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Thursday, Sept. 26 started out like another typical day of bow season for Dave Johnson, of Waycross. Dave, 47, hunts as often as he can at Dixon Memorial WMA in Ware County. Little did he know that this hunt was going to be anything but typical. After sitting in the stand for a little while,…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering opening the Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge to hunting. The public is being invited to provide input that should be considered in the development of the hunt plan. Initial considerations of this proposal could include alligator hunting two weekends during the Georgia alligator hunting season, for a…
Approximately 26 short-finned pilot whales stranded on or near St. Catherines Island Wednesday, Sept. 25, leaving 15 dead in Georgia’s second mass stranding of these large marine mammals this year. Staff from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have also helped. Why the whales beached themselves isn’t known.…
If you’re out poking around the woods in Toombs or Tattnall counties this fall and happen to see a lizard that matches the description of an Argentine black and white tegu, get a picture if possible, and if you’re sure it’s a tegu, feel free to shoot it. State, federal and university ecologists would prefer…
Fishermen can honor our veterans and those on active duty while enjoying a day fishing on Lake Chatuge for big money and prizes. The Lake Chatuge ‘Reelin’ It In For Vets’ fishing tournament will be held Nov. 2. The team event entry fee is $200 per team, which includes tournament entry, Big Fish pot and…
For the third year in a row, Chad Scarborough, of Odum, is the Georgia State Duck Calling Champion. Chad edged out former state champ Jacob Fortner, of Lawrenceville, and Drew Archer, of Monroe, to take the title and earn another trip to Stuttgart, Ark. for the World’s Championship Duck Calling Contest. Chad also earned the…
After creaming a big buck with his pickup truck on Sept. 11, Matt Shurley, of Cordele, likely hurt some poor hunter’s feelings. Ironically, Matt owns Buck Country Wildlife Consulting. On Sept. 11, he was driving on River Road north of Lake Blackshear and just south of Flint River WMA in Dooly County on his way…
In partnership with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Ducks Unlimited and the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Georgia Chapter of Safari Club International is hosting a statewide Youth Hunting Day on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. This full-day event will introduce first-time hunters and their parents (or guardians) to deer hunting, while being personally guided…
GON subscriber Tommy Lathem recently did a little more cleaning up at the hunting camp than he had anticipated after he took a shovel and a shotgun and killed 50 rattlesnakes within just 10 feet of his clubhouse. Tommy, of Jasper, was not the first to arrive on Saturday, Aug. 31 at his 1,200-acre Upson…
FCA Outdoors is hosting a two-day bass tournament on Lake Hartwell Oct 4-5 where three bass-fishing pros will be on hand to teach, speak and fellowship with the anglers. Over the course of the weekend, FLW Pro Glenn Chappelear and MLF Pro Randy Howell will be speaking. Also at the event will be Bassmaster Elite…