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Hunting
For the third year in a row, Chad Scarborough, of Odum, is the Georgia State Duck Calling Champion. Chad edged out former state champ Jacob Fortner, of Lawrenceville, and Drew Archer, of Monroe, to take the title and earn another trip to Stuttgart, Ark. for the World’s Championship Duck Calling Contest. Chad also earned the…
As I’m typing this story, the temperature outside is nearly 100 degrees. It is hard for me to believe that in just a few short months, I will likely be laying in a muddy jonboat, freezing half to death, wearing numerous layers of clothes under my waders, waiting for the warm sun to rise over…
Hunters saw a few surprises when the proposed hunting regulations for the 2019-2020 and the 2020-2021 seasons were first unveiled on March 28. There were numerous changes proposed, including additions and reductions to firearms either-sex deer hunting days in north Georgia, a shift of the one-day central Georgia bear hunt from January to December, and…
I am always looking for a way to extend my hunting season and add new species to my game bag. Each season I experiment with tactics and pore over the hunting regulations memorizing opening dates and trying to work out a schedule as to when I can hunt certain animals. A few years back I…
Those of us who have had the opportunity to hunt ducks in a flooded field of corn or grain sorghum, or in an impoundment planted in rice, know that these settings have the potential to draw clouds of ducks. The hunting opportunities that result can be outstanding, but the bad news is that most of…
Georgia’s first goose season since 1968 is now in the books. From the 1,150 permits that were awarded hunters, they killed 263 geese for a hunter-success rate of 22.9%. The best success was found in the Monroe County hunt unit, with 45% of hunters killing a goose. The poorest hunting took place in Hall County…
To hunt ducks in Georgia this fall, you’ll have to be a two-stamp hunter. Georgia’s new mandatory duck stamp is available, and just like the definition says, if you want to hunt waterfowl in Georgia, you must have the state stamp in your possession in addition to the federal duck stamp. The stamp is expected…
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