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Flint River Ramp Improves Access In Meriwether County

Anticipating more than 5,000 users each year, state lawmakers and officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Meriwether County recently dedicated River Cove Landing, a renovated boat ramp giving boaters, paddlers and anglers improved access to the Flint River. This facility, located on River Cove Road, includes an 18-foot-wide concrete boat ramp. The…

Allatoona Tournament Benefits Families Of Slain Cobb Officers

A bass fishing tournament this Saturday, Oct. 29 at Lake Allatoona will provide proceeds and donations to benefit the families of two Cobb County deputies shot and killed while serving an arrest warrant on Sept. 8. The tournament will fish out of the Blockhouse Ramp and will begin at safe light until 3 p.m. The…

Hunting Dawgs: Meet The UGA Athletes Behind DGD Outdoors

Deer hunters with a passion for college football, like me, often find themselves torn between their two favorite fall activities. In a perfect example, I’m facing a difficult decision as I write this. On Nov. 5, am I going to hunt the whitetail rut or head to Sanford Stadium to watch the defending National Champions…

Florida Announces Fall Red Snapper Season In Gulf

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announces the opening of a 12-day fall red snapper season for private recreational anglers and state for-hire operations in the Gulf of Mexico on the following weekends: Oct. 8-9 Oct. 15-16 Oct. 22-23 Nov. 11-13 Nov. 25-27 During this season, private recreational anglers may harvest red snapper…

Georgia Hunting & Fishing Federation Hunter’s Dream 31-Day Raffle

The No. 1 organization focused on fighting for the rights of sportsmen in Georgia is holding its annual fundraising raffle.  The Georgia Hunting And Fishing Federation (GHFF) will conduct a 31-day raffle with a winner each day during December. One $30 ticket enters you in all 31 raffle drawings. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold.…

Support National Forest Management To Benefit Wildlife

The National Deer Alliance (NDA) encourages sportsmen to get involved in a U.S. Forest Service planning process that could lead to better forest management to benefit wildlife. Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest will host its first annual stakeholder meeting for Foothills Landscape Project (FLP) implementation on Thursday, Oct. 13 at Cohutta Springs in Crandall from 1 p.m.…

Summerville Fish Hatchery Floods, Some Trout Escape

The Summerville Fish Hatchery in Chattooga County barely escaped disaster on Labor Day Weekend when it was hit with monsoon-like rains. The hatchery was hit with 14 inches of rain in less than eight hours, which caused its trout raceways and production ponds to overflow. That flooding allowed some trout to escape into the floodwaters.…

Georgia Recognizes Top Game Wardens

Game Warden First Class Brock Hoyt, who is assigned to Fulton County, was named the 2022 Game Warden of the Year by the DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED). Cpl. Dean Gibson from Talbot County received the James R. Darnell Award as the runner-up to Game Warden of the Year. “These officers have proven themselves as…

Yonah Invitational Grand National Qualifier Sends Two To Nashville

Just as the Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast seems to have found a home at the Lakepoint Sports Complex in Emerson, it also seems to have found a new permanent attraction. The Yonah Invitational Grand National Qualifier turkey calling contest returned for the second year and was again a huge hit. Sanctioned by the National Wildlife Turkey…

Bond Swamp Adds Acreage, Plans For Ocmulgee River Boat Ramp

  Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge recently added more land that is open to hunters this fall and will soon be the home of a brand-new boat ramp on the Ocmulgee River. Bond Swamp was established in 1989 to protect wetlands along the Ocmulgee River and is located just a few miles south of Macon.…