Putnam County deer woods on Friday, Nov. 6. They were doing some mid-morning scouting on their 485-acre lease when Skip found an old well and could hear something splashing at the bottom of it. “We knew it was an…
It was a remarkable archery season for black bears in north Georgia, and the gun opener brought in a flood of bear reports to the GON office. Judging from those reports from hunters across the state, this year’s black-bear harvest is on track to be off the charts. Here are two of the most impressive…
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is set to pull the plug on Lake Blue Ridge during the late summer of 2010. Plans call for the lake to be drawn down to more than 60 feet below full pool. TVA officials recently announced the final project plans for the deep-water drawdown necessary to repair and reinforce…
Winder hunter Richard B. Rupert, 68, died Oct. 10 after being bit on his calf by a rattlesnake, according to Oglethorpe County Deputy Coroner Howard Sanders. Rupert, his son and his 12-year-old grandson were hunting a tract of land near Thaxton Wynne Road in Lexington. Upon arriving at their hunting property just before daylight, the…
The striper on Carters Lake are getting big. About a year and a half after a new mark was set for the Carters Lake striper record, the bar has been raised again. Angela Hawes, of Fairmount, landed a 36-lb., 42-inch striped bass on Aug. 22, beating the old record by a little more than 5…
J.D. Blevins, of Buford, said his wife was livid when he decided to go fishing on the Chattahoochee River the morning of Sept. 4. He was very late for their trip to the beach, but she calmed down once she found out why. He caught this 16-lb., 13-oz. brown trout with a No. 5 countdown…
In three or four years, there is a possibility 2,000 acres of the 10,000-arcre Dawson Forest WMA will be under water. A reservoir to supply water for the Atlanta area has been proposed. It would be open to angling and other recreational uses, according to an official with the development firm pushing the project, at…