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The Georgia-based Yamaha Marine Group recently donated four new G3 boats, complete with trailers and Yamaha four-stroke outboard motors, to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Georgia’s DNR Law Enforcement Division will use the boats, including to assist in search-and-rescue efforts during the event of an emergency or natural disaster. Yamaha Marine Group President Ben…
The 13th Annual Wild Game Feast is back again at Roswell River Landing, and everyone is invited. The event will be hosted by The Foundation for Outdoor Kids and will be a fun-filled night with lots of food, live music, raffles and more. It will take place on Jan. 20, 2018 from 6 p.m. to…
A New Year and the January issue of GON showing up in the mailbox means it is time for an annual tradition among Georgia sportsmen. It’s time to look back and Rate Your Deer Season, and it’s also time to express opinions on issues that are important to hunters and fishermen in the state. VOTES,…
Hunters for Christ is a program created by the Baptist Tabernacle Church of LaGrange. They host events to get people involved in hunting who never would have thought it was possible. It is a ministry all about fellowship and outreach to people who are wheelchair-bound. One of the most popular events hosted by Hunters for…
The Foundation for Outdoor Kids is providing an opportunity for kids between the ages of 8 to 16 to start off the new year in the outdoors by hosting their second free youth hunt on Saturday, Jan. 6 at Broughton Plantation in Newborn. The day-long event will teach kids necessary skills such as firearm safety,…
The flush of a covey of quail is an addictive adrenaline rush that unfortunately many hunters don’t get to experience. However, Di-Lane WMA is one of the few public places still holding on to the steeped tradition of quail hunting. Through 10 quota-only quail hunts, the area offers access to a resident population of wild…
The sound of casts whizzing through the air and anglers setting the hook can once again be heard at Ocmulgee PFA near Cochran. The area re-opened to the public on Oct. 27, after repairs were made to the lake bottom and the lake refilled. To celebrate, local and state officials, media and anglers gathered at…
Georgia recreational saltwater anglers will have a three-day red snapper season in federal waters Dec. 8-10, 2017. Each angler is allowed to harvest one red snapper per day with no size restriction during what’s being called a “mini season.” DNR’s Coastal Resources Division (CRD) is asking for help from recreational anglers who get lucky enough…
GON recently fielded a call from hunter Oliver Bliss concerning what he believed to be excessive timber cutting at Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge located in Jones and Jasper counties. “I’m 71 years old and have been hunting those woods for over 50 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this before. They’re cutting down all…
The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge held its 22nd annual deer hunt for the mobility impaired Oct. 31-Nov. 1. Thirteen hunters harvested a total of eight deer, including an 18-point, non-typical deer shot by Frankie Steele, of Batesburg, S.C. “I’ve been coming here for several years and hope to keep coming,” said Frankie. “It’s a really…