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Hunting
Every season seems to begin the same for me. Around mid-summer, I find myself standing in my closet staring at my camo remembering the previous season. This year is different for me. The memories of days gone by seem to be flooding my mind. There are memories of moments in time that I will never…
By Blake Brantley I have been an avid hunter for as long as I can recall. I grew up hunting deer, ducks and dove all around south Georgia with my father. Some of my fondest memories with my dad are of our trips to Lake Seminole to hunt ducks with Jack Wingate. I killed my first…
The hunter killing the second-highest scoring typical Georgia whitetail buck ever was recently given an award at the annual Georgia Outdoor Writers Association Georgia DNR Big Deer Contest awards banquet. This contest is Georgia’s longest running deer contest, which was started by the Georgia DNR in 1968. Roger Price easily won the Typical Firearms Division…
An earlier-than-normal deadline for alligator quota hunts highlights the beginning of the 2019-2020 hunting season for those who play the quota-hunt lottery game. WRD began accepting applications for all their quota hunts this morning, and a July 15 deadline for alligator quota hunts means it’s time to begin making plans. “Because quota hunts allow a…
Burke County: In September of 2017, DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) Cpl. Jeff Billips responded to a complaint of a trophy buck killed illegally with a firearm during archery season. The buck was known locally by some hunters after being captured on trail-camera photos. And like most big bucks that are seen on camera, this…
Eighteen weekly and four wildcard winners are headed to the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out on Sunday, July 28 at the Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast. If you’ve never seen a Shoot-Out, make plans to be there. A Georgia deer hunter will win a new 4X4 pickup truck from John Megel Chevy, and another hunter is going home with…
Last September, I was easing my truck down the dirt road of a west Georgia WMA after a very hot and unproductive bowhunt when I saw a group of bucks feeding in a field off the side of the road. Instantly my mind turned to their location, where they came from and how they got…
What’s a dead coyote worth? Depends on who you ask, and how you define worth. In GON’s Coyote Cull, a dead yote could win you a rifle, $500 cash or a $210 trapping package. We love dreaming up ways to give y’all stuff, but the purpose of the Coyote Cull is to keep coyotes on…
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. Ware County: On Sunday morning Dec. 12, 2017, at approximately 11 a.m., DNR Law Enforcement Division Cpl. Jason Shipes was contacted. A…
May and June in the Georgia woods means fawns are being born, hens are sitting on turkey nests, and coyotes are picking them off. To give sportsmen a little incentive to do some coyote control, GON’s 6th annual Coyote Cull is back this May and June. For the 2019 Coyote Cull, we are offering three…
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