You’d think that maybe after the first 100 or so poachers are caught shooting game from inside their trucks other poachers might catch on. Nope. Another batch was hatched and busted recently by Rangers from GA’s Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division. Here’s their latest report: Trapping without permission, out of season – Liberty […]
A quota hunt is a scheduled event at a Wildlife Management Area or other state-managed property where a limited number of hunters are allowed. Quota levels are based upon the sound principles of wildlife management and public desires for a quality hunt. These hunts provide a challenging experience to hunters of all levels. There is […]
Personally, I don’t care all that much if snakes are blind. I don’t like snakes, even if you tell me that snakes like me. I just don’t care. I wouldn’t like snakes if they bought me Cheetos. But I do find it interesting that there’s a snake in Georgia that is blind. Not that I […]
The future for Lake Allatoona is sunny and bright. One of the chilliest spring seasons on record in many areas and rainfall that caused flooding, damage and many closures seem to be over. For now. According to the US Army Corps of Engineers, the lake (as of 5-15-2013) is about 4.5 feet above full pool. The […]
The men and women who enforce Georgia’s laws deserve our support. OK. Maybe not the ones who hope to catch you speeding at the bottom of a huge hill. I mean the ones from Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division who venture into woods and swamps to catch perps like the ones who do […]
You’re probably a nice person. You brush your teeth and say “Thank you” to strangers. But that wouldn’t be enough for me to go out alone into the semi-wilderness to face down hunters — loaded with ammo or whatever else they’re loaded with or on — for you. Somebody has to be a ranger. I’m […]
Bringing a gun to a knife fight? I get it. Bringing an AK-47 to hunt turkeys? I don’t get it. Wildlife Resources Division Rangers administer the state’s hunter education and boating safety programs. They also investigate violations of wildlife laws, and hunting and boating incidents. Here are a few highlights from their recent Law Enforcement Report: […]
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Wildlife Resources Division wants you to know the length of the deer hunting season has not been shortened — as has been reported by some media sources. The DNR’s Assistant Chief of the Game Management Section John Bowers put it this way, “The proposed regulations under consideration recommend […]
Red Top Mountain State Park is heavenly. A zillion people a day zoom by on I-75, all freaked out that other cars are clogging their personal highway by only going 85 mph in a 70-mph zone. They blow by the universe parallel to the freeway where relaxation and recreation reign. Hop off the highway and […]
Wildlife Resources Division Rangers administer the state’s hunter education and boating safety programs. They also investigate violations of wildlife laws, and hunting and boating incidents. Here are a few highlights from their recent Law Enforcement Report: Hunting turkey out of season – Tattnall County Hunting rabbits out of season – Berrien and Lanier Counties Violation citations […]