2020 Turkey Season – A Year for the Record Books
We all know that 2020 has thus far been the most unusual year in most of our lifetimes. For Georgia’s turkey population, this was no different. With many people off...
Tag: Game Management
Does Prescribed Burning Impact Wild Turkey Nesting?
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Each spring, concerned hunters contact the Wildlife Resources Division about growing-season prescribed burns and their effect on turkey nesting. Good news, turkey hunters! Several research studies showed growing-season burns benefit...
Nov
06
2013
Quail Covey Count Update
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By: Dallas Ingram, GA DNR Wildlife Biologist – Private Lands Program In the past few weeks of October and into November, several DNR employees and volunteers have been waking up...
Mar
12
2013
Ping Pong Balls and Helicopter Help DNR Burn Over 5,000 Acres
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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What does it take to conduct prescribe burns? For Region IV of Wildlife Resources Division’s Game Management Section, it took a helicopter and some ping pong balls. 4,947 acres were...
Sep
28
2012
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....
Aug
02
2011
Survey Predicts Strong Bear Season
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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The Georgia Wildlife Resources Division is expecting great opportunities this fall, as archery bear season approaches (September 10). As part of a long-term, multi-state study of Southern Appalachian black bears,...