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Duncan Dobie’s new book Dawn of American Deer Hunting, Volume III, is just off the press. The 256-page, 8 1/2 x 11-inch hardback contains more than 300 vintage black-and-white photos and dozens of fascinating stories. The book retails for $40. With the amazing success of Duncan Dobie’s first two volumes of the “Dawn” series published…
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting applications now through Nov. 30 for its 2024 Career Academy, a week-long summer camp for current 9th, 10th, and 11th graders interested in exploring careers in natural resources management. The academy will take place July 21-27, 2024, at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Mansfield and…
Georgia DNR announced the appointment of Mike England to Colonel and director of the Law Enforcement Division (LED). Col. England assumes the role following Col. Thomas Barnard’s appointment to Deputy Commissioner of Georgia DNR. “Col. England’s promotion from Lieutenant Colonel is well-deserved and I know he will continue to build on the positive impact he…
Piloting a powerful boat among a throng of racing bass boats at daylight at the start of a bass tournament is a danger that anglers accept. Rickie Knight, an angler from Selma, Ala., never dreamed that the real danger might come from just backing his boat down the ramp on a practice day. The 40-year…
Even during the busy football season, some players who are part of DGD Outdoors found time to continue their efforts to introduce kids to fishing. Recently Georgia football players Cade Brock, Drew Bobo and Will Snellings took 10 kids from Downtown Ministries out for a day of fishing at an Athens-area private pond. “These kids…
Will Davis Jr. made history Friday when he won the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Championship for the second consecutive year. Not only did the 31-year-old Sylacauga, Ala., resident become the first angler to win the event in back-to-back seasons, but he started a chain reaction that helped two other anglers receive a bit of B.A.S.S.…
Boater Paul Marks, of Cumming, brought a three-day total of 15 bass to the scale weighing 54-lbs., 11-ozs. to win the Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine regional event on Lake Eufaula. For his victory, Marks earned $67,992, including a new Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower Mercury outboard and $10,000,…
Will Davis Jr. hoisted the Bryan V. Kerchal Memorial Trophy a year ago, and by all accounts, it looks like he wants to hold on to the hardware that is awarded annually to the winner of the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Championship. Davis, in second place after Day 1 with 16-lbs., 1-oz., jumped into the…
Tim Dube had never fished a competitive round on Lake Hartwell prior to Wednesday’s start of the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Championship. But he went out and treated the place like home water. Dube, a 29-year-old New Hampshire resident, caught a limit of five spotted bass for a total of 16-lbs., 3-ozs. That was enough…
Butts County proudly bills itself as Georgia’s Outdoor Capital, but there is concern. An aerial shot of Butts and surrounding counties reveals a threat to those thousands of acres of forests and fields. It is a man-made threat that is creeping across that landscape at kudzu-like speed. Multi-million-square-foot warehouses and distribution centers are dominating the…
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