Georgia game and fish [Vol. 5, no. 1 (Jan. 1970)]

.GEORGIA

VOL. 5, NO. 1 I JANUARY, 1970

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~GAME&FISH

January 1970

VolumeV

Number 1

CONTENTS

Woodies' World ...

The Beaver Pond .. . .. . .. . ..... .Sharon Davis 1

Alapaha Opens Up . .

. ... John Culler 5

Frostbite Fishing

...... .. .. . . Marvin Tye 9

Conservation Preacher

.John Culler 11

Outdoor World ........ .

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Sportsmen Speak

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Sportsman's Calendar .. ... .... . . . .. . ..... . .. . 16

Tide Table

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Lester G. Maddox Governor
George T. Bagby Director. State Game & Fish Commission

COMMISSIONERS

Clyde Dixon Chairman Cleveland-9th District William Z. Camp, Sec. Newnan-6th District James Darby Vidalia-1st District William E. Smith Americus- 3rd District Charles L. Davidson, Jr. Avondale Estates-4th District

Richard Tift Vice Chairman Albany-2nd District Rankin M. Smith Atlanta- 5th District J. B. Langford Calhoun-7th District Judge Harley Langdale Valdosta-8th District Leonard Bassford Augusta-lOth District

Jimmie Williamson Darien-Coasta I District

TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION
Jack A. Crockford , Assistant Director Leon Kirkland , Fi she r ies Ch ief
Hubert Handy, Game Management Ch ief

LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION Bill Cline, Major
Deputy State Chief, Atlanta J. D. Atchison , Major
Deputy State Chief, Metter David Gould, Major
Supervisor of CoastaI Fisheries Brunswick
GEORGIA GAME & FISH STAFF
Jim Morrison , Editor
Dean Wohlgemuth Staff Writer
Marvin Tye, Staff Writer John Culler, Staff Writer
J. Hall, Staff Writer Ted Borg, Photographer

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NEEDED:
Conservation
Money For Wildlife
by George T. Bagby, Director State Game and Fish Commission
This month , the Georgia General Assembly will convene for its annual legislative session. In addition to the many bills and resolutions that are considered each year, the General Assembly will adopt an appropriations bill which will govern the expenditures of Georgia's numerous state agencies for the coming fiscal year.
The relatively small amount of the appropriation that is allotted to the State Game and Fish Commission to a large degree decides whether the cause of wildlife conservation will fall back, stand still, or progress during the coming year. Without adequate financing, the Commission cannot hope to keep pace with rising costs caused by inflation, to meet salary increases necessary to hold qualified and experienced personnel as well as to attract new employees to fill vacancies, or to improve its services to a rapidly expanding number of hunters and fishermen.
How great an increase in demand is there on the Commission each year to provide new or additional services for sportsmen? The figures for increases in the number of licensed Georgia sportsmen in the past 10 years alone tells the story. For instance, in the 1958-59 season, Georgia sold 437,322 fishing licenses. In the 1968-69 season, that figure rose to 502,233. In the same period , hunting licenses increased from 175,955 to 247 431 and combination license sales rose from 49,542 to 66,461 .
The total for all three types of licenses increased from 662,819 in the 1958-59 season to 816,125 only 10 years later, an increase of almost 22 per cent! There is no reason to believe that this tremendous increase in the numbers of Georgia's hunters and fishermen will be an y less in the next I 0 years.
How can the State Game and Fish Commission keep pace with the needs of this vast army of new sportsmen, without cutting the quality of its services at a time when they should be improved? The only answer is more money.
How would this money be used , and how much is needed? For example, the budget request of the Commission for fiscal year 1971 asks for an additional $1 ,433,711 in new state funds. $377,236 of this amount would be used for 38 new employees, including four biologists, biological aides, refuge managers for new hunting areas, public fishing area managers, secretarial help, and 20 wildlife rangers. for a separate saltwater patrol.
$635,278 would be used for additional operating expenses to support the activities of the new personnel, including $161 ,435 for motor vehicles, $35,000 for uniforms, $163,840 for the coastal patrol, new boats, radios, and many other items.
The final $421 ,197 of state funds requested for fiscal 1971 would be used for capital outlays to construct permanent facilities for two public fishing areas : $78,000 to com-
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ON THE COVERS: Two views of Georgia duck hunting from the lens of Game & Fish's talented photographer, Ted Borg. On the front cover, a du ck hunter seems to be ponderin ~ the fate of waterfowl and their wetlands in Georgia, beset by pestocides, radiation , and drainage. Is the sun setting, or rising on Georgia's waterfowl? The increase in the number of beaver ponds like the one on the back cover has been a bright spot in the duck hunting picture. The brilliantly colored wood duck making his getaway owes his comeback to a large measure to the rise of beavers and their dams in Georgia. PHOTO CREDITS : Ted Borg 1, b .3, 10; John Culler 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12
Sharon Davis 1.4; Leonard Lee Rue 1.4; Marvin Tye 9; u.s. Bureau
of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife r.2, t.3, t .4; U.S. Forest Service 1.2; Dean Wohlgemuth 13.

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The Beaver Pond
By Sharon Davis
School of Forest Resources University of Georgia

Governmental agencies have plans to drain some of Georgia's finest swamps for flood control. Private industry wants to destroy coastal marshes in phosphate mining. Timber companies would also like to drain their lands flooded by beaver.
Who stands to lose in the drainage process, besides the beaver? You, the Georgia sportsman. Every time you lose an acre of wetland, you say good-bye to more potential duck hunting lands. If you are fortunate enough to have beaver swamps on your own land, or know someone who does, you can still save some of Georgia's finest wood duck habitat.
Save your beaver pond and keep your woodies. Better yet, manage your beaver pond. Increase your wood ducks. Eugene Hester, a biologist who has hatched forty-six wood ducklings per acre on his own pond said, "The beaver is the best friend the wood duck ever had."

Why should we depend entirely on the northern waterfowl produced in the potholes of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana for fall duck hunting? Georgia has over 126,000 acres of potential wood duck habitat in beaver swamps. If half of this acreage were managed for woody production, each acre could produce ten to twenty ducklings, or over 1.2 million annually. This would add approximately 600,000 huntable woodies to the fall population!
If half the beaver ponds were planted to duck foods, like Japanese millet, over 3,000,000 migrating ducks could be fed in Georgia during the fall and winter. This is more than all the wood ducks presently using the two major eastern flyways! Wood ducks compose under 10 % of the total waterfowl kill, but can be increased greatly, especially by intelligent management of southeastern beaver swamps.
Beaver ponds naturally provide ideal nesting and rearing sites for wood ducks. In a study done on the Piedmont Wildlife Refuge, Dave Almand found about one natural nest cavity in every four acres. Putting up man-made nest

boxes would greatly increase nesting opportunities for woodies. Georgia sportsmen's clubs are already doing this themselves.
In an eight-acre pond in North Carolina, twenty-seven broods were hatched from nest boxes in one season! In the Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi, duck boxes added 1,894 ducklings to the population in 1968. The average wood duck brood size in Georgia is nine, about half of which reach flight stage. With nest boxes, a beaver pond could produce over twenty-five young per acre!
Ducklings feed on the many aquatic insects found in emergent vegetation. This vegetation also provides cover for flightless birds and foods for adults. Wood ducks begin nesting in Georgia in February, with the peak hatching period

Although beaver ponds are already good habitat for wood ducks, they can be improved through the erection of nesting boxes like the one in the background behind this beaver lodge, or by planting duck food by drawing the pond down temporarily.

Beavers and their tireless construction efforts are considered the main reason that wood ducks came back from near extinction to huntable numbers, coupled with a closed season and low bag limits for many years.
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in the first two weeks of May. By midJuly, most young are flying.
For those who wish to keep these ducks until the fall hunting season, plus attract migrants, a little more work will pay off. The beaver pond is drained in July and planted to Japanese millet. The millet will grow best if seeded on the wet mud flats, and then reflooded after it is a foot tall. An acre of millet can feed fifty to a hundred ducks by Octo-
ber. To expose the mud flats for planting,
several types of drains can be installed in a beaver dam. Beavers, though intelligent, cannot plug these drains, and usually don't try throughout the lazy summer. In spring and summer they do not depend on felled trees and brush for food, as their summer diet consists of roots and leafy parts of cattails, duck potatoes, water lilies, sedges, and young blackberry shoots, all of which are close at hand. So they can live without their

huge pond during the summer, and will probably let you put a drain in the dam, as long as kits are not present.
Drains to foil the eager beaver range from three logs nailed together, costing forty-five cents per acre for drainage, to a more refined water level regulator. The latter is installed permanently and costs several hundred dollars.
In Hall County, a perforated steel pipe, costing approximately ten dollars, drained a five-acre beaver pond. This drain was placed in the dam in July. The pond area was broadcast with Japanese millet and reflooded in October. According to game biologist Robert

Howarth, the first season thirty to forty woodies and some mallards fed in the beaver pond. The next spring, at least three pair of woodies nested in its five acres. The following summer, the pond was drained and replanted. Both woodies and mallards increased.
Another private landowner in Henry County manages his three beaver ponds for his fall shooting. He and his friends shoot their limit twice a week, throughout the whole season, without hurting the population. He gets better hunting from his beaver ponds, than from his man-made ponds, which cost $1 ,000 and $1 ,500 per acre to build!
Marben Farms, a Georgia shooting preserve, is also taking advantage of the duck habitat beavers provide on their 3,600 acres. Bill Hester, the farm manager, is developing a 40 acre beaver pond for wood ducks. The first year of planting brought hundreds of ducks to the pond. In this hunting season, eighty Georgia hunters will be able to shoot woodies from Marben blinds. A fee of ten dollars each will provide hours of

During the courtship ritual, a male woody proudly displays l]is colorful plumage to his mate. Wood ducks are the main species of ducks that nest in Georgia and live here during the entire year, although thousands of woodies and other species of ducks migrate here each winter from the north.

Every wonder who's Mr. or Mrs.? With some ducks, it's hard to tell,
but not wood ducks. The male drake (right) is considered
to be one of the most gorgeous birds of the world.

This wood duck box has predator guard installed below it to ward off climbing animals, helping to insure survival of the young. Without it, the box could be a death trap for even the mother.

pleasure to Georgia sportsmen. Mr. Hester knows shooting wild ducks is n uch more sport than shooting domestic dL ::ks released before the gun. They of.'er quality hunting, not quantity.
Game biologists in Georgia are helping those landowners who want the beaver to manage their beaver ponds for the propagation of wood ducks. Biologists say, "It's cheaper to use nature in developing waterfowl hunting areas. The beaver pond is our best tool in Georgia for the propagation of wood ducks." If you want help in managing your beaver pond for waterfowl development, the local district or region game biologist of the State Game and Fish Commission will furnish technical advice in methods of dewatering and explain how and what to plant.
Artificial ponds have also added

14,400 additional acres of waterfowl habitat in Georgia, as well as managing beaver ponds. However, unless they are constructed specifically for ducks, artificial farm ponds usually are not as good as natural beaver swamps for waterfowl nesting and feeding , usually because they are too deep, which is the problem with most hydr~electric or flood control reservoirs, in addition , to rapidly fluctuating water levels.
While private and government groups are concentrating on draining your
Georgia swamps, you can still act. If
you still enjoy sitting in a duck blind, waiting for the "wboo-eek" of the beautiful wood duck, you can make your own hunting. You can protect the wood ducks ... by protecting his best friend , the beaver.

Permanent control over the water level in a beaver dam can be exercised through the use of several types of drains which the beavers can't easily plug, such as this one used successfully by Commission game biologist Robert Howarth of Gainesville.

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While beavers will quickly plug breaks in their dams in the winter, they may not repair the dam quickly in spring and summer when plenty of food is available, unless they have young kits. This allows planting duck food on exposed bank areas for winter flooding.

AlAPAHA @[prn~~ 01J[p By John Culler The Georgia Game and Fish Commission's newest game management area, the 16,000 acre Alapaha area near Pearson in South Georgia, promises to be one of the most diversified hunting areas now under the management of the commission.
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ALAPAHA AREA

Taken under contract just last spring, Alapaha presently has a good population of small game, including squirrel. rabbit and quail, and small game hunting will be allowed on the area January 5-10 this season.
The area also has a good deer population, but commission biologists decided to wait until next season before deer hunting is allowed, "so we can start off with a really good deer season."

Wildlife biologist Frank Parrish said the area also offers good turkey habi-
tat, although there is not a huntable turkey population on the area now. "Our plans include a turkey stocking program on the area to supplement the present population," Parrish said. "There are a
good many hardwood trees on the area, and all in all, it's good turkey habitat."
Additional game populations include wild hogs, which are currently present

in good numbers, and duck shooting on the numerous cypress ponds which dot the area.
The addition of the Alapaha area makes four public hunting areas now managed by the Georgia Game and Fish Commission in the Valdosta area. Others are the larger Suwannoochee and Arabia Bay areas, and the 5,866 Grand Bay area. Both Suwannoochee and Arabia offer deer hunting.
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The Alapaha Area already has a good deer population, and probably will be opened for deer hunting next season. Deer sign like this buck scrape and rubbing post can be seen more readily than in most areas of Southeast Georgia.

Below: Located on the Alapaha River, the area has a good population of squirrels. The Alapaha is a good stream tor gentle canoe float trips, with seasonably good fishing for redbreast and largemouth bass. A map of it can be obtained by writing the Coastal Plains Planning and Development Commission, Valdosta, Ga.

More than 750,000 acres of good

hunting .in 27 game management areas

in all parts of Georgia are now under

the game management program. On

these areas, wildlife is managed to pro-

duce the finest possible hunting. In ad-

dition to providing the public a place to

hunt, the management areas serve as

seed areas for restoration of wildlife

into surrounding areas, primarily Geor-

gia's two big game species, deer and tur-

key.

On the Alapaha area, special plant-

ings of Japanese and brown top millet,

along with white proso, will be made

this spring to supplement native foods.

Rye will be planted this winter for deer

and turkeys, and also to hold doves on

the area. Area manager Arthur Harper

said he planned to do some controlled

burning, which will stimulate new plant

growth for quail.

Much of the area is open, and Harper

said he flushed seven coveys of quail

one morning recently. There have also

been some big bucks killed on the area

in the past. "I saw a deer that was killed

here about two years ago that weighed

over 250 pounds," Harper said, "and

that is a big deer for south Georgia."

There has been a good mast crop this

year in south Georgia, and under the

protection offered on a management

area. the wildlife on the Alapaha area

should get a good start. It promises

many happy moments for Georgia

hunters.

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Top: Proper equipment is a prime consideration in landing large stringers of fish. You'll need a good boat to reach the deep holes. Several layers of wool or insulated clothing are best to keep warm.
Middle: The wintertime fisherman often has the lake to himself. If he is familiar with the lake and knows where the large bass are likely to be found,
he has a good chance of bringing in a really outstanding catch.
Bottom: Another bass for the stringer from Seminole's trees. The rewards
are sometimes large for the fisherman
- - - - ,who tries frostbite fishing.
Glen Wells landed this eight-pound bass during a cold, wet February day on
Lake Seminole. Many of the largest bass landed at this South Georgia impoundment are taken during the winter months.

Terry Chupp was the living picture of
. a disgusted fisherman . As the light rain fall ing on Lake Lanier became heavier and turned to sleet, he accepted the inevitable. "If these roads get covered with ice we won't be able to drive home towing this heavy boat," he said. "We had better leave now." With somewhat mixed emotions, I was forced to agree. We had been fishing for onl y about an hour and had not hooked a single fish. I did not wa nt to quit so soon , nor did T want to take a chance of being stuck here until the weather changed or of having a wreck on the icy roads. We had planned this outing for several weeks and had been forced to change our plans by either rain or snow each weekend. By the time we reached Interstate 85 the rain and sleet had stopped falling. Terry pulled on to Beaver Ruin Road and headed for Freeman's Lake, one and a half miles southeast of the Interstate.
V. W. Freeman , owner of the lake seemed to think it was funn y that we wanted to fish on such a lousy day. He waived the customary $1.00 per day charge per angler and $1.00 for boat rental because of the weather and because Terry was a steady customer who had fished the lake several times before.
We had the entire 100 acres to ourselves as we began our first drift across. The wind was blowing just hard enough to push our boat along at a good speed for pulling Fliptails across the bottom behind us. The temperature was just above freezing and a light drizzle began to fall.
A short di stance from the dock a hearty strike took our minds off the rain and cold wind. Terry let the bass run fo r some distance in the prescribed manner: then set the hook.
"It feels like a good one!" Terry yelled as the bass stripped off line against a tight drag. T reeled in my lure and grabbed the net. After several minutes of give and take Terry pulled the whipped bass to the surface. T carefully slipped the net under it and hauled it into the boat. The bass weighed six pounds and measured 22 inches long.
You might say that this was a fitting reward for anyone who would sit out in the rai n and fish when he could be sitting home in a warm dry room. This fi shing. however, was not as distasteful

as it seems. We wore waterproof boots

and rainsuits with hoods. Underneath

were wool socks and several layers of

warm clothing. I wore a fur-lin..:d cap

that covered the top and back of my

head and my ears. Only my face and

hands were cold. This amount of dis-

comfort could be taken for a short pe-

riod of time with no strain.

Many fishermen make the mistake of

putting up their tackle when the cold

winds begin to blow. They either forget

fishing entirely or dream of the warm

spring days when they can fish in com-

fort.

Some of the year's largest fish are

caught in the wintertime. Emory Josey

landed a 14 lb. 14 oz. largemouth on

December 22, 1968. That bass won first

prize in the Game and Fish Commis-

sion's annual fishing contest. The third

largest bass ever recorded as taken by a

sports fisherman in Georgia was a 17

lb. 9 oz. specimen taken from Lake

Lanier December 19, 1965 by Emory

Dunahoo.

Bass tend to concentrate in deeper

waters during the winter. Plastic worms,

jigs, deep-running plugs, and various live

baits fished on or near the bottom have

accounted for a number of Junkers at

this time. The fisherman who can locate

a concentration of big bass in the winter

can come home with a fine catch . The

onl y problem with this is that he will

then become addicted to frostbite fish-

ing.

The first step is to get the proper

clothing. Rather than wearing heavy,

bulky jackets and trousers, it is better to

use several layers of wool or insulated

synthetic materials so that these can be

shed or added as the need arises. A

waterproof plastic bag in your boat is

handy for storing extra clothing and

helps to keep it dry. A rainsuit that cov-

ers your body from head to toe can be

purchased for less than $10. On really

cold days you might cover your face

with a ski mask and wear wool gloves.

Once you have the proper clothing,

the next step is to locate the bass. Tf you

fi sh a familiar lake, the battle is half

won already. Fish the deeper holes with

bottom-scratching lures until you begin

to catch bass. In a strange lake, it pays

to fish with someone who knows the

local waters. Tf this type of assistance is

not avai lable, you will have to find the

hotspots by yourself. An electronic

depth finder will help you to pinpoint

the deep holes. Tf you do not have such

equipment. try trolling deep-running

lures until you begin to score. After

that, simply concentrate on the areas

that produce action.

Don't put away your tackle when

winter comes. The Junker bass don't

si mpl y quit biting when the water gets

cold. The indust rious fisherman will

find little competition and, sometimes,

plenty of hot action.

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Sergeant Paul Johnson, Georgia's Outstanding Ranger of the Year for 1969, is a popular speaker with civic groups, spreading the gospel of conservation with quotations from the Bible and greetings in the language of the Okefenokee Swamp's Indians.
Sergeant Paul Johnson
Georgia's Ranger
of The Year
By John Culler
In the personnel records of the Georgia Game and Fish Commission, Paul Johnston of Ware County is listed as Sergeant, Law Enforcement Division. But to describe Johnston as an enforcement officer would be only a partial description, because even though he is an outstanding law enforcement officer, he is also an educator and conservationist motivated by the belief that only those who understand nature will care enough to protect it.
Johnston thinks of his position not as a job, but an opportunity. An opportunity which will allow him to help stop the destruction of Georgia's natural resources, and the opportunity to tell Georgians of the many values of the state's woods and wildlife.
Because of his efforts in education, his fine record in law enforcement, and his untiring efforts to promote conservation of our natural resources, Johnston was named Georgia's Ranger of the Year for 1969.
Born and raised in Bacon County, Johnston started with the Commission as a ranger in Ware County in 1960. He still works Ware County, but he was promoted to sergeant and assistant district chief to Mallory Hatchett in the Waycross District in April. Johnston's territory is unique, in that much of it is covered by the Okefenokee Swamp. This means that in addition to the regular duties a Ranger must perform, he also must work closely with Federal agents to patrol the huge swamp.
Riding herd on alligator poachers is a duty foreign to most Georgia rangers, but is a very important part of the enforcement efforts of the officers near the vast Okefenokee. Although Johnston says the killing of alligators for their hides has slacked off somewhat in recent months, there are always those who
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When he's not making a speech or teaching a class, Sergeant Johnson patrols big, flat Ware County, including a stretch of the Okefenokee, in cooperation with federal officers.
will take advantage of Georgia's wildlife for an easy dollar. For instance Johnston, along with Ranger Walter Booth, caught one man a few months ago who had 21 gator hides in the trunk of his car. The arrest came after Booth surprised the man as he was loading the hides into the car. A high-speed chase resulted, but after Johnston was able to head him off, the violator drove his automobile into a South Georgia ditch.
While Johnston believes the key to wildlife conservation is education, he also believes there will always be a few people who can best be educated by a stiff fine or a few days in jail. "People in Georgia have a lot to be thankful for," Johnston says, "and in our work an education of the values of wildlife is extremely important because we can't arrest everyone. But for those who don't seem to care, we will always have Jaw enforcement."
Johnston says he tries to be a common sense enforcement officer. "I think all our laws are based on common sense, and should be enforced that way. I believe common sense is the greatest virtue of our Jaw, and certainly common sense is the greatest virtue of our law enforcement agents."
Because he believes education is so important to Jaw enforcement, Johnston never misses a chance to speak to a civic club, school or sportsman's group. "I'll speak to church groups, garden clubs or anyone because I believe it's part of every ranger's job to try his best to educate the public," he said. "I know our educational programs have helped in this part of the country, because sportsmen are more eager to cooperate now and they respect game laws more than in the past. I also think our schools are helping a Jot too."
Johnston says a Georgia Ranger must be armed with more than his badge of authority. "He must have full knowledge of his duties, laws, and regulations. This man must also possess many virtues. Among them must be pride, love of his work, dedication , self-discipline and enthusiasm."
Perhaps Johnston is a natural wildlife ranger, because he seems to like doing the things that are necessary. "I enjoy

Easy to like, Johnson is a dedicated ranger who believes in -God, and doesn't smoke or drink. He also believes in the value of conservation education, and common sense enforcement of wildlife laws for the hardheaded few.

meeting people and making new friends ,

and I think wildlife laws are extremely

important. Right now I can't think of

many people I would change jobs with,"

he said.

Although he has been a ranger for

nine years, he says he learns something

new almost every day. "Awhile back I

came across two men in a panel truck in

the woods. When I stopped to talk to

them, they said they were cruising tim-

ber and I didn't have any reason to

doubt their word because they didn't

have any guns or anything," he said.

"But later I learned they were working

quail traps. I sure felt bad about that. I

should have looked in the truck."

Asked about the most unusual thing

he has ever seen a hunter do, Johnston

said he once asked a young man how

many quail he had killed. "Oh, seven Qr

eight," the man replied. "I knew some-

thing was wrong the way he said it, and

I also knew I had heard him shoot

more than that," Johnston said. "I

asked him to take the birds out of

his hunting coat, which he had to do

by reaching in and pulling them out

blind from his bag in the back. He

pulled nine quail, one at a time, and put

them on the ground, then stopped. I

reached in and found one more bird,

but it was a dove. Since it wasn't dove

season, I made a case against him. But

I'll never figure out how he pulled nine

birds out of his sack and didn't get that

dove."

Johnston is married to the former Ra-

mona Jane Booth from Manor, whom

he met on a Greyhound bus. "We were

both going to Jacksonville, and I hap-

pened to get the seat next to her. That

was the luckiest trip I ever took," he

said. Johnston was in the service at the

time, and was headed overseas. But

when he got back to Georgia they were

married. "Sure was a lot of letter writ-

ing right along in there," he laughed.

They Jive in Manor, and have a 13-

year-old son, Paul.

Over the years Johnston has been bit-

ten by a bear, helped with a baptism,

and been cussed out by an old man who

didn't want his fishing messed up, but

he took it all in stride. "It's all part of

the job," he said.

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Deer Hunters Have Their Day At Monticello

Recalling the rain of the year ago on that date, Monticello-Jasper Jaycees were mighty happy to see a warm, sunny day and a big crowd at their third annual Deer Festival Nov. 8 in Monticello.
Hundreds of folks , from deer hunters to business men, to townspeople, including women of all ages and children, were on hand to partake in the affair.
A lot of barbecued chicken and cole slaw were devoured, prizes were given to hunters for prize deer, folks listened to some find speechmaking and witnessed a parade. They looked at exhibits, including a number of wild animals provided by the State Game and Fish Commission. Entertainment included live country music.
Speakers of the day .included Wildlife Ranger of the Year for Georgia, Paul Johnston of the Waycross District; and Jimmy Carter, former state senator from Plains.
Crowned queen of the event by Carter, was Sue Tuggle of Monticello. Her attendants were Patti Jordan, Debbie Hammond and Ann Stone, Monticello's Junior Miss.
The prize for the deer with the most points on its antlers taken during the first week of the season went to Joe Johnston of Monticello for his 22pointer. Allen Fullord of Vienna bagged a 204 pound deer, field dressed, to win the prize .in the weight category.
The largest doe taken in the bow season in Jasper County during the season was by Jim Leben of Roswell, a 115 pounder, field dressed. The youngest hunter to take a deer was Steven McLendon of Mableton, a 10-year-old ~vho got a 145-pounder, field dressed. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Seay of Bethesda, Md., got the prize for having come the greatest distance to hunt, 738 miles. And Joel Ard of Macon won the prize for having the longest beard.
Dean Wohlgemuth

Jimmy Carter, candidate for governor in 1966 and a former state senator from Plains Ga., was the main speaker of the day at the Monticello-Jasper County Deer Festival He gave a hardhitting conservation talk, praising the Game and Fish Commission for its work, and lashing out at efforts to use Georgia's fine wildlife habitat as a dumping ground for industrial wastes.
Royalty at the third annual Deer Festival Nov. 8 included (from left) attendants Patti Jordan and Debbie Hammond, Deer Festival Queen Sue Tuggle, and attendant Ann Stone.

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Cont. from inside front cover
plete the Chattooga County public fishing area now under construction, and $300,000 for a public fishing area at a yet to be determined location; $50,000 each for three new district law enforcement offices to replace antiquated and inadequate facilities at Gainesville, Thomson, and Macon; $58,000 for 26 new boat launching ramps; $67,500 for a new fisheries research laboratory at Brunswick; new boat houses at Allatoona, Sinclair, and Tobesofkee, checking stations on nine game management areas, hatchery superintendent residences at Richmond Hill, Arrowhead, and Bowen Mill fish hatcheries; and other improvements such as $90,000. of hatchery renovations at the Summervtlle and Walton fish hatcheries so that more fish can be raised for stocking trout and striped bass.
How can this money be obtained? At present, approximately 80 per cent of the total state funds budget of the Commission is collected by the Commission from sportsmen for hunting and fishing licenses and other fees. While the Georgia constitution does not specifically allocate these license funds back to the Commission, state law provides that at least the same amount collected from hunters and fishing license fees or more will be appropriated back to the State Game and Fish Commission, in order to qualify for federal aid funds in fish an~ wildlife restoration. Therefore, the eastest way to justify raising the budget of the State Game and Fish Commission is to raise hunting and fishing license fees at the same time. There are a number of ways that this could be done that are worth serious consideration by the public and the General Assembly.
For instance, if the price of a resident

fishing license is increased 75 cents from $2.25 to $3.00, it is estimated that almost $400,000 in additional funds could be raised. Increasing the hunting license 75 cents from $3.25 to $4.00 probably would raise almost $200,000. These license fees are well below those of most of Georgia's neighboring and sister states. A state-wide hunting li-
cense in Florida costs $7.50. North Carolina's fishing license is $4.25, to name only two examples.
Another proposal which has special merit is a big game stamp to be required in addition to the regular h~nt ing license for deer or turkey huntmg. These two species are much more expensive than the other types of game to effectively manage, but they offer a much greater potential, especially on public hunting areas. Deer hunting is our fastest growing outdoor sport, increasing approximately 11 per cent each year. It is already our number two hunting species, just behind squirrels, and is virtually certain to take the number one place when the next survey is completed.
Game biologists estimate that there were over 161,934 deer hunters this season. If each one of them purchased a $3.00 big game stamp, $485,802 could be raised. If the stamp cost $5.00, the amount raised could be $809,670. Although the number of turkey hunters in Georgia now is low, the number will sharply increase if adequate funds are obtained to finance a turkey restocking program over the next 20 years similar to the deer stocking program of the past 20 years. At the same time, funds now being used for big game management could be put into programs of acquiring lands for small and big game hunting through lease or purchase, hiring new game biologists for extension work with

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landowners in improying small game hunting on their own lands, and working with exotic experimental game birds like jungle fowl and hybrid pheasants.
Similar justifications can be made for a special trout stamp that would be required for mountain trout fishi.ng. in a~ dition to the regular state ftshmg hcense. Like deer management, mountain trout stocking takes more than its share of fishing license money for the number of persons who fish for trout. The number of trout fishermen increases each year, but the number of native trout . streams, native reproduction of trout, and artificial hatchery stockings don't increase.
The only way more fish can be produced to keep pace with more trout fishermen is to construct a third Georgia state trout hatchery, which will cost approximately $250,000 to construct, plus annual operation costs for salaries, stocking trucks and gasoline, trout food, etc. It is estimated that there were 132,690 mountain trout fishermen in Georgia this season. If each one of them purchased a $2.00 trout stamp, $265,380 could be raised. A $3.00 stamp would produce $398,070.
From these examples, it is evident that the $1,433,711 in additional funds needed to finance the proposed State Game and Fish Commission budget for fiscal year 1971 can be easily obtained from these sources, if the sportsmen of Georgia and the members of the General Assembly agree that the money is needed and will be well spent. If you agree, I urge you to call, write, or see your state representative or senator today to give him the benefit of your view. The future of wildlife conservation in Georgia is in the hands of you and your legislators. G.T.B.

A LOOK AT LICENSE FEES: Comparing Georgia and other Southeastern States

state
GEORGIA Alabama Arkansas Florida Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Texas Virginia West Virginia Missouri Kentucky Maryland Tennessee

Flslllnl License

Hantlnt
Llclnse

$2.25

$3.25

2.15

3.00

3.00

3.50

3.00

7.50

2.00

2.00

3.00

3.50

5.50

5.50

5.25

6.25

2.15

3.15

3.50

3.50

3.00

3.00

4.30

4.30

3.25

4.25

4.50

6.50

5.00 (COmbination only) 5.00

Ill Galle License
None None None None 2.00 2.00 1.75 None None 2.00
7.80 10.50 5.50 5.00

Only three of these other 14 states have a lower flshln1 license fee, two of them only 10 cents less, the other 25 cents less. Only four of these states has 1 lower huntlnl license fee, one of wblch Is merely 10 cents less, and two 25 cents less. Geor,la's flshln1 license costs $3.25 less than the hllhest of these, and Georgia's hunting license fee Is $4.25 less than the highest amon1 these states. Geor11a hunters may take all small and big 1ame, Including deer, bear and turkey on their license. The only state with a substantially lower huntlnl license char1es $2 for a big 1ame license, makln1 the overall cost hl1her than a Geor111 hunter would pay for a1111me.
The averap of all the states Included In the fl1ures for license fees Is: flshln1, $3.54 ($1.29 more than Geor1l1); huntlnl, $4.35 ($1.10 mora than Geor1l1); bll 1ame license, lncludlnl only those who make a charp, $4.57; averaglnl 111 states lncludlnl those that make no extra chirp for bll game, $2.61.
(Note: License fees In SOutheastern states 1enerally avera1e lower than other stites In the nation)

BEAUTIFUL EDITION Your November issue of "Georgia Game and Fish" is a beautiful addition to any library! We feel that this particular issue of your magazine would interest our retarded children, and request eight copies (one for each class) for their study and enjoyment. If you can grant us th is request, we will be most grateful.
Johnette McAfee Coordinator, Exceptional Children Baldwin Cou nty Schools Milledgeville, Ga.
Copies have been sent to the children.
SUNDAY HUNTING
I just read the Nov. issue of "Game and Fi sh" and Mr. Winburn of Monticello's artic le on "Sunday Hunting." I am in agree ment with him about the law being unfair. I think all sportsmen should write their state representatives and strongly urge the m to repeal th is law making it illegal to fire a gun on Sunday.
The one now is worse than the old 19th century blue law, for now one can't even shoot tin cans, much less hunt.
You state in "Game and Fish " that most likely many grand juries will not prosecute under it, but that isn't the point. A bad law shou ld be "repealed " not "ignored." It doesn't build respect for the law to "ignore the bad laws" and just "enforce the good ones." Another point; the law against firing a gun on Sunday doesn't accomplish anything worth-while. All it does is to prevent a lot of lawabiding sportsmen from enjoying a few leisure hours either hunting or target shooting. A lot of us can't afford to belong to a rod and gun club that has an "authorized firing range."
Is it now that only those who can afford to belong to the "country club" or some other similar organization can enjoy their firearms?
How about it sportsmen-let's hear your ideas, or better yet, let the General Assembly and the Govern or hear them .
Donald L. Weatherford Marietta, Georgia
BOW HUNTING WASTE? I feel that the Georgia Game and Fish Commission is guilty of a great waste of game by allowing an either sex hunt throughout the entire "Bow and Arrow" season . It's common knowledge among good sportsmen that doe and fawn are easy prey.
Among the bow hunters of my area, it is very common to hear, "I saw it run off with my arrow in it, but I never found it." You also hear, " My arrow went completely through because I found blood on the feathers or shaft but I couldn't find the deer." These conversations indicate that the majority of arrow wounded deer die unclaimed by the hunter.
In view of these facts, I feel that the " Bow and Arrow" season should be cut to "Buck Only", or cut completely out.
Sincerely, JimmieS. Carter Kathleen, Georgia

The few studies that have been made of crippling loses of deer as a result of bow hunting as compared to gun fail to support the popular opinion of many gun hunters that bow hunters wound and cripple more than their share of deer. A study was made of this by game biologists in the 1967 hunting season on the Clark Hill Game Management area, when a thorough search was made of the same 700 acre area on compartment five after the archery hunt, the gun buck hunt, and the gun either sex hunt. One dead unclaimed deer was found after the bow hunt, one dead illegal doe deer after the buck hunt, and two wounded deer after the either sex hunt, plus one illegal kill of an antlered buck. The two illegal kills on the gun hunts virtually equaled the crippling loss on all three hunts, which was twice as high on the one day antlerless hunt as during the entire six day bow hunt!
BOW CONTEST? I think your staff does an excellent job and I am grateful that I live in Georgia with our abundance of wildlife, and a fine group like yours to manage things. I think your Big Buck Contest is great, and many deserving hunters have been made happy and justly rewarded by winning. It distresses me however, that we bowhunters pay the same license fee and get so few benefits. I feel that it would be in order for you to sponsor a deer contest strick ly for bowhunters. It is my sincere opinion that bowhunters represent a better cross section of true sportsmen that gun hunters. I wouldn't for one minute degrade the gun hunter for I am one myself, but all bowhunters that I know respect our laws. All gun hunters do not. Please take this request into consideration. Give us an even break alongside gun toters. Thank you again for the fine job you are doing. I repeat-l'm proud and fortunate to be a Georgia sportsman . I would be very grateful if you would print my letter in the Georgia " Game and Fish" Magazine so that we might find out how other bowhunters feel about this subject. I am sending you a picture of the eight point buck I killed in Jones County with my bow. He field dressed 146 pounds and scored 1565fs points by America Bow Hunters Committee.
Harris Floyd Macon, Georgia
The Big Deer Contest is co-sponsored with the Georgia Sportsmen's Federati on. Deer killed with a bow and arrow are eligible for entry into the current contest. We're willing to talk to the Federation and / or one of the two state bow hunting groups about a separate contest.

COVER PICTURE I am enclosing a picture that I think tells the whole story of the "Sundown Covey" we all hope to wind up a perfect day of qua il hunting with. The pointer, " Bill", belongs to Ed Cooper of Reynolds and is the son of " Speedy" who is famous in this area and belongs to Dr. Bill Wa rren of Atlanta. Th e setter " Spec", having to honor this point, is no I thought you might possibly find the picture good enough to use for a cover in the future, if not, I figure you would appreciate what I think is a perfect point on the "Sundown Covey". I also want to say that you all are doing a terrific job with "Game and Fish".
Sydney H. Bryan, Jr. Reynold s, Ga.
Sorry, but your picture was a color print. Because of requirements of our printer, Game and Fish Magazine can only consider color transparencies for use on its covers, such as the standard 35mm color slides, or larger film sizes. Black and white photographs are not considered for covers, but can be used with a letter or an article. Game and Fish occasionally does purchase an outstanding photograph for cover use, but normally they are bought only from pro fessional wildlife or outdoor photographers. If you 'd like to try selling or donating use of a picture to us, we'll be glad to look at it, but we cannot assume responsibility for the loss of pictures in the mail, etc. Photographs sent with letters to the editor as a rule cannot be returned, for the simple fact that many of them get lost or marked up in the printing shuffle. Black and white

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prints of photographs sent with articles for purchase consideration should be glossy prints, preferably 8 x 10's. Captions should be typewritten on 8Vz x 1.1 sheets of paper and numbered to correspond to numbers on the backs or front margins of the photographs. Articles should be typewritten, double spaced.
BEAUTY AND SPLENDOR
In reference to your recent October issue of "Georgia Game and Fish", I would like to commend you on a job well done. Being an enthusiastic sportsman I find your magazine very informative and well worthwhile.
I have become aware of a problem that faces sportsmen and threatens our great outdoors. This problem is the wasteful use of our natural resources. I feel that conservation is the only answer to this problem. I believe totally in the conservation of our forests and wildlife.
1, along with many other sportsmen of Georgia greatly appreciate your worthwhile efforts to protect Georgia's wildlife and its resources. I say let us not rob future generations of their right to enjoy the beauty and splendor of Mother Nature.
Bill Wheelis Elberton, Ga.
SUBSCRIPTIONS INCREASING
On the December 1969 issue of Georgia GAME & FISH Magazine we mailed 35;499 single copies and a total of 41,539 copies.
Thank you for letting us continue to mail the magazine.
Dure Thompson Ace Mailing Service 2005 Marietta Rd., N.W. Atlahta, Ga. 30318
GAME & FISH Magazine is proud of the way its subscriptions and total circulation have climbed steadily since beginning publication with the October, 1966 issue. Subscriptions were first required for the February 1967 issue, which Department records show was mailed to a list of 22,560 names. The magazine now has a higher circulation figure than any one individual daily newspaper in Georgia except the two large metropolitan daily papers in Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, and one of the Macon daily newspapers. Georgia GAME & FISH has a higher circulation than the official state wildlife magazines of four of the five surrounding states, although all these states have published magazines longer than Georgia.
The success of the magazine in winning approval from sportsmen can be proven by talking to almost any subscriber, and from the many letters of praise we receive each month, many of which have been printed here.
But probably the most important criterion of success is not public acclaim, which we have received even on a national level (especially for the July 1969 issue), but whether or not we have advanced the cause of wildlife conservation by educating the public, even if there is some occasional adverse reaction from conflicting interests.
The most notable efforts of the magazine to successfully arouse public interest in a conservation problem and to secure support for its solution are in the important areas of dog control, marshlands preservation, and channelization. Many activities and causes of the State Game and Fish Commission have received support, and readers have benefitted from the publication of volumes
of information on where, when, and how to
hunt and fish, along with interesting facts about wildlife in our own state.
Every individual associated with GAME & FISH Magazine deeply appreciates the support of its readers, and their generous com-

ments on our efforts for the past three years. At the same time, we realize that there is always room for improvement, within the limits of our printing budget and staff. Every letter from a subscriber is read with considerable interest. We hope you'll keep writing, and "Thanks a Million!"

Sportsman's Calendar

STATE'S GAME MAGAZINE HAS OUTSTANDING ISSUE
The Georgia Game & Fish Commission's magazine publication, "Georgia Game & Fish", is hot off the presses for the November issue and is jampacked with interesting articles and data for outdoorsmen.
Colorfully illustrated, the photographs and accompanying stories are enough to send a hunter's wandering fever to a sky-high pitch.
The front cover, for instance, shows a pair of wild turkeys, feeding, and the back cover features a head-on photo of a kingsized buck.
Local Areas
Albany and Southwest Georgia feature prominently in the magazine, with listings of hunting areas, wildlife regulations, and maps to show animal and bird distribution.
In fact, all of Georgia is covered in the ample devotion of the magazine's editors to articles explaining the game population, the types of game, their history in the state and methods being used by wildlife conservationists to build up and protect the game supplies.
All in all, the November Game & Fish edition is a compilation of facts, figures, photos and information for the hunter.
-From the Albany Herald Sun., Nov. 9, 1969
ANTLERS This morning I was walking through the woods down in Hancock County, and I found half of a deer's antlers. It was in excellent condition and had four points on the antler and appeared to have been lost only a few days. There was no other sign of anything around this spot. What could account for the deer losing his antler? Do they begin to shed their antlers now or not? Please let me know about this matter. Keep up the good work with Georgia Game and Fish.
David Malcolm Athens, Georgia
According to Hubert Handy, State Supervisor of Game Management, deer in this area do not shed their antlers until about February, It is possible, especially if the stump is bloody, that the antler was broken off in a fight or by some other accident.
IN MEMORIAM
Thomas W. Harris, 64, Wildlife Ranger, died Sept. 2, 1969. He had been with the Game and Fish Commission for 15Vz years, since 1954. Mr. Harris was the ranger in Charlton County.
H. J. Sewell, 63, manager of the Game and Fish Commission's game farm at Bowen Mill Hatchery, died Aug. 8, 1969. He had been with the Commission for 17 years, since 1952.
Mrs. Geraldine Stanton, 51, secretary at Walton Hatchery, Social Circle, Ga., died March 6, 1969. She had been with the Commission 2Vz years, since 1966.

SEASONS NOW OPEN
BRANT Bag Limit-6 Daily, possession limit 6. No goose season this year.
DOVES Season-Dec. 6, 1969 through January 15, 1970. Bag Limit-18 daily, 36 in possession.
DUCKS, MERGANSERS AND COOTS Season-Nov. 20, 1969 through Jan. 1~, 1970. Bag Limit-Ducks: 3 Daily, including no more than 2 wood ducks, 1 canvasback, or 1 redhead, 1 black duck, and 3 mallards. Possession limit 6, including no more than 4 wood ducks, 1 canvasback or 1 redhead, 2 black ducks, and 6 mallards. Mergansers: 5 Daily, including no more than 1 hooded merganser; possession limit 10, including no more than 2 hooded mergansers. Coots: 10 Daily, possession limit 20.
GALLINULES Season-Nov. 7, 1969 through Jan. 15, 1970. Bag Limit-15 daily, possession limit 30.
GROUSE, RUFFED Season-Nov. 20, 1969 through Feb. 28, 1970. Bag Limit-3 Daily, possession limit 6.
OPOSSUM Early Season-Sept. 27, 1969 through Jan. 24, 1970 in Coweta County only. Regular Season--Oct. 18, 1969 through Feb. 28, 1970. Bag Limit-None.
QUAIL Season-November 20, 1969 through Feb. 28, 1970. Bag Limit-12 daily, possession limit, 36.
RABBITS N. Ga. Season-Nov. 15, 1969 through Jan. 31, 1970. N. Ga. Bag Limit-S daily. S. Ga. Season-Nov. 20, 1969 througl:i Feb. 28, 1970. S. Ga. Bag Limit-10 daily.
RACCOON N. Ga. Season--Oct. 18, 1969 through Feb. 28, 1970. Bag Limit--One ( 1) per person per night.
SNIPE, WILSON'S Season-Dec. 13, 1969 through Jan. 31, 1970. Bag Limit-8 daily, possession limit 16. See Federal regulations.
SQUIRREL Season--Oct. 15, 1969 through Feb. 28, 1970. Bag Limit-10 daily.

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TURKEY
S. W. Ga. Season-Nov. 20, 1969 through Feb. 28, 1970 in Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, and Thomas counties. S. W. Ga. Bag Limit-Two (2) per sea-
son.

EVENTS THIS MONTH
Georgia Conservancy Annual Conference -January 30-31, 1970 at the Marriott Motor Hotel, .t\tlanta.

Jan. 2-3

Chestatee

Jan. 16-17 Feb. 6-7

Lake Burton

Jan. 3-31

Piedmont Exp.

Wed. & Sat. Sta.

ALTAMAHA WATERFOWL AREA (DARIEN)
Butler Island Managed Blind Duck Hunts: Saturdays only, Nov. 20, 1969 through Jan. 15, !970. Hunting hours sunrise to 12 noon, E.S.T. After Nov. I, applications to hunts not filled in the October drawing will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. For information on which hunts are filled. call the State Game and Fish Commission at Brunswick, area code 912,
265-1552.
All letters of application must specify the date requested with a second choice if desired in the event the first date is filled. All applicants must enclose a fee of $5 per day per person in check or money order payable to the Georgia Game and Fish Commission. Applications should be addressed toP. 0. Box 1097, Brunswick, Ga.

SMALL GAME MANAGED HUNTS SCHEDULED
(For detailed information of each individual area. write the State Game and Fish Commission, 270 Washington St., S.W.) No permits required, except Butler Island ducks.

DATES Reg. Season

AREAS

SPECIES

Lake Seminole, Whitesburg, Allatoona, Altamaha (except Butler Island), Cohutta. Grand Bay, Brunswick Pulp and Paper
Co.

All (except raccoons)

Jan. 3, 7, 10, Cedar Creek 14, 17, 21, 24,28,31
Wed. &Sat.

Jan. 9-10.

Chattahoochee

Jan. 3, 7, 10, Bullard Creek 14, 17, 21, 24, 25, 31

Jan. 2-3

Blue Ridge

Jan. 3-31

Oaky Woods

Wed. & Sat.

only

Jan. 3-31

Clark Hill

Wed. & Sat.

SEASONS OPENING THIS MONTH
SCAUP Bonus Season-Jan. 16, 1970 through Jan. 31, !970 in that area east of the Intercoastal Waterway only in Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn, and Camden counties. Bat: Limit-5 daily, possession limit 10.

Nov. 20-Jan. Altamaha (Butler Waterfowl and

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Island)

Dove

Sat. only

Dec. 8-Feb. 28
Fri. & Sat.

Lake Russell

All except Raccoons

Dec. 12-Feb. Swallow Creek

28

Coleman River

Fri. & Sat.

Grouse, Squirrel, Rabbit

Jan. 5-10

Alapaha

Squirrel Grouse
Squirrel, Grouse
Quail, Squirrel, Rabbit, Doves (In Season)
Quail, Squirrel, Rabbit, Doves, Ducks (In season)
Grouse, Squirrel, Rabbit
Quail, Squirrel, Rabbit, Dove, & Snipe (In Season)
Grouse, Squirrel
Quail, Squirrel, Rabbit
Quail, Squirrel, Rabbit, Doves Ducks (In season))
All (In season)

JANUARY, 1970

TIDE TABLE
JAN.- FEB. 1970

FEBRUARY, 1970

HIGH WATER

LOW WATER

Day

A.M. H.T. P.M. H.T. A.M. P.M.

GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS HOW TO USE THESE TABLES

HIGH WATER

LOW WATER

Day

A.M. H.T. P.M. H.T. A.M. P.M.

1. Thurs. 1:30 6.1 1:42 5.9 8:06 8:18

2. Fri. 2:24 6.3 2:36 5.8 9:06 9:12

3. sat. 3:30 6.6 3:42 5.8 10:06 10:12

4. Sun. 4:30 7.0 4:42 6.0 11:00 11:06

5. Man. 5:30 7.4 5:42 6.2

12:00

6. Tues. 6:30 7.8 6:42 6.5 12:00 12:54

7. Wed. 7:24 8.1 7:36 6.8 1:00 1:48

8. Thurs. 8:12 8.2 8:30 7.1 1:54 2:42

9. Fri. 9:06 8.2 9:24 7.2 2:48 3:30

10. sat. 10:00 7.9 10:18 7.2 3:42 4:18

The calculations are for the outer bar. Find
the reading for the desired tide. In the table below find the number of minutes to add to
correct for the place you are going to fish or swim. The outer bar calculation, plus this cor-
rection, gives the correct reading for the point
desired.

AdJust For Daylight Savmg T1me By Addmg One Hour

CORRECTION TABLE

The t1mes given are for Savannah River

entrance (Tybee).

Hrs. Min.

1. Sun. 2:54 6.5 3:06 5.6 9:36 9:42

2. Mon. 4:06 6.7 4:18 5.7 10:42 10:42

3. Tues. 5:12 7.1 5:30 6.2 11:42 11:48

4. Wed. 6:18 7.6 6:30 6.7

12:36

5. Thurs. 7:12 7.9 7:24 7.1 12:42 1:30

6. Fri. 8:00 8.1 8:18 7.5 1:42 2:18

7. Sat. 8:48 8.1 9:06 7.7 2:36 3:12

8. Sun. 9:36 7.9 9:54 7.7 3:24 3:54

9. Man. 10:24 7.5 10:48 7.5 4:18 4:42

10. Tues. 11:18 7.0 11:38 7.2 5:06 5:30

11. Sun. 10:48 7.6 11:12 7.1 4:36 5:12

12. Mon. 11:42 7.2

5:30 6:00

13. Tues. 12:06 7.0 12:36 6.7 6:24 6:54

14. Wed. 1:06 6.8 1:30 6.2 7:24 7:48

15. Thurs. 2:00 6.7 2:24 5.8 8:24 8:48

16. Fri. 3:00 6.5 3:30 5.5 9:30 9:42

17. Sat. 4:00 6.5 4:30 5.3 10:24 10:30

18. sun. 5:00 6.5 5:30 5.3 11:18 11:24

19. Man. 5:54 6.6 6:18 5.4

12:06

20. Tues. 6:36 6.8 7:110 5.5 12:12 12:54

21. Wed. 7:18 6.8 7:36 5.7 12:54 1:36

22. Thurs. 7:54 6.9 8:12 5.7 1:42 2:18

23. Fri. 8:30 6.8 8:48 5.8 2:24 2:54

24. Sat. 9:110 6.7 9:18 5.9 3:06 3:30

25. Sun. 9:36 6.6 9:54 5.9 3:42 4:06

26. Mon. 10:06 6.4 10:30 6.0 4:18 4:36

27. Tues. 10:48 6.3 11:12 6.1 5:00 5:12

28. Wed. 11:30 6.1

5:36 5:48

29. Thurs. 12:00 6.2 12:12 5.9 6:30 6:36

30. Fri. 12:48 6.2 1:06 5.7 7:24 7:30 31. Sat. 1:48 6.3 2:00 5.6 8:30 8:36

Savannah High
Savannah (Low)
Hilton Head, S. C. Thunderbolt Isle of Hope Warsaw Sound
Ossabaw Sound Vernon View
Coffee BIuff Ogeechee River Bridge
St. Catherine Sound Sapelo Sound
Brunswick Bar
St. Simon Pier
Frederica Bridge McKay Bridge
Brunswick East River
Turtle River Bridge Turtle River, Crispen Is. Humpback Bridge
Jekyll Point
Jointer Island Hampton River Village Creek Ent.
Village Fishing Camp Taylor Fishing Camp
Altamaha Fishing Park, Everett, Ga. Two-Way Fishing Camp, S. Altamaha

JAN.

Last New Quarter Moon
7 14

First Quarter
22

0 44 * 57 0 10 0 20 0 40 0 00 0 05 0 35 0 55 3 50 0 25 0 00 0 00 0 25 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 55 1 10 1 00 0 30
55 0 20 0 45 1 00 4 00 2 00
Full Moon
30

11. Wed. 12:06 6.9 12:54 5.9 6:54 7:12

12. Thurs. 12:30 6.9 12:54 5.9 6:54 7:12

13. Fri. 1:24 6.5 1:48 5.4 7:54 8:06

14. Sat. 2:24 6.3 2:48 5.1 8:54 9:06

15. Sun. 3:24 6.1 4:00 5.0 9:54 10:06

16. Man. 4:30 6.1 5:06 5.1 10:54 11:00

17. Tues. 5:24 6.2 5:54 5.3 11:42 11:48

18. Wed. 6:12 6.4 6:36 5.6

12:24

19. Thurs. 6:54 6.6 7:18 5.9 12:36 1:12

20. Fri. 7:30 6.7 7:48 6.1 1:18 1:48

21. Sat. 8:00 6.8 8:18 6.3 2:00 2:24

22. Sun. 8:30 6.7 8:54 6.4 2:42 3:110

23. Man. 9:06 6.6 9:24 6.5 3:18 3:30

24. Tues. 9:36 6.5 10:00 6.6 3:54 4:00

25. Wed. 10:12 6.3 10:42 6.6 4:30 4:36

26. Thurs. 10:54 6.1 11:24 6.6 5:12 5:12

27. Fri. 11:42 5.9

6:00 6:00

28. Sat. 12:18 6.5 12:30 5.7 6:54 7:00

FEB.

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To report violations or if you need assistance in the Coastal Area-Call-State Game & Fish Comm1ssion. Brunswick, Georgia.
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