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Students at Metter High School (MHS) recently built 110 duck nesting boxes that will be installed in Candler and surrounding counties. The effort was thanks to a partnership with the Duck Conservation Society and the high school’s Ag teachers, Blake Jeffers and Jon Milligan. “We are hoping this project encourages other counties and schools to…
From tempting spotted bass with topwater plugs on Allatoona and Lanier to chasing linesides on Oconee and Clarks Hill, I love about any type of fishing. But if I could choose my perfect day on the water, just show me a farm pond that’s home to a few bass, put me in a low-sided jonboat,…
Private pay-to-fish ponds come and go across the Georgia landscape, and many have disappeared over the years. However, Stuckey’s Pond in Wilkinson County near Irwinton and Jeffersonville has withstood the test of time and is still going strong. In fact, Chris Bailey, of Houston County, says Stuckey’s Pond is one the best places in Georgia to…
Coyotes love cats — and not for the same reason the crazy cat lady down the street loves them. Coyotes love to eat cats. And based on the number of coyote-cat encounters that end terribly bad for the cats, apparently domesticated felines that are let outside of their comfy human homes make a fairly easy…
When I think back to my childhood, some of my fondest memories center around family fish fries. Cheese grits, hushpuppies, and for the main course a healthy portion of crispy bream. We relied on the bluegill and its wide variety of cousins to help feed any event from birthdays to family reunions and, of course,…
Sam Thomas, of Jefferson, recently caught a record-breaking largemouth from Lake Yonah that weighed 8-lbs., 2-ozs. On the morning of March 30, Sam was fishing a Peach State Jon Boat Anglers tournament on Lake Yonah. By daylight, he was in his boat at the top end of the lake, but the fishing was real slow. He waited…
Did you grow up loving the outdoors? Did you find a passion for hunting wildlife at an early age? Most children in today’s generation do not have the chance to learn about the importance of the great outdoors and what it has to offer. Judy Catrett, of Marion County, felt passionately about this and decided…
The new Conasauga River blue catfish record would have weighed considerably more it if had have kept a bird—and an unidentified mammal—in its stomach. While being held in a tank waiting to be weighed on certified scales, the catfish spit up several critters. Natasha Short, her husband Alan and their kids, Taylor and Destiny, decided…
It’s bad enough to have blood-sucking arachnids attaching to your nether-regions. But we now know ticks are more than just a disgusting nuisance — they can transmit illnesses that dramatically transform a person’s life. Alpha Gal: A Meat-Eater’s Nightmare On an April evening in 2011, Jason Power, of Winder, discovered a tick attached to his leg.…
When it all began for me in the turkey woods, things were different than they are now. Everything from guns to chokes and loads, the equipment available and even the methods of killing a gobbler seems like it’s now changed. The very first day I ventured into the woods with the goal of killing a…
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