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Nine disabled veterans of the United States military services went deer hunting in Crawford County on Saturday, Dec. 1 thanks to planning efforts by the Crawford County Lions Club, Uniwattee Plantation, the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and Georgia’s Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). A coupon for the hunt was published in the October and November…
Gov. Sonny Perdue announced plans Dec. 5 for the purchase of nearly 20,000 acres of forest land to be preserved indefinitely and managed as wildlife management areas (WMA) with access to hunters and fishermen. Perdue made the announcement on the bank of Corley Lake in Paulding County, where nearly 7,000 acres of property on nearby…
Here is the response DNR has been sending to those who have written them on the subject of DNR outsourcing license sales. It was first released without a signature, and the letter plus the signature of the DNR Commissioner Noel Holcomb was just posted on DNR’s website. Thank you for your persistence. From DNR Commissioner…
Because of the persistent drought, fishermen across the state have been watching in frustration for months as the boat ramps they use to access their local reservoirs have dried up one by one. Lack of access has closed Carters Lake ramps to boats all together, and a handful of smaller reservoirs are inaccessible, as well.…
For the last four years, the Turkey Oak Strutter Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) has been doing a lot to get kids in the woods. This year, the annual Marion County kids’ hunt grew into a statewide event, and the Georgia Chapter of NWTF took it to the next level. “Any time…
Editor’s Note: After the December issue of GON went to press we learned that the ramps at Lake Varner in Newton County had been closed to all fishing and boating. Varner has a reputation for one of the state’s hottest lakes for catching giant bass. Varner is 10 feet low and has become very dangerous.…
Bethlehem hunter Jay Maxwell dropped everything Tuesday, Nov. 20 when this giant Fulton County suburban buck was spotted in a friend’s backyard tending a doe and chasing off smaller bucks. Jay threw on his camo, grabbed his bow and arrived at the subdivision a little before noon. It was then that he put a long,…
On most days, Georgia Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) Area Manager Eric Wood can be found watching over Coopers Creek WMA southwest of Blairsville. But on Monday, Sept. 17, Eric’s trip home for lunch put him face-to-face with two area burglars. “I came home around 11:45 that morning and found two men in my driveway,” he…
It was about 5:45 p.m., and Matt Fox was loading some things in the car, getting ready to head to the ball fields with the kids when he heard his wife yell that there was a deer in the backyard. That might not be an unusual circumstance for many of us these days, but Matt…
It’s been almost 10 years since I found myself wandering through a local arts-and-crafts festival in the north Georgia mountains. To say it wasn’t where I wanted to be on a beautiful Saturday afternoon would be an understatement. It was pay-back of sorts — after two nights in a tent, a couple of days of…