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Deer hunting season (archery) begins September 13
Archery hunting season opens on Sat., Sept. 13 and runs through Oct. 10, 2008 (statewide). Last year, almost 94,000 archery hunters harvested more than 34,000 deer. More than one million acres of public land on more than 90 state-...
Required hunter ed course available online
Taking a hunter education class in Georgia is easier than ever, as hunters can access the course online at www.beasafehunter.org. “The hunter education course is available by Internet, which first became available four years...
Application period for 2008-2009 quota hunts under way
Georgia’s quota hunt application period opened June 1 and successful quota hunt applications will be selected solely from the online applicant pool (paper applications are no longer accepted). Interested hunters must apply...
Hunters fund conservation efforts
Hunters are among the most generous Americans when it comes to funding conservation and wildlife . . . and many don’t even realize it. Whenever Georgia hunters purchase hunting licenses, firearms, ammunition or archery equip...
Misuse of tree stands create hazards for hunters
Tree stand hunting is a standard practice in Georgia because it helps get the hunter out of the line of sight of deer, helps cover scent (if the wind is right and/or the hunter takes precautions to mask his scent. More deer are ta...
Hunter education course now available on the internet
Taking a hunter education class in Georgia is easier than ever. Hunters can access an approved hunter education course on the Internet, www.beasafehunter.org, use a hunter education CD-Rom or take the traditional classroom course,...
Georgia's Wildlife Management Areas
Most of the hunting in Georgia is done on private land. Groups form hunting clubs and more or less have their own preserves which they protect and try to improve through management methods passed on by the Department of Natural Re...