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On April 11, 2000, Tony Ashley, of Carrollton, was plowing a Heard County field when he noticed a coyote standing at the edge of the field. As the tractor passed the coyote, it ran out and chased the plow, biting the discs. The coyote stopped after 20 yards, and Tony continued around the field where…
The 2000 General Assembly wrapped up most of its legislative business on March 22, closing out what has been a busy session for sportsmen’s interests. Here’s a run-down of the bills that made it, the bills that failed, and other legislative news. • Deer Bag-Limit, H.B. 1465 The most significant bill this session for deer…
Editor’s Note: In August, DNR Law Enforcement Cpl. Rocky Wainwright was killed in an ATV accident in Twiggs County. The following article was written by a conservation ranger who worked with Rocky. It is with a deep sense of loss that we with the Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Section bring word of the tragic death…
Denver Hill has a freezer full of elk—and he saved the cost of a trip to Colorado—he shot the cow elk in Cherokee County last Saturday. Denver, who lives in the Macedonia community on Highway 20 east of Canton, was heading out Saturday morning about 10:30 a.m. to check the sights on his deer rifle…
The Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Section is reeling over the loss of one of their own. On Thursday, Aug. 19, a conservation ranger was killed in the line of duty. According to DNR, Conservation Cpl. Rocky Wainwright, 36, of Meansville in Pike County, was killed in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident around 10:30…
After nearly two months of effort to recapture them, seven of 10 escaped cow elk roaming free in Cherokee County are still on the loose, but state wildlife officials are taking steps to bring the elk roundup to an end. On April 29, 10 Rocky Mountain elk being held in a barn near Woodstock escaped…
Charlie Elliott passed away May 2, 2000 in Covington at the age of 93. The Outdoor Life columnist and outdoorsman, whose exploits were the inspiration for the comic strip character “Mark Trail,” is the namesake for the Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center, a state-owned area along the Jasper and Newton county line that includes Clybel WMA…
At press time, eight of 10 Rocky Mountain elk accidentally released in Cherokee County on April 29 were still on the loose three weeks later. The number of escaped elk may climb, too. The elk were all cows that had been bred, and they are due to calve in early June. According to WRD Biologist…
In his annual “state-of-the-city” speech to the Atlanta City Council on Jan. 5, Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell announced the city’s intention to hold firearm manufacturers responsible for injuries and deaths caused by criminal gun use in a lawsuit to be filed sometime this year. Already, state lawmakers have taken steps to try to block the…
Four Atkinson County men have been charged in the killing of a western cougar. The south Georgia cat may have been the offspring of a cougar released to test the habitat for the possible release of the endangered Florida panther. On Oct. 29, 1995, a dead cougar was found in a ditch north of Willacoochee.…