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County officials and Georgia Department of Natural Resources representatives recently celebrated the re-opening of the Ochise Landing Boat Ramp in Dodge County. This ramp will give boaters, paddlers and anglers improved access to the Ocmulgee River, and it will be an overall benefit to Dodge County. This ramp originally was constructed by using concrete slabs…
By Dan Chapman, public affairs specialistNovember 5, 2021 Townsend, Georgia – The virus spread through cities large and small, overwhelming hospitals, shuttering businesses and killing thousands. It originated, supposedly, overseas and quickly jumped from country to country. Not until the federal government imposed mandatory quarantines and jump-started the search for a cure did the pandemic…
By Lanier Clegg, Junior Public Affairs Specialist – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Statesboro, Ga. — The campus at Georgia Southern University looks like just about any other place where young people gather to enhance their knowledge of the world and themselves. It has a library, administration building, dorms and a shooting range. Hold it.…
Duncan Dobie’s new book, Art Rilling and his Game Ranch, 50 Years an Atlanta Tradition, will be available in mid December for $29.95. The 400-page softbound book, complete with 200 photos, tells the story of Art Rilling’s Stone Mountain Game (1962-1982), and later the Yellow River Game Ranch (1983-2012), during the 50 years that he…
An exciting aspect of deer hunting is you never know what you might see during an outing in the woods. A bowhunter in Macon County got more excitement than he was expecting—or wanting—when he witnessed what looked more like a scene from Jurrasic Park than something you’d see during a deer hunt. During the third…
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division is pleased to announce the promotion of Sergeant Mitch Oliver to Captain and Director of the DNR Training Unit effective today. He is filling the vacancy of Captain Bob Holley, who was recently promoted to Major of Special Operations. “Good training for our game wardens is…
Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced Remington Firearms (RemArms), America’s oldest firearms manufacturer, will locate its global headquarters and open a new advanced manufacturing operation as well as a world-class research and development center in LaGrange. Through these projects RemArms will invest $100 million and create 856 jobs over a five-year period in Troup County. “Georgia’s…
Why would any gun manufacturer run its business and pay taxes in a state where policymakers are trying to pass anti-gun laws that could put them out of business? Smith & Wesson has been headquartered in Massachusetts since the company was founded in 1856. But no longer. Citing “arbitrary and damaging” legislation being considered by…
As part of its ongoing commitment to recruiting new people into hunting and the shooting sports, the Georgia Chapter of Safari Club International (SCI) remained true to its mission by hosting an Introduction to Hunting Firearms event on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. This full day of learning was held at the Beretta Shooting Grounds by…
On Labor Day afternoon, Will Smith and good friend Tyler Powell, both from Patterson, made the decision to knock off work early and head to the Satilla River for a relaxing afternoon of fishing. Little did they know, it would soon be a trip they would never forget. “Work was slow with it being Labor Day…