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The worst day in DNR Law Enforcement Ranger Leon Tucker’s life started out as an ordinary day. On March 24, 2001, opening day of Georgia’s turkey season, Leon and rangers Darrell Watson, Patrick Dupree, George Tharpe and Greg Moody met around 5:30 a.m. near a church in Echols County near the Lanier County line. At…
For the past seven years, the senior division of the Realtree Grand America Turkey Calling Contest has been a turkey calling duel between Georgia’s two premiere callers — Joe Drake, of Fortson, and Ricky Joe Bishop, of Warm Springs. During that span, either Joe or Ricky Joe has taken first place SIX times (Joe four…
In the first week of the 2002 General Assembly, Gov. Roy Barnes revealed his budget recommendations for Fiscal Year 2003, unveiling at the same time his picks from among DNR’s list of budget-cut offerings. Though the bite taken out of the Wildlife Resources Division could have been worse, and there is still a likelihood that…
With the approach of the 2002 General Assembly, we grow closer to learning whether sportsmen will be missed, winged, or gut shot by budget cuts. DNR’s Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) has already submitted mandatory proposals for meeting a 5-percent cut for the budget, and as GON reported last month, the items on WRD’s list don’t look…
Georgia Outdoor News is moving to the country—making the move from Marietta to Madison. GON purchased the 13,000-square-foot, 46-year-old Springfield Elementary School, located on Seven Islands Road southeast of Madison. The building was last used as a school in the early 1970s. Most recently it housed a commercial venture to grow mushrooms. Renovation of the…
According to an internet news story in the Jefferson City News Tribune, a 45-year-old Viburnum, Mo. man died May 12, 2001 after attempting to swallow a live fish. According to the article, a man simply referred to as “Peller,” who had been drinking with friends, yelled, “Hey watch this,” before grabbing a 5-inch perch from…
Someone who put a dog collar on a tame doe before releasing it, or before the deer escaped, sentenced the animal to a grim existence. Jackie Ammons, of Leesburg, sent GON these photos of a Mitchell County doe that was being choked by a dog collar. Jackie first saw the deer on property near Sale…
Donʼt gore the hand that feeds you—a lesson never learned by a Ware County spike buck that was living high on the hog, until Oct. 4. That Wednesday, Sandra Fuller, of Waycross, was heading for the pickup truck in her yard and then on to go shopping. She had seen the spike buck near the…
A makeshift lab for producing methamphetamines was busted recently on Ocmulgee WMA. On Saturday, April 8, Ocmulgee WMA Area Manager Randy Wood noticed tire tracks leading to a gated road. He investigated and found that the cable blocking the road had been cut and then hung to look like the road leading to a food…
On May 1, 2000, hunters and anglers everywhere lost a great friend, Mr. Charlie Elliott, of Covington, who was 94. Among his many accomplishments, Charlie Elliott was the author of more than 20 books, served as the southern editor for Outdoor Life magazine and was the first director of Georgia’s Game & Fish Commission. As…