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On Nov. 28, 2004 DNR Law Enforcement Cpl. Bill Bunch was working a night-hunting complaint in Stephens County. “I had been working a night-hunting complaint in one end of the county and sat there until about 11 p.m.,” said Bill. “I had received a call that a field on the other end of the county off…
On the Saturday afternoon of the opening day of archery season, Tyler Wood was fifteen feet up in a tree on the Ogeechee River side of the hayfield below Asbury Manor. Tylerʼs lock-on was chained to the side of a massive sweetgum thirty feet inside the treeline. From his vantage he could watch a heavily…
On Jan. 30, 2005, the last day of the 2004-05 duck season, DNR Conservation Ranger First Class Mike Binion was on patrol in Grady County. At about 7:30 a.m. he heard the sound of shotguns being fired in the distance. He homed in on the location of the shooting, and contacted DNR Law Enforcement Sgt.…
Grady County: On January 30, 2005, the last day of the 2004-05 duck season, DNR Conservation Ranger First Class Mike Binion was on patrol in Grady County. At about 7:30 a.m. he heard the sound of shotguns being fired in the distance. He homed in on the location of the shooting, and contacted DNR Law…
DNR Conservation Ranger First Class Robert Peacock lives in a rural area of Crawford County. On Saturday, April 9, 2005, he was off duty and had taken his nieces fishing. At about 2:40 p.m. he was standing in his neighbor’s yard cleaning fish when he heard a shot from a shotgun very near his home.…
On June 22, 2004 at approximately 11:30 a.m., DNR Ranger First Class Craig Fulghum received a call from a Georgia Power Co. employee who monitors security cameras installed at Yonah Dam. Yonah Dam is located at the upper end of the Tugaloo River above Lake Hartwell in Stephens County. The employee said he was watching…
At about 2 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2004, David Kettering, of Kennesaw, arrived at the Little Pines Hunting Club in Heard County near Franklin. David is a member of the club, and he had made the trip to retrieve his 24-foot camper trailer for the off-season. He was accompanied by his 21-year-old stepson, Josh Swinks,…
Washington County: On March 16, 2004, DNR Law Enforcement Ranger Michael Crawley received a call from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department about shots fired during an apparent night-hunting incident on Newsbridge Road. According to incident reports, Ranger Crawley responded to the complaint and arrived at the complainant’s residence at 8:45 p.m. The resident said that…
During the first half of August 2004, DNR Law Enforcement Ranger First Class Sam O’Neal was on routine patrol looking for baited areas and discovered an active feeder in Bartow County. “It had just been put out,” said RFC O’Neal. “It was nothing fancy — your basic PVC pipe feeder strapped to a tree and…
On December 26, 2003, DNR Law Enforcement Sgt. David Nugent and Ranger First Class (RFC) Morty Wood were listening for after-hours duck shoots north of Willacoochee in Atkinson County. After the end of legal shooting hours had passed, an number of shots were heard west of Hwy 90. “They were a mile and a half…