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The smart folks at the Wildlife Resources Division of our Department of Natural Resources have a cool new trick for hunting on Georgia’s roughly 100 Wildlife Management Areas (WMA). Hunters can now sign-in online before heading out to WMA sign-in hunts, just in time for turkey season. Use of the system is only permissible for hunters […]
Rangers with the Wildlife Resources Division of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources investigate violations of wildlife laws and hunting and boating incidents. They also administer the state’s hunter education and boating safety programs. Every week they release a Law Enforcement Report. Here are some recent highlights: Hunting deer out of season – Cobb County Possession of untagged […]
According to a March 15, 2013 story written by Chip Rogers on the GPB.org blog, Georgia Works, Bass Pro Shops plans to open a new store in Emerson, about five miles from Lake Allatoona’s Red Top Mountain State Park. Bass Pro Shops, which calls itself “America’s largest outdoor retailer,” says the 100,000 square foot retail […]
Time to blow the dust off our “weapons of mass destruction” and blow away a few turkeys. Legally. While we are still allowed to have guns in America … except if you live in President Obama’s former hunting grounds in Illinois, where citizens are not allowed to possess handguns, for example. After you blow the […]
The annual “Hills of Iron” celebration will be held at Red Top Mountain State Park on Saturday, March 16, 2013 from 10 AM until 8 PM. Hills of Iron recreates Bartow County’s historic iron industry. Activities begin in the morning with hayrides to the Allatoona ore bank located in the Iron Hill Trail area. Rides start at […]
Rangers from the Wildlife Resource Division of the Department of Natural Resources enforce laws that keep us safe and protected. Their latest Law Enforcement Report provides interesting details what they do on our behalf: Multi-state and federal investigation, arrests in illegal bear hunting case, Operation Something Bruin – White County, Rabun County 19 Officers certified as […]
Rangers from the Wildlife Resource Division of the Department of Natural Resources risk their lives every day for you and me. The latest Law Enforcement Report gives a few details about what they’ve been doing during the past week: Search for missing boat operator – Lake Lanier Possession of firearm and illegally taken wildlife by a […]
Turkey season opens on March 23, 2013. Although some politicians would prefer us to hunt with slingshots (until they are outlawed as weapons of mass destruction), we remain free to use shotguns in the great state of Georgia. In fact, our Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division and the Georgia State Chapter of the National Wild […]
“Operation Something Bruin” bagged more than 80 people who are believed to have broken conservation laws in the killing of bears and other wildlife. The Operation Something Bruin task force of federal and state investigators spent four years tracking down people accused of illegal poaching in North Carolina, Georgia and adjacent states. Eight defendants are from […]