Everything was going splendidly for three people aboard an antique 1957 Chris-Craft vessel on Lake Lanier on Father’s Day — until about 2 PM, when the boat caught fire and exploded near Buford Dam Park. Three people on the craft suffered injuries, including burns. The injuries were not life threatening. Authorities with Gwinnett County’s fire […]
You see an alligator while strolling around McDuffie County. Your little yippy dog wants to take it on, tooth to tooth. You are determining your chances of survival and, in spite of your mother in law, you decide to save your life and run away. Then what do you do? You call Georgia’s Department of […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at Lake Allatoona has news for hunters. Beginning with the 2013/2014 hunting season, a $20 special activity fee will be assessed for hunting on certain Allatoona Lake lands. This fee is necessary to offset increasing costs in administering the program and for some future improvements of wildlife habitat. Hunters […]
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 […]
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 know what May 1st means, right? Yup! It’s Willie Nelson’s birthday. Too bad we’re not all back in Luckenbach or Mayberry where we don’t need fishing licenses and we can fish with any kind of bait any time of the year. But we live in Georgia. Where fishing laws keep banditos and desperadoes from taking […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]