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The Conservation LE Corner is designed to highlight the efforts of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officers who, among their many duties, protect Georgia’s wildlife, sportsmen and natural resources from game-law violators. Lanier County: On Nov. 1, 2019 at approximately 2:50 p.m., DNR Ranger Johnny Robinette received an anonymous complaint about an individual who…
Charlton County: On Sept. 28, 2019, Game Warden First Class Sam Williams was contacted about a poaching complaint on a Charlton County hunting club. Members of the Thin Blue Line Hunting Club had knowledge of a member, Donald Gray, who they said had taken over the limit of bear, had hunted bear at night, had…
In Georgia, Boating Under the Influence (BUI) of drugs or alcohol is a crime. The state has stiff penalties for a person operating a boat if his or her blood-alcohol content is 0.08 or higher—the same limit for driving on the state’s roadways. BUI is often the cause of serious boating accidents, and officers are…
Carroll County: One of the most frustrating aspects of owning or leasing property is when people don’t respect the property lines. It’s not an uncommon complaint for DNR Law Enforcement Division to hear about trespassing issues, but it’s not always easy to catch a violator in the act. Modern technology helps, and technology was put…
The Conservation LE Corner is designed to highlight the efforts of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officers who, among their many duties, protect Georgia’s wildlife, sportsmen and resources from game and fish law violators. A tip about someone hunting without permission resulted in warrants, but when officers went to arrest the man a month…
Long ago they had named the club ‘Coon Dog Cemetery’ to honor the legendary dogs, hounds with names like Run-Around Sue, Ol’ Rip, Kentucky Mike and Wrong-Way Pete. Dogs that had found their final resting place in a small, sacred plot of ground at one end of the property. Over the years, as the deer…
The Conservation LE Corner is designed to highlight the efforts of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officers who, among their many duties, protect Georgia’s wildlife, sportsmen and natural resources from game-law violators. If you live in rural Georgia or spend time in a hunt camp during the fall and winter, there are few parts…
Long ago they had named the club ‘Coon Dog Cemetery’ to honor the legendary dogs, hounds with names like Run-Around Sue, Ol’ Rip, Kentucky Mike and Wrong-Way Pete. Dogs that had found their final resting place in a small, sacred plot of ground at one end of the property. Over the years, as the deer…
The Top-4 Georgia counties for big bucks remained the same as last season. Worth County is still No. 1 based on the big bucks it has produced in the past 10 years, followed by Lee, Dougherty and Macon counties. There was some movement for the next grouping. Pulaski County came in at No. 5 in…
The Conservation LE Corner is designed to highlight the efforts of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officers who, among their many duties, protect Georgia’s wildlife, sportsmen and resources from game and fish law violators. Toombs County: The following report was written and submitted by DNR Law Enforcement. On Nov. 11, 2018, Game Warden First…