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It’s finally going to feel like fall for Georgia deer hunters who hit the woods for opening morning of the firearms deer season tomorrow, Oct. 22. Chilly winds will have leaves—and acorns—raining from the trees, and Georgia deer hunters across the state will be hoping for some opening-day magic. In many counties, that magic better…
A ban on all hunting and recreational archery shooting could come as a result of a proposed ordinance that will be discussed at a Peachtree Corners City Council meeting tonight, Oct. 18. In addition to hunters, the proposed ordinance apparently would affect archers who like to target practice in their own yards. The wording of the Peachtree Corners proposal states,…
On Saturday, Oct. 22, the Stapleton family and the Lake Oconee Shooting Team will host a fundraising sporting clays shotgun event in the memory Seth Stapleton, a Morgan County teen who died in a car accident last fall. The benefit event, “Shoot For Seth,” will be held at Old Hudson Plantation in Sparta. Seth Stapleton…
It’s challenging enough to kill a public-land buck, but when you do it with a bow, while self-filming your hunt, on the Chattahoochee National Forest—an area not known for a lot of deer—it’s downright impressive. GON freelance writer Hunter Galloway, 17, of Dallas, accomplished this newsworthy task on Saturday morning, Oct. 1 while hunting a newly…
A series of upcoming U.S. Forest Service meetings will determine whether or not parts of the Chattahoochee National Forest (CNF) will receive much needed habitat management. Proper timber management would boost and stabilize animal and bird populations, including deer and turkey, which have been impacted by a “hands-off” approach championed by environmental groups who want no timber…
Whitetails Unlimited awarded the Jackson County 4-H archery team a $1,000 grant at the group’s inaugural Jackson County Chapter banquet on Sept. 22. Whitetails Unlimited is a national non-profit organization dedicated to educating hunters, preserving habitats and aiding shooting sports across the country. “About 50 percent of every net dollar raised goes back into whatever we put it…
On the opening afternoon of dove season, dedicated dove hunter Bobby Macris got himself into some trouble while trying to do the right thing. Bobby, who is from Alpharetta, was hunting in Franklin County with a friend’s son, Constantine Gavalas. It was about 6 p.m., and they were hunting around an old chicken house. “There were some…
Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs is the only Georgia college to offer archery scholarships. They have a coed varsity NCAA Division II archery program and compete under the USA Archery umbrella of intercollegiate play. There are 126 schools in the USA Archery Program that compete from all over the country. Other Georgia colleges that offer…
SOCIAL CIRCLE, GA – Georgia DNR Law Enforcement’s Region I Office, which covers 20 counties in the northwest part of the state, just relocated from Calhoun to Acworth, bringing it closer to Atlanta and Allatoona Lake. “With such an increase of recreational activity on the Chattahoochee (River) in Cobb and Fulton counties and on Allatoona Lake,…
On Sept. 16-18, the National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) Women In The Outdoors program will host their seventh annual Outdoor Workshop Weekend for women ages 14 and up. This special ladies-only event will be held at the Georgia FFA-FCCLA Camp in Covington. The Women in the Outdoors program helps women gain confidence in outdoor skills through hands-on…