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4-H Shooting Sports Aims At Getting Back To Normal

The 4-H Project S.A.F.E. shooting sports competitions made a run at getting back to normal during the winter and spring of 2021, although it’ll be at least 2022 before participant numbers make a solid rebound. “COVID-19 disrupted our Georgia 4-H program significantly when UGA suspended all activities on March 13, 2020,” said Craven Hudson, extension…

Bear Attacks 16-Year-Old Girl At Tennessee Park Campsite

A large male black bear entered a campsite just after midnight this morning and attacked a 16-year-old girl who was sleeping in a hammock. The girl’s four family members who were sleeping nearby were able to drive the bear away, but not before the girl received multiple injuries, including head lacerations, according to a news…

Archery Park Opening At Lake Eufaula

A new community archery park will hold its grand opening at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at Lakepoint State Park at Lake Eufaula. The Lakepoint Community Archery Park is located near the park’s campground and day-use area. The public and media are invited to attend the grand opening ceremony. The archery park will…

Great White Shark Released From Tangled Lines

A couple of fishermen off the coast of San Diego, Calf. recently did their part to continue the life of a great white shark. Captured on video, they were able to remove some fishing-net lines that had become tangled around the shark, according to a news story on Fox6. Watch the latest video at foxnews.comSean…

Madison County Team Places Second In Bassmaster High School Classic

Logan Fisher and Will Hart of Madison County High School in Danielsville finished a fantastic bass fishing season with a second-place finish at the 2021 Bassmaster High School Series Classic on Eagle Mountain Lake and Lake Worth near Fort Worth, Texas. Logan and Will came up just short—only 6 ounces—from winning the High School Classic…

Mature Buck Travels 200 Miles, 8 1/2 Miles Per Day During Rut

Researchers have discovered the longest distance ever recorded by an adult male white-tailed deer—close to 200 miles (300 kilometers) in just over three weeks. According to researchers, the finding has important implications for population management and the transmission of disease, especially chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological disease. “Deer are one of the most abundant,…

Georgia Teen Claims Spot On USA Junior Olympic World Championship Team

Bethany High, the 2019 salutatorian of Baconton Community Charter School and a college Senior at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, recently made the elite USA Junior World Olympic Team at the Selection Match in Bunker Trap. Bethany, 19, attended the five-day event held in Kerrville, Texas. The best shooters from across the country competed for…

Yonah Invitational Turkey Calling Championships

People attending the Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast this August will have the chance to hear—and rub elbows with—some of the best competition turkey callers in the nation. The 1st annual Yonah Invitational, a sanctioned NWTF Grand National Qualifying event, will be held in the LakePoint Champions Center during the Blast. Outdoor writer Donald Devereaux Jarrett…

Two Governors Attend Georgia SCI Event

Nearly 230 like-minded sportsmen, women and conservationists gathered for a night of food, fun, fellowship and fundraising as the Georgia Chapter of Safari Club International (SCI) hosted its annual Sportsman’s Banquet and Auction at Adventure Outdoors in Smyrna. Georgia SCI was proud to welcome fellow hunter and Georgia Governor, Brian Kemp, who shared hunting stories and signed House…

Woods-N-Water Artifact Adventures

Our long-time friends at Woods-N-Water Hunting and Fishing Adventures are embarking on a brand-new business venture that will absolutely be of interest to some hunters and fishermen. They have just announced that Woods-N-Water Artifact Adventure weekends will begin in June 2021 and will take place in Wilkinson County. “Guests and families will learn more about…