Tag: Deer

Oct 08 2020

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife, Hunting

Chickasawhatchee – A Beautifully Wild Place

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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By James Malphrus, writer of JCM Adventure Journals. Featured image: Alligators’ fork. Photo credit: James Malphrus. This post features three excerpts from adventures on Chickasawhatchee WMA. It was a Wednesday and...

Deer, Georgia, southwest georgia, WMA

Feb 18 2020

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife, Hunting, Law Enforcement, Research

Dart Guns Have Georgia Roots

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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When we need to relocate a deer, reaching for the dart gun is the obvious choice. It wasn’t always that way, and the dart gun that’s now used everywhere has...

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Oct 02 2019

Georgia Wildlife, Hunting

5 Times to be Worried About Sick-looking Deer

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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With all the media coverage on deer diseases lately, let’s cut through the confusion and talk facts. To date, neither chronic wasting disease (CWD) or tuberculosis have been detected in...

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Nov 06 2017

Georgia Wildlife, Hunting

Georgia Rut Breakdown: How To Drop a Bigun this Season

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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As the warm and humid days begin to taper off into cool and breezy ones, every white-tailed deer hunter waits for the next few weeks ahead – rut season. This...

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Mar 25 2014

Hunting

Determining the Rut

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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By: John Bowers, Georgia DNR Chief of Game Management and Charlie Killmaster, Georgia DNR state deer biologist; with info provided by Bobby Bond, Georgia DNR Wildlife Biologist The timing of the...

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Mar 19 2014

Hunting

Think Twice Before Deeming Deer a “Cull”

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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Info provided by Randy Wood, Georgia DNR Wildlife Technician Check out this photo. The buck on the top-left was caught on a trail camera in 2012. If you take a...

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Nov 20 2013

Hunting

The Hunt of a Lifetime

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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By: Lee Floyd We had been planning this vacation for months so last Sunday we loaded everything we own (it seemed like that to me) in the truck and my...

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Nov 21 2012

Hunting

November Hunting Update

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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Deer season is still going strong in Georgia, and plenty of people have taken advantage of the great hunting opportunities on Wildlife Management Areas and other state lands. Here are...

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Oct 22 2012

Hunting

October Hunting Update (updated)

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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River Bend Wildlife Management Area held an adult/child deer hunt on Oct. 27-28. 42 hunters 8 deer (6 bucks) The next River Bend WMA hunt is Nov. 8-10 should it...

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Sep 28 2012

Hunting

Coastal Georgia Sees Strong Start to Hunting Seasons

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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By: Will Ricks, GA DNR Game Management Section, Assistant Region Supervisor (Region VII) Sansavilla and Penholoway wildlife management areas had their early season deer adult-child firearms hunts this past weekend....

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