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Feb. 15 is the last day for hunters to apply for 2017 WMA turkey quota hunts—both the general quota hunts and adult/child hunts. A listing of this year’s quota-hunt choices are on page 38 of the February 2017 issue of GON. These are the same choices you’ll see when applying online at www.gooutdoorsgeorgia.com. While a few…
The GoPro video of two University of Florida college tournament anglers being thrown from their bass boat on Lake Seminole has gone viral. The two young men were competing in the 2017 YETI FLW College Fishing tournament on Jan. 14 when they were flung out of their boat while running at 60 mph toward their first fishing…
Georgia deer hunters have spoken out, and their voice is very encouraging. Through last month’s GON Rate Your Season Survey, 19.1 percent of respondents ranked their deer season as “Excellent,” which is the highest percentage of excellent rankings GON has on record since the 2003 deer hunting season. The survey appears annually on the January…
Legislators from all over the state are in Atlanta for the annual 40-day session to make and change laws, and we’re betting that most of those politicians wouldn’t know if Georgia’s deer limit was closer to one deer per season or 100 deer. Meanwhile, there was a familiar tone to the recent Wildlife Resources Division…
WRD hosted eight hunt-regulations meetings last month to discuss the 2017-2019 hunting regulations. Attendance ranged from 18 to 68 at these meetings. Hunters were able to make comments after a WRD Powerpoint presentation. WRD’s presentation included four main topics. They are as follows but can be viewed at www.georgiawildlife.com. Scroll to the bottom to see…
Game Wardens from the Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division recovered the body of Amelia Whitlock, 9, of Jackson, in the Turtle Cove area of Lake Jackson in Jasper County at approximately 7:55 on Monday evening. The victim was riding in a vessel early Sunday morning with her father, Charles Whitlock, 31, also of Jackson, when…
Spend enough time in the outdoors, and you’re going to experience nature in some unforgettable ways. For a couple of bream fishermen last summer, a Savannah River trip produced quick limits of redbreasts, and then it resulted in a bald eagle encounter that quickly turned into a rescue effort. On the morning of June 5,…
The 2017 YETI FLW College Fishing tournament season will kick off this Saturday, Jan. 14 at Lake Seminole for the first of three regular-season stops in the Southeastern Conference. A full field of college teams will be competing for a top award of $2,000 and a berth into the 2018 College Fishing National Championship. Anglers…
Schools across the U.S., including many in Georgia, are participating in Trout in the Classroom. This environmental education program of Trout Unlimited teaches students to raise trout from eggs to fry, monitor tank water quality, engage in stream habitat study, learn to appreciate water resources, foster a conservation ethic and learn to understand ecosystems. Trout in the Classroom…
On Dec. 1, Jacob Drawdy, of Sumner, killed a massive buck on his own private land that green scored a total of 169 4/8 inches. Thankfully, Jacob listened to his gut feeling, and it paid off with this huge Georgia buck. After coming home from work that day, Jacob called his girlfriend and asked her to come…