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Editor’s Note: Tina Johannsen is WRD’s Assistant Chief with Game Management. Olivia Menard helped tell the story. I probably don’t have to tell y’all that hunters are a small group (less than 10% of the population), and in most states, our numbers are dwindling. State wildlife agencies like mine (GA DNR WRD) are funded by…
The old saying is that the best time to go deer hunting is when you can go. North Goodwin, a 17-year-old from Augusta, is one of those who believes that old sayings get to be old sayings because they are true. When North wanted to go bowhunting back on Oct. 15 of last year, his…
Tuckahoe WMA in east Georgia, near Sylvania, has some excellent lands for hunting and fishing. But when you come in by the entrance at Brannen Bridge Road, you may notice a low Revolutionary War monument. What is that mystery monument all about? In this story, we will explore Tuckahoe’s best areas for fishing and hunting,…
The record for redbreast on the Savannah River was broken on back-to-back days back in May. The second fish—and the new Savannah River record redbreast—was caught on May 14, 2020 by Donavan Pruitt, who is a farmer near Sylvania in Screven County. We’re just now reporting on Donavan’s redbreast only because he’s been busy farming,…
Week 15: David Stevens, 140 5/8 typical County: Screven Date: Dec. 27 David Stevens started hunting when he was 10 years old in Alabama, and he took his first buck at 11. He moved to coastal Georgia when he was 12. He has killed many mature coastal deer with both a bow…
It was a beautiful February morning with only a slight chill in the morning air, and the forecast was for only a short-sleeved shirt, if you weren’t planning on stomping through briars, or you were Stan Weaver, of Screven County. I’m not Stan, so I had on sleeves and one leather glove, on my left…
In the late 1800s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and others cut through 46 bends in the Savannah River below Augusta to aid commercial navigation. Now the corps wants to know how these “shortcuts” have impacted the river’s ecosystem and which ones make the best candidates for restoring. In order to look into how…
Rusty Robbins, of Sylvania, should have the new No. 1 bow-kill from Screven County after knocking down a main-frame 10-pointer that grosses 173 4/8 inches. A number of kicker points will bring the net score down some, but they add character to the buck’s remarkable rack. Rusty has been hunting since he was a young…
By JR Wilson My 8-year-old son Gabe and I have had the most incredible year of fellowship with close friends and hunting. We’ve hunted hard, missing only one weekend since opening day of bow. Knowing this might be our last hunt of the season together, I said a little prayer. I thanked God for our…
I’m sure the actual attack was something similar to what you see on The Discovery Channel when a Nile crocodile glides smoothly just under the water toward a slurping gazelle as it enjoys a cool drink in the late-afternoon sun. As the animal drinks the moving river water, an explosion of white water and set of…
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