Posts by Brad Bailey
February Bass In The Clarks Hill Ditches
Keep it simple. That’s Joe Ludwig’s approach when it comes to a winning strategy for bass fishing on Clarks Hill this time of year. I fished the lake with Joe on January 10, 2006, and we fished all day with just two baits: a lead-head fluke and a jig ’n pig. According to Joe that’s…
Read MoreStalking Squirrels
Just after daylight on December 14, Leonard Hampton and I were stalking squirrels on his Oglethorpe County hunting lease. We were following a small drain through big hardwoods hoping to see or hear a squirrel — and it didn’t take long. We heard the scrape of squirrel claws on bark and saw two gray squirrels…
Read MoreFall Fiction: The Haunted Hunt At Asbury Manor Part 5
Asburyʼs buck circled a half mile through the dark woods beyond the barn before cautiously looping back toward the Manor. The cut Tylerʼs broadhead had made on the back of its left foreleg, and the shallow slice on its brisket, had stopped bleeding within minutes during the buckʼs initial flight. Several times the buck had…
Read MoreUmbrella Rigs For West Point November Hybrids
Chris turned the boat away from the long point at Amity Park on Lake West Point. I had a rod with an umbrella rig on it under my arm, and so did he. “Put yours out about 60 feet,” he said. I eased the array of jigs on a wire harness into the lake as we…
Read MoreFall Fiction: The Haunted Hunt At Asbury Manor Part 4
Tyler was frozen, petrified with fear. When his flashlight went out, the darkness of the woods next to Asbury Manor had collapsed over him, surrounding him in impenetrable darkness. He stood, blinded by the night, terrified by the sounds he had heard of something stalking him. A high-grade dose of adrenaline coursed through his veins,…
Read MoreConservation Law Enforcement Corner November 2005
On Sunday, January 23, 2005, DNR Law Enforcement Ranger First Class (RFC) Chris Hodge received a telephone call from a member of Mumfort Island Hunting Club in Camden County informing him about someone dumping a deer carcass at one of their gates. RFC Hodge drove to the area to investigate and located a deer carcass,…
Read MoreGeorgia Duck Season Forecast 2005
If you are a Georgia duck hunter, hope for snow up north. For southern duck hunters the weather in northern states and the amount of water here are big influences on the quality of hunting. All things being even, what’s the prospect for the 2005-06 season? “On the poor, fair, good, excellent rating scaleв I…
Read MoreGON’s 2005 Georgia Deer Special
Georgia’s deer-harvest numbers from last season are in, and they prove what a lot of hunters knew already: the 2004-05 season was an off year for Georgia deer hunting. What the survey numbers say is that deer harvest dropped by 16 percent last year. The buck harvest dropped 15 percent to the lowest level since…
Read MoreConservation Law Enforcement Corner October 2005
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. On November 20, 2004, opening day of the 2004 duck season, DNR Law Enforcement Cpl. Lee Brown and Sgt. Tony Fox met…
Read MoreFall Fiction: The Haunted Hunt At Asbury Manor Part 3
The fragrant salt breeze off the ocean was pleasant and warm against Tyler’s face. The gentle crash and hiss of waves on the sandy beach was a rhythmic, soothing lullaby. Lying on the beach, Tyler felt completely relaxed, content, peaceful. The bright afternoon sun, however, seemed agitated, shaking vigorously in the sky, growing larger, right…
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