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It’s not every day you kill a nice 8-point buck. So where’s killing an 8-point doe rank? We’re going to put it No. 1 among deer-hunting oddities we’ve seen this deer season. On Dec. 26, Tommy Clack, of Snellville, was hunting a 200-acre tract in Clarke County. “I was really hoping to kill a doe,”…
Justin Peacock, of Eatonton, hunts near his home on the Morgan/Putnam county line. Checking his trail camera in early November, he was hoping to find some images of a big buck since the rut was wide open. After scrolling through his photos, he came across one of a nice buck, but the rest of the…
Every February GON publishes its exclusive listing of Georgia Lake & River Records. Since last February’s printing of GON’s list, we’ve added 25 fish to the list, including new state records for bowfin, brown trout and spotted sunfish. You’ll also find new rivers where records are now being kept: the Etowah, Ohoopee, Ochlocknee and Suwanee…
Georgia’s Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) will have plenty of comments to consider before drafting possible changes in hunting seasons and bag limits later this year. During eight well-attended public meetings held across the state in January, hundreds of landowners and sportsmen shared opinions—and frustrations—about the state’s declining deer herd, the spread of feral hogs and…
With the single largest donation that Moultrie Technical College (MTC) has received in the school’s 50-year history, benefactor Clarence Smith’s gift of 107 acres of beautiful wooded property on Perdue Road in Tift County in 2007 opened wide the field for the beginnings of MTC’s Fish and Wildlife Management program. The tract of land is…
There’s still time to sign-up for a free youth-only squirrel hunt with dogs at West Point WMA this coming Saturday, Jan. 10. “It’s a free hunt with a free lunch Saturday at noon,” said event organizer Dave Cheshire, who goes by “crackerdave” on the GON web forum. There are limited youth spots available, so parents…
Each January, GON offers the chance to voice opinions on issues that affect sportsmen. In addition to the annual Rate Your Season survey, we’re asking three other questions on this year’s January cover ballot that center around topics that will come up for discussion at the WRD hunting-regulations meetings this month. To see the dates…
Recently I received an e-mail from WRD with the header “DNR Quota Hunt Assessment.” The first four questions asked about my WMA quota-hunt application and hunting experiences over the last three years. The fifth and last question asked: “Would you support or oppose a small application fee for quota hunts administered by the DNR Wildlife…
Every two years, WRD hosts a series of public meetings to get hunter input prior to making hunting-regulation proposals for the upcoming hunting seasons. The next round of these public meetings will be for the 2015-2017 hunting regulations. Meeting dates and locations are printed below. All meetings start at 7 p.m. At these meetings, biologists…
One of the most impressive bucks killed in Georgia this season was an 18-point Dooly County deer that has total inches galore and brow tines that don’t quit. The buck, appropriately named “Big Brow,” was a family effort. It was shot by Scott Kirbo, of Atlanta, on Nov. 8. “My dad, uncle and I have…