Outdoors in Georgia [Aug. 1973]

BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES
James Darby
Chairman
Vidalia-lst District
William Z. Camp, Sec.
Newnan-- 6th District
Leo T. Barber, Jr.
Moultrie-- 2nd District
Dr. Robert A. Collins, Jr.
Americus-- 3rd District
George P. Dillard Decatur-- 4th District
Rankin M. Smith Atlanta-- 5th District
Leonard E. Foote Marietta-7th District
Henry S. Bishop Alma-8th District
Clyde Dixon Cleveland-- 9th District
Leonard Bassford Augusta-- 10th District
Jimmie Williamson Darien-- Coastal District
Wade H. Coleman
Valdosta-- State at Large
James D. Cone Decatur-- State at Large
A. Calhoun Todd, Jr.
Macon-- State at Large
EARTH AND WATER DIVISION Sam M. Pickering, Jr., Director ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION
R. S. Howard, Jr., Director
GAME AND FISH DIVISION
Jack Crockford, Director
PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION
Henry D. Struble, Director
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH
Chuck Parrish, Director
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES James H. Pittman, Director PUBLIC RELATIONS AND INFORMATION SECTION H. E. (Bud) Van Orden, Chief

Jimmy Carter
Governor
Department of Natural Resources

Joe D. Tanner
Commissioner

George T. Bagby
Deputy Commissioner

FEATURES

Richmond Hill State Park . . . . T. Craig Martin

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Wildlife Profiles: Skunks

Aaron Pass 7

Saltwater--With Style

T. Craig Martin 8

1973-1974 Hunting Regulations

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DEPARTMENTS

Letters

32

Outdoor World

32

Outdoor Calendar

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FRONT COVER: 30 miles off Savannah. Photo by Bob Wilson. BACK COVER: Young night herons. Photo by T. Craig Martin.

Outdoors
ip georgia

August, 1973

Volume II

Number 8

Outdoors in Georgia is the official monthly magazine of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, published at the Department's offices, Trinity-Washington Building, 270 Washington Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30334. No advertising accepted. Subscriptions are $3 for one year or $6 for three years. Printed by Williams Printing Company, Atlanta, Georgia. Notification of address change must include old address label from a recent magazine, new address and ZIP code, with 30 days notice. No subscription requests will be accepted without ZIP code. Articles and photographs may be reprinted when proper credit given. Contributions are welcome, but the editors assume no responsibility or liability for loss or damage of articles, photographs, or illustrations. Second-class postage paid at Atlanta, Georgia.

MAGAZINE STAFF
Phone 656-3530

H. E. (Bud) Van Orden
Editor-in-Chief

Bob Wilson

Editor

Liz Carmichael Jones . . . Art Director

.... Jim Couch

Staff Photographer

.... Bob Busby

Staff Photographer

Dick Davis Aaron Pass T. Craig Martin
Linda Wayne .

Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer
. Circulation Manager

EDITORIAL

It's Not Too Early

A Hunting Regulations Issue in August? You

Now bet!

is the time for hunters to take a look

at the regulations and start thinking again about

hunting safety. Learning the rules and knowing how to make a hunt a success are important; but

most important is making a safe hunt. The finest

hunt can be marred in a single, thoughtless

second.

One of the new hunting regulations this year

was enacted in the interest of safety. "Every per-

son hunting deer in Georgia during the open sea-

son for firearms hunting shall be required to

wear outer garments of daylight fluorescent
A orange color. total of 500 square inches of

daylight fluorescent orange material is required

as an outer garment, above the waistline, and in-

cluding the head covering".
A number of other states have enacted similar

requirements and in every instance the number

of hunting accidents has decreased. This is our

goal too. Georgia had 13 fatal hunting accidents last season; and this single new regulation, we hope, will bring about a dramatic decrease.
Another way that all hunters can help lessen the number of hunting accidents is to become trained in hunting safety. Some 17 states now re-
quire completion of a hunter education course before a hunting permit is issued. At least five other states have mandatory training up for con-
sideration.
Such training is not now required in Georgia, but it is being offered for those who wish to take advantage of it. Georgians traveling to some
other states to hunt, need to complete such a course before they will be issued the necessary
permits.
Read the 1973-1974 Georgia Hunting Regu-
lations in this issue, learn the tricks of success-
ful hunting, but above all learn to be a safe
hunter.

Address: Richmond Hill, Ga. 31324

Superintendent's Telephone: (912) 756-3763

Size: 190 Acres

Elevation: 15 feet

Location: 25 miles south of Savannah, off U.S. 17 at the end of Ga. 67 spur

Distance from:

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Atlanta . . .279 Columbus . .283

Savannah

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Valdosta . .142

Facilities: 30 campsites (30W/30E), dump station,
picnic area, boat ramp, boat dock, fishing river, pioneer camp.

Ricfrpopd Hill
_--- State Park

Photo by T. Craig Martin

Ricl?rt}Gi?d Hill

by T. Craig Martin

Nestled in a bend of the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Richmond Hill State Park offers its visitors a blend of outdoor activities, exquisite natural beauty, and historic significance.
Although one of the smaller state parks, about 1 90 acres, Richmond Hill serves as a fine base for activities along Georgia's coast. Savan-
-- nah with its fine cuisine, lovely architecture,

-- and important historical sites is only about 25
miles north of the park. Fort McAllister, an im-
portant Civil War fortification, stands next to the park. And water sports, particularly Geor-
gia's fine saltwater fishing, beckon from all sides. The park itself offers 30 campsites on Savage
Island, all with water and electrical hookups. Also on the island are a comfort station with

showers and toilet facilities, a play area for children, and a boat ramp and dock on Redbird Creek. The mainland portion of the park which is connected to the island by a causeway
--includes a pioneer camping area, dump sta-
tion, picnic area, rest station, and launching ramp.
Fishing from the Ogeechee's bank usually is
productive, and boaters who head upstream will
find a variety of freshwater species. But downstream, toward the Intracoastal Waterway and the saltwater at the head of the Ogeechee, is where the speckled trout and channel bass lurk, along with black drum and sheepshead, striped bass and flounder.
Most of those who venture toward the coast,
however, will want to follow the example of
local guides, who explore these waters in big
boats with fairly high gunwales to combat the occasionally heavy waves. The water isn't always rough, but when it is, there's little use in
wishing for a sturdier craft. Freshwater tackle is fine for the inshore fish-
ing, although most locals seem to prefer slightly longer, stiffer rods to handle the heavier weights and longer lines left out between bait and bobber in trout fishing. Bait and tackle are available nearby, and guides can be found by checking
with local fish camp operators.
A sunrise over the Ogeechee seen through the
park's magnificent live oaks is a truly spectacu-
lar sight. The old gnarled trees and their tinsel of Spanish moss assume fantastic shapes in the
-- half-light shapes to stir and kindle the imagi-
nation. And in the late spring when the mag-
nolias are in bloom, all of Savage Island seems washed with a delectable scent.
Fort McAllister stands next to the park, and detracts nothing from its beauty. Unlike stone or brick forts, this massive earthwork fortification blends harmoniously with its surroundings, its curves fitting the shape of the land, its colossal strength coming from the earth itself. The Union Navy's most terrible weapons could only scratch the surface of this fort, and it was left to General Sherman to take it from behind.
There was, indeed, a standoff between Fort McAllister, the southernmost of the forts protecting Savannah, and the Union Navy's iron-

Photo by T. Craig Martin
Fort McAllister stands next to the park, and is a major attraction for its visitors. The earthwork fortification survived several attacks by the Union Navy, only to he taken from behind by General Sherman's troops.

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The park's two boat ramps provide ready access to both fresh and salt-water fishing. These
boaters entering the Ogeechee can head upriver for fresh-water species, or turn downstream toward the saltwater.
Photo by Bob Wilson

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dads. The ironclads could do little more than
rearrange the sandy slopes protecting the fort, and the fort's guns could only scratch the ironclads. Three times during 1863 ironclads and their support ships attacked the fort. Three times they were unsuccessful.
In December of 1864, however, Sherman arrived. The fort fell after a 15-minute battle that Sherman called "the handsomest thing I have
seen in this war."
During the 1930's this whole area was part of Henry Ford's 70,000 acre plantation called Richmond Hill. Here Ford attempted a "private
TVA," a huge self-help project designed to reno-
vate the area and provide work for its residents.
He helped rebuild Fort McAllister and other
local facilities, began a medical aid program, and financed several businesses that offered work to local people.
Sharp-eyed visitors can find indications of the major pre-Ford industry: moonshining. There are several pits on Savage Island that were used to store liquor, and old bottles or stoppers used in its manufacture turn up fairly regularly.
Although Richmond Hall State Park is rather small in size, it is rich in beauty and history. And it offers the water sportsman the best of two worlds, freshwater fishing upstream, salt-
water angling downstream.

Photo by Bob Wilson Photo by T. Craig Martin

Wildlife
Profiles:

By Aaron Pass
Art by Liz Carmichael Jones

The spotted skunk (Spilogale pu-
torius) is a bit smaller, being about the
size of a rabbit. The spotted skunk's body is basic black but this species
has several interrupted white stripes, giving it a blotched overall appearance.

The striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) is the larger of the two Georgia species. About the size of a small housecat, the striped skunk could hardly be mistakenly for any other native animal. It has a jet black body with two white stripes running the
length of its back, meeting at the rear of the skull. The top of the head is white, and a thin white stripe runs
down the forehead between the eyes.

These well-known members of the weasel family are found all over the state, and are popularly known as "polecats," or "civet cats" and by
other local names. (Such creatures as civets and polecats actually exist but the are native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. The first settlers mistakenly applied these names to skunks and the usages have lingered to this day.)
One peculiar feature of skunks
which lingers for a long time is their scent, which they use as a very effective defense mechanism. All members of the weasel family (including the civets and polecats) have glands which produce a strong musk, but only the skunk hase developed this apparatus to a high degree of efficiency. The
potency of skunk musk is renowned and almost always leaves a lasting impression on a victim.

Actually the skunk is a very peaceful fellow and only wishes to be left
that way. He uses his spray as a means of self defense when injured or mo-
lested, and normally gives fair warning by doing a "handstand" on his forepaws before releasing the musk. The spray is reported to have an accurate range of 10-15 feet depending on the degree of aggravation of the individual skunk. The best advice is to give skunks, particularly those doing handstands, a wide berth.
Skunks usually den in burrows abandoned by other animals, under houses, or in natural cavities in rock-
piles or the roots of a windfallen tree.
They do not hibernate, but will hole up during bad weather. Skunks have one litter of four to seven young per year, which are born blind and help-
less but are soon able to follow the mother in single file. The young be-

come independent by late summer.
Skunks, unlike their weasel relatives are not fierce and aggressive predators, but prefer to scavenge for an omnivorous diet. Skunks are relatively slow and lethargic creatures and their effective defense system leaves them few natural enemies. They do take some prey, mostly small
mammals, birds and amphibians, but they also grub for insect larvae and eat some vegetable matter. They also raid garbage cans and poultry houses when the opportunity arises.
Due to the skunk's excellent defenses and adaptibility these species
are in no danger of decline. Man
might be considered a predator on skunks, since they are commercially trapped for fur, but with present trapping regulations this predator has caused no significant decline in the state's skunk population.

Jlaltwater
with J'tyle

By T. Craig Martin
The brilliant green shape bounded over the turquoise water like a hunk of jade skipped across a farm pond. Once, twice, three times it appeared. Then the trolled balao disappeared as the line snapped out of the outrigger, and the heavy boat rod leaped into a throbbing arc. FISH ON! FISH ON! went up the cry as a waiting angler dashed to the rod in hopes of boating one of the sea's most beautiful creatures, the
dolphin.
A scene from the Florida Keys? No, this exciting moment took place only a few miles south-
east of Savannah, in an area readily available
to the many Georgians who pass up this state's
offshore fishing as they head south to the Keys or to the Gulf. The same boat on the same day landed Spanish and king mackerel, bonito, and amberjack. Cobia, bluefish, and sailfish might have been found as well. So there really is no reason to leave Georgia waters if you want to
find great saltwater fishing.

Photo by T. Craig Martin
Not convinced? Then stop by Savannah's Tidewater Marina and talk to Captain John Wegener, or any of the other skippers that sail from there. They'll tell you Georgia's offshore fishing ranks right up with the best in the world, and they might even take you out to see for
yourself.
Or follow Captain John as he takes his 41foot Hatteras out for a day off the Georgia coast. Aboard are the skipper and his wife Ruby, young First Mate Bob Edwards, Father
Wilfred Dumm of Savannah's Benedictine Mili-
tary School, Atlantan Jack Mott, and a couple
of Outdoors in Georgia staffers. A motley crew,
perhaps, but one that ought to suggest "if they can do it, I can ..."
The day begins early, with dockside assembly at 5:30 a.m., and will end fairly late, but the fishing in between makes up for the exhaustion. By 6 the Lady Barbara is under way, beginning a IVi hour cruise to the prime fishing grounds.

The course is about 125 degrees, and will carry the ship some 35-45 miles southeast of Savannah, although trolling begins within the first 20
miles.
Mrs. Wegener has soothed the landlubbers' stomachs with coffee and and donuts by the time prime fishing appears, and the mate has
rigged four trolling lines with balao while the guests napped. But by 8:30 or so the ragged bottom that fish favor has appeared on the
depth finder, and everyone musters aft to wait
for the first strike.
The rods, by the way, are heavyweight boat models, equipped with saltwater reels and 30
or 50 pound line. Two lines stream out behind
outriggers, two skim along behind the boat, which trolls about three to five miles an hour
Father Wilfred Durum had to expend more than a little effort to bring in this amberjack. The fish opens its mouth to
create tremendous drag, a drag that has to be overcome by the angler's muscle. This one went back after being tagged.
Photos by T. Craig Martin
/ for mackerel and dolphin. The bait, balao (or
"ballyhoo"), is a small billfish that has been impaled on a hook, then wired to its shaft.
Soon a line whips taut and "Father Willie" takes to the fighting chair. He's in no mean condition, this priest, but the battle soon has him sweating and puffing as he struggles to gain line on his unseen adversary. For long moments
the battle goes on: the fish hangs back, the man
agonizingly tugs the rod tip toward the sky, then drops it back as he reels frantically, then
pulls upward again. And the man wins, this
time. Slowly, very slowly, a brown and white shape takes form behind the boat, that of a fish with its mouth gaping open to form a sea anchor, a technique that creates a tremendous
obstacle for the angler.
A sad sigh goes up from those who can iden-
tify him, for it is an amberjack (Seriola
dumerili), a fish generally considered inedible,
although great sport. He's tagged and sent

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Even the glorious dolphin mounts a fine defense when hooked. Jack Moll landed his, but he earned the prize.
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back, a gesture of cooperation with studies be-
ing carried on by the Woods Hole Oceanogra-
phic Institution.
The next battle begins with an incredible leap, and there can be no doubt that the adversary is a king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla). Six feet or more into the air he slashes, tearing the line off the outrigger and carrying it singing off behind the boat. This mackerel is
less lucky than many of his fellows: so far we've
lost about ten carefully rigged balao to his kin,
and mate Bob sighs in relief as we finally hook
one.
The battle itself is not quite so grim as the struggle with the amberjack, although this king weighs about 15 pounds. His sleek shape is
made for running and leaping, not for dogged
struggle against a stiff rod and heavy line. He's
soon consigned to the live well to wait for the sharp knife that will carve him into delicious
steaks.

A few more mackerel are hung and lost, one or two brought to gaff. And then, then comes that indescribable instant when the dolphin
charges across the water at our bait: he is like an arrow of green fire, a spear of iridescent emerald, a flash of icy chartreuse. Jack Mott takes over the fighting chair and the waving rod; and he watches helplessly as the fish
speeds away against the reel's full drag, seem-
ingly unhampered by the pull of the boat or the heavy tension on the line. Finally he tires (or becomes bored) and turns back toward the Lady
Barbara. Mott spins the reel, trying to gain line
before the dolphin dashes away again; and
gains a little. So it goes for minute after minute, until the small bull dolphin finally wears down.
As he comes alongside, other colors stand out: the royal blue along his spine and dorsal fin, the green shading to yellow along his sides, the brilliant blue spots scattered along his sides.
A glorious creature, game, powerful, aggres-
sive, and, finally, exquisite food for man.
Other dolphins are landed, a couple by Mrs. Wegener, and two are brought alongside with freshwater tackle by experimenting Outdoors in Georgia staffers, only to be missed by the gaff.
One of these intrepid staffers, however, lost some 50 yards of line and his bait to something out there: it hit, turned, and ran, stopping for nothing until the anguished reel gave way and
the line popped like sewing thread. Which sug-
gests that he who fishes for offshore species with
light tackle had better be ready to absorb major losses in line and mangled equipment. But nothing that day compares with the thrill of battling those dolphin on equal terms: 14 pound line against their 20-25 pound weight, light rod against their grim strength, freshwater reel against their fiery runs. They can be bested in
such an encounter, but the man who does so
will have earned his victory.
Later in the day Captain John finds some bonito. If the dolphins are the most brilliant fighters around, the bonito are the most dogged. They also are the largest fish of the day, averaging about 25 pounds,- but it is not so much
their size as their astonishing strength that im-
presses the anglers. Again and again they wear the fishermen down, pull and haul on the line until the angler's eyes bulge and muscles cramp, until his entire body aches and sweats and strains and he forgets everything but the few inches of line that must be gained.
The bonito (Sarda sarda) is related to the tuna-- indeed some of that "tuna" sold in stores is, in fact, bonito. These are deepbodied, power-
ful fish, who specialize in long tearing runs and

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Captain John took a few moments off to land a bonito. But he
scorned the chair, preferring instead a fighting belt to hold the rod.
Photos by T. Craig Martin

bull-like resistance. And all we can think of is
"if this critter fights like this, what does a 500 pound tuna feel like?"
As the sun wanes, Captain John turns toward shore, pausing only briefly to sample the flashing schools of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus), for the tired anglers aren't eager to rig the light tackle that makes these fish a sporting proposition. As he guides the Lady Barbara in, the exhausted fishermen re-
treat into his air conditioned cabin to relax with
liquid refreshment and discuss the day's battles. An idyllic day, a day to be remembered for
years as a perfect example of the comfort and strain, relaxation and tension that combine to make offshore fishing a superb sport.
But carpets and air conditioning, handcrafted rods and teak decks are not necessary to the enjoyment of this sport. An open, but sturdy, runabout will serve as well on calm days, and a skilled angler with adequate tackle will outfish
the clumsy man with superb gear.
All that one really needs to sample Georgia's offshore fishing is a seaworthy boat with a moderately powerful engine (preferably with some sort of auxiliary power), a reliable compass, a good depth finder (to locate the ridges and dropoffs that indicate good fishing), and some fairly sturdy tackle. Heavy freshwater tackle is fine for trolling, and probably provides better sport if not as much meat. There's always the chance of losing all the gear, but that hint of danger adds a tang to the fishing.
Big spoons and feathered jigs work well for mackerel and dolphin, but balao seems the bait of choice. It's best to watch a pro rig these fish before trying it, for there's definitely a wrong way.
There are guides and charter boats available
all along the coast, but they often specialize in meat, rather than sport, fishing. They troll all day, never stopping, which forces their clients to use too-heavy tackle to combat the drag of the boat as they fight the fish. The light tackle
man will do well to reach an understanding
with the skipper before leaving port: the boat must stop-- sometimes, indeed, it must follow the hooked fish-- if light tackle is to work.
But whatever tackle he uses, or however he
chooses to reach the fishing grounds, Georgia's offshore sportsman can expect great fishing
and superb sport. All of the species mentioned
here are waiting out there, along with the true
big game fish, the billfish. There's no need to
drive or fly to exotic climes to find them; just head for Georgia's coast: an ocean of excitement stands waiting.

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Ruby Wegener and Jack Molt struggle with a pair of 15-pound bonito, a struggle that only seems a mismatch. The bonito held their own quite adequately against the heavy tackle.

Photo by T. Craig Martin

Photo by Bob Wilson

As the sun goes down and the
fishermen relax in air-conditioned comfort. Captain John heads the
Lady Barbara toward her home
berth at Savannah's Tidewater Marina.
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1973

HUNTING
REGULATIONS
&
MANAGEMENT
AREA GUIDE

GEORGIA
HUNTING REGULATIONS
Seasons and Bag Limits
PURPOSE
Georgia's hunting regulations, seasons and bag limits are set by the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Natural Resources, acting on the recommendations of the Department's trained game management specialists and experienced field personnel. License fees and general laws are determined by the Georgia General Assembly.
This book is intended as a popular guide. For the exact wording of the game laws and regulations, see the Georgia Code and the current copy of the Department of Natural
Resources, Game and Fish Division regulations on file at
all county courthouses.
LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
To pay for Georgia's wildlife conservation efforts, all
hunters 16 years of age or over are required to have a valid hunting license with them while hunting, except when hunting on lands owned by them or their immediate family residing in the same household.
Bowhunters must have a valid Bow and Arrow Hunting
license to hunt with archery tackle.
Residents who are 65 years of age or over may obtain
an honorary license free of charge by application to the License Division, Department of Natural Resources. Non-residents must have the appropriate non-resident license as shown below.
BIG GAME LICENSE Anyone who hunts deer or
turkey in Georgia must have a valid Big Game License

in addition to the regular hunting license or a Bow and Arrow License. (The regular hunting license is required for all hunting with a gun, the bow and arrow license is
required for all hunting with a bow.) Those residents specifically exempted from purchasing a regular hunting license are also exempted from purchasing a big game license. Complimentary licenses are available through the License Division, Department of Natural Resources.
Residents under 16 and over 65 and landowners hunting on their property must have complimentary deer tags issued by the License Division, Department of Natural Resources to take deer. Non-residents must purchase all
appropriate licenses, regardless of age.

LICENSE FEES

Resident Licenses

Hunting License Hunting and Fishing Combination
Bow and Arrow Hunting License
Trapping License
Big Game License

$ 4.25 7.25 3.25 5.25 3.25

Non-Resident Licenses Hunting License (10 day trip) Season Hunting License Archery License (10 day trip) Season Archery License
Big Game (season)
Public Hunting Preserve Permit Private Hunting Preserve Permit Trapping License

$15.25 25.25 12.50 25.25 10.25 5.25 12.50
100.25

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ILLEGAL HUNTING METHODS
It is illegal . . .
To hunt from a public road or road intended for public
use.
To hunt from an automobile, airplane, or power boat. To hunt while under the influence of an intoxicating
beverage.
To destroy wildlife dens or habitat to drive out game. To take deer in a stream or lake. To use pits, cages (except in legal trapping), drugs,
poisons, chemicals, smoke, gas, explosives, fitchew,
artificial light or mechanical device, other than a
firearm or bow and arrow to hunt game. To trap wildlife except those specified in the trapping
regulations in this state.
To use an electronic call to take game birds or animals. To use an electronic call to take fox. To hunt game birds or animals over bait. To sell, offer to sell, buy, or offer to buy any wildlife. To hold any wild game animal in captivity without a
permit.
To import any wildlife and stock it into the wild. To hunt on the lands of another without permission. To hunt or have a firearm in a state or federal park. To discharge a firearm on Sunday, except as provided
by Georgia Law. (26-9919).

GENERAL REGULATIONS

LEGAL HOURS Except as specifically provided, legal
hunting hours for all game birds and game animals shall

begin thirty (30) minutes before sunrise and close thirty (30) minutes after sunset on all open dates.
WANTON WASTE It shall be unlawful for any person
to kill or cripple any game bird or game animal without making a reasonable effort to retrieve the game and in-
clude it in his daily bag limit.
HUNTING ACCIDENTS Any person who causes or
is involved in a hunting accident in which a human being is killed or injured by means of a firearm or bow and
arrow must identify himself, give what assistance he can to the victim, and immediately report the accident to the
nearest office of the Department of Natural Resources,
Game and Fish Division, State Patrol, or county sheriff's

office.

REQUIRED CLOTHING: Every person hunting deer in

Georgia during the open season for firearms hunting shall

be required to wear outer garments of daylight fluorescent

A orange color.

total of 500 square inches of daylight

fluorescent orange material is required as an outer garment, above the waistline, and including the head cover-

ing.

MAXIMUM LIMITS

The maximum number of deer which may be killed by any person during the entire season on State managed hunts is two (2), only one of which may be taken on any one managed hunt.
The maximum number of deer that may be killed by
any person by any means during the entire open and managed seasons shall be two (2), only one of which may
be a doe.
The maximum number of turkey that may be killed by
any person by any means during the entire open and managed seasons shall be two (2).

REPORTING KILL
Each deer and each wild turkey killed must be reported
in writing to the Department of Natural Resources, Game
and Fish Division, within five days after killing.

TAGGING KILL
Every person killing a deer shall, before removing the carcass from the place of kill, detach from his license the appropriate tag and shall attach such tag to the carcass of his kill. The tag shall be properly filled out and shall remain on the deer at- all times until it has been processed for consumption. It shall be unlawful for any person to
have possession of a deer that is not properly tagged. Any
deer found not properly tagged will be confiscated, and the person in possession thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law.
No private or commercial cold storage plant, processing
plant, or carrier shall accept for storage, processing, ship-
ment or for any other purposes, any deer that is not prop-

erly tagged. Any deer found at any place or in the pos-
session of any person, that is not properly tagged, shall be confiscated, and the person in possession theseof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law.
Deer tags are not transferable nor can they be re-used.
PROOF OF SEX OF DEER The head of all deer shall
remain on the carcass until such time as the carcass is processed or surrendered to a storage facility for processing or storage.
The killing of antlerless deer in this State is illegal at any time except in areas as specifically provided in this regulation. It shall be illegal and a violation of this regulation for any person to knowingly possess the meat of any deer which has been killed illegally in this State or in any other state. It shall be illegal for any person to knowingly conceal the illegal killing of any deer by any person or persons whether by accident or otherwise.
FIREARMS LAWS/LEGAL HUNTING WEAPONS DEER WEAPONS Firearms for hunting deer are
limited to 20 gauge shotguns or larger loaded with slugs or buckshot, muzzle loading rifles of .40 caliber or larger, or to rifles using any center fire cartridge .22 caliber or above with the following exceptions: .218 Bee; .22 Hornet;
25-20; .256 Magnum; .30 cal. Army carbine; 32-20; 32-40; .357 Magnum; .38 Special; 38-40; and 44-40.
PRIMITIVE WEAPONS Those weapons which may
be used during primitive weapons hunts shall include: long bows, muzzle loading rifles of .40 caliber or larger and muzzle loading shotguns of 20 gauge or above. Muzzle loading shotguns must be loaded with single ball ammunition for deer.
SMALL GAME AND VARMINTS Firearms for hunt-
ing small game and non-game species shall be limited to shotguns with No. 4 shot or smaller, .22 rimfire rifles, the .30 cal. Army carbine, the 32-20, or any center fire rifles
with bore diameter of .257 or smaller, ajl caliber pistols, muzzle loading firearms and long bows, except on management areas.
PLUG SHOTGUNS When hunting wildlife, shotguns
must be plugged to limit them to a capacity of not more than three (i) shells in the magazine and chamber combined. The plug must be a one-piece metal or wooden plug, incapable of being removed through the loading end of the magazine.
BOWS/ARCHERY Long bows for the purpose of tak-
ing deer and turkey shall be legal during the regular hunt-
ing season and must have a minimum recognized pull of 40 pounds at 28 inches. Arrows must be broadhead type
% with a minimum width of inches.
The use of cross bows or compound bows for hunting
within this State is prohibited.
FIREARMS ON ARCHERY HUNTS It shall be ille-
gal for any archery hunter to have in his possession any type of firearm while hunting with bow and arrow during
archery season. Bows may be used during the regular fire-
arms deer season, but hunters must abide by firearms bag
limits.
REGULATED AREAS
CLOSED AREAS All counties or parts of counties not
specifically opened by law or regulation are closed to the taking of game birds and game animals.
Counties listed as being open for hunting do not include those portions of the county or counties lying within game management areas, except when such management areas are specifically open.
STATE AND FEDERAL PARKS Hunting on or the
possession of firearms on any State or Federal Park is hereby prohibited.
GAME MANAGEMENT AREAS All game manage-
ment areas are closed to the taking of any wildlife except during special seasons.
The possession of firearms or bows within any game management area shall be prohibited except as otherwise
provided by law or regulation.
The transportation of loaded firearms in or upon motor vehicles within public game management areas is hereby
prohibited.
For more information on the hunt schedule and regulations applying to Wildlife Management Areas, consult "Georgia Wildlife Management Area Regulations 197374" elsewhere in this booklet.

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WARNING
Hunting Without Permission It is illegal to hunt on private property without first obtaining permission from the owner. Wildlife
rangers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs all actively enforce this law. If you are questioned while hunting on the lands of another, you should be able to prove that you have permission to hunt, although
written permission is not required. Many timber
companies will allow hunting on their lands, but require hunters to pick up a free permit or to notify the company of the names and addresses of persons in your hunting party, exactly where you plan to
hunt and how long.
WILDLIFE REGULATIONS
GAME ANIMALS The following animals are hereby
proclaimed and declared to be game animals and are protected except during the specified open hunting seasons: all members of the family Alligatoridae and Crocodylidae, Bear, Deer, Opossum, Rabbit. Raccoon, Sea Turtles and their eggs, and squirrel.
GAME BIRDS The following birds are hereby pro-
claimed and declared to be game birds and are protected except during specified open hunting seasons: Turkey,
Quail, Grouse, Doves, Hybrid-Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus talischenis), Duck, Geese, Brant, Rails, Red Jungle Fowl, Gallinules, Coots, Woodcock, and Snipe.
FUR BEARING ANIMALS The following animals
are hereby proclaimed and declared to be fur bearing animals and are protected except during specified open trapping seasons: Mink, Otter, Muskrat, Skunk and Weasel.
TOTALLY PROTECTED SPECIES Those species of
wildlife which are totally protected and may not be taken
at any time, by any means, except as specifically provided, include: all members of the family Alligatoridae and Crocodylidae, Bears, Cougar (Felis concolor), all birds of the order Raptores (Hawks and Eagles), and Sea Turtles and their eggs.
UNPROTECTED SPECIES Those species of wildlife
which are unprotected and may be taken at any time in-
clude: Armadillos, Beaver, Bobcat, Coyotes, Fox, English Sparrows and Starlings.
POSSESSION. SALE OR TRANSPORTATION OF ALLIGATORS AND THEIR HIDES No per
son shall buy, sell or possess any untanned hide or skin from an animal of the family Alligatoridae and Crocodylidae within this State, whether or not such hide or skin was taken within this State or elsewhere. All such hides and skins are declared to be contraband and shall be seized and disposed of as directed by the Director.
No members of the family Alligatoridae or
Crocodylidae shall be transported into this State from any place in which the taking of such species is prohibited. All such species are hereby declared to be contraband and shall be seized and disposed
of as directed by the Director. Any person found
in possession of such species shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law.
IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE Any person, firm or
corporation desiring to import any live wildlife into this State from any point outside this State must first file with
the Department of Natural Resources, Game and Fish
Division an application to import such wildlife. Wildlife that the Department approves for importation into this State shall first be certified by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture as being disease and parasite free. The wildlife must then be held in quarantine for at least twenty (20) days. At the end of this period, wildlife shall be inspected by a wildlife biologist from the Department of
Natural Resources, Game and Fish Division who shall
determine the health and well being of the wildlife at that time. If such wildlife are not deemed an undesirable species, a holding permit will be issued after the above re-
quirements are met. No wildlife shall be imported into
this State by any person, firm, or corporation for release
into the wild.

MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
Seasons and bag limits for migratory game birds are set each year in compliance with Federal guidelines and are not available until August. Information on those seasons will be available by Sept. 1, 1973.
HUNTING SEASONS
ALLIGATOR No open season. BEAR No open season. DEER Archery The open season for hunting deer with bow and arrow in Game Zones I, la. II, III, IV and V,
shall be from September 29 through October 27, 1973, in any county, or part thereof, having a legal firearms deer season. Bag limit is two (2) bucks or one (1) buck and one (1) doe. Hunting with dogs prohibited except in such areas and during such times as dogs are legal under firearms hunting regulations.
Exception: The open season for hunting deer with bow and arrow in Game Zone VI shall be from September 29
through October 19, 1973, in any county, or part thereof having a legal firearms deer season. Bag limit is two (2) bucks or one (1) buck and one (1) doe. Hunting with dogs
prohibited.
Notice: Archery equipment may be used during fire-
arms hunts, however, all hunters must abide by firearms
regulations as to bag limits.
DEER Firearms GAME ZONE I (see map): Open sea-
son November 3 through November 24, 1973. Bag limit two (2) bucks. Hunting with dogs prohibited. The following counties in Game Zone I are closed to the taking of deer except as otherwise provided: That portion of Bartow and Cherokee Counties between Knox Bridge and McKasky Creek lying south of Ga. Highway #20 to Lake Allatoona; also that portion of Cherokee County bounded on the north by Ga. #20, on the east by Ga. #5, and on the west by Lake Allatoona; Catoosa, Murray, Pickens, that portion of Walker County bounded on the north by
Ga. # 193, on the west by Hog Jaw Road and Cove Road,
on the south by Ga. #239 and the Chattooga-Walker County line, on the east by Bronco Road, and Whitfield County. The counties of Fulton, DeKalb, and Cobb are
also closed to the taking of deer.
GAME ZONE I-A (see maplsOpen season November
3 through December 1, 1973. Bag limit two (2) bucks. Hunting with dogs prohibited. Provided however that Hart County shall be closed to the taking of deer.
GAME ZONE II (see map): Open season November 3
through December 1, 1973 in all counties in Game Zone
II, except Bibb and Clayton Counties. Bag limit two (2) bucks. Hunting with dogs prohibited.
GAME ZONE II (see map): Bonus Hunt. The follow-
ing counties in Game Zone II will be open for a bonus
hunt December 26, 1973 through January 1, 1974: Baldwin, Bleckley, Butts, Clarke. Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Elbert, Fayette, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Harris, Heard, Henry, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lincoln, Macon, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, McDuffie, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Peach, Pike, Pulaski, Putnam, Richmond, Rockdale, Schley, Spalding, Talbot, Taliaferro, Taylor, Troup, Twiggs, Upson, Walton, Warren, Wilkes and Wilkinson. Bag limit two (2) bucks. Hunting
with dogs prohibited.
GAME ZONE II (see map): Either Sex Hunt. The fol-
lowing counties in Game Zone II will be open for the
taking of deer of either sex on December 1, 1973 and January 1, 1974: Baldwin, Butts, Columbia, Crawford, Glascock. Hancock, Henry, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lincoln, Macon, Monroe, McDuffie Newton, Putnam, Spalding. Talbot, Taliaferro, Taylor. Twiggs. Upson, Warren, Wilkes and Wilkinson. Bag limit two (2) bucks or one (1) buck and one (1) doe. Hunting with dogs prohibited.
GAME ZONE II (see map): Either Sex Hunt. The fol-
lowing counties in Game Zone II will be open for the
taking of deer of either sex on December 1, 1973: Green, Morgan, Oglethorpe and Pike. Bag limit two (2) bucks or one (1) buck and one (1) doe. Hunting with dogs pro-
hibited.
GAME ZONE III (see map): November 3, 1973 through
January 1, 1974. Bag limit two (2) bucks. Hunting with
dogs permitted in Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty,
Early, Grady, Mitchell, Seminole and Thomas Counties.
GAME ZONE III (see map): Eithej Sex Hunt. The fol-
lowing counties in Game Zone III will be open for the
taking of deer of either sex for two days, December 31,

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1973 and January 1, 1974: Chattahoochee and Muscogee. Bag limit two (2) bucks or one (1) buck and one (1) doe.

Hunting with dogs prohibited.

Hunting with dogs prohibited in Muscogee, Chattahoo-

chee, Randolph, Clay, Quitman and Miller Counties.
GAME ZONE III (see map): Either Sex. The following

nties shall be open for the taking of deer of either sex on January 1, 1974: Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty and Thomas. Bag limit two (2) bucks or one (1) buck and one

(1) doe. Hunting with dogs allowed. Hunting with dogs will be allowed from December 17,

1973 through January 1, 1974 in Marion, Stewart, Terrell

and Webster Counties.
GAME ZONE IV: November 3 through November 24,

1973 in the following counties: that portion of Dodge County lying west of Georgia Highway 230 and north of

U.S. Highway 280; and that portion lying south of U.S. Highway 280 and west of Georgia Highway 117 southwest of Rhine, Georgia; Dooly, Laurens, Lee, Montgom-

ery, Sumter, Telfair, Wheeler and Wilcox. Bag limit two

(2) bucks. Hunting with dogs prohibited except as herein provided. Treutlen County closed to the taking of deer at

any time.

Johnson County shall be open for still hunting deer November 3 through January 1, 1974. Dogs will be allowed in that portion of Johnson County lying east of the Ohoopee River from December 3, 1973 to January 1,

1974. Bag limit two (2) bucks.

Hunting with dogs allowed in that portion of Wilcox County lying east of U.S. Highway 129 and north of U.S. Highway 280 on November 22, 23 and 24. 1973.

That portion of Dodge County lying west of Georgia

Highway 230 and north of U.S. Highway 280 shall be open for the taking of deer with dogs on November 22,

23 and 24, 1973.
GAME ZONE V: November 3, 1973 through Decem-

ber 1, 1973 in the following counties as provided herein:

Appling, Atkinson, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Coffee, Col-

quitt, that portion of Echols County lying west of the

Alapaha River, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lanier, except that por-

tion lying north of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad and east of the Alapaha River and southeast of U.S. Highway

221, Lowndes, Tift and Worth. Bag limit two (2) bucks. Hunting with dogs prohibited.

Hunting with dogs allowed in Colquitt County on November 9 and 10 and November 23 and 24, 1973. Bag

limit two (2) bucks.

October 20, 1973 through January 1, 1974 in the fol-

lowing counties as provided herein: Clinch County, except

that portion lying in the southwest corner of the County,

bordered on the north by the Seaboard Coastline Rail-

road and on the east by Suwannoochee Creek, and ex-

cept that portion lying north of Arabia Bay Wildlife Management Area and between U.S. Highway 221 and

U.S. Hughway 441, all of which exceptions are closed; Echols County east of U.S. Highway 129 and south of

Georgia Highway 187; and Lanier County north of the

Seaboard Coastline Railroad and east of the Alapaha

River and southeast of U.S. Highway 221. Bag limit two

(2) bucks. Hunting with dogs allowed. November 26 through December 1, 1973 in that por-
tion of Atkinson County lying south of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad and east of U.S. Hwy. 221; that portion of Berrien County lying east of U.S. Hwy. 129, south of the Alapaha River, north of Ga. Hwy. 76 and west of Ga. Hwy. 135. Bag limit two (2) bucks. Hunting with dogs

allowed.

October 20 through November 17, 1973 in Ware Coun-

ty, except that portion lying north of U.S. 82 and those

portions lying within the outermost boundaries of Way-

WMA, cross State Forest

which portions are closed to

deer hunting. Bag limit two (2) bucks. Hunting with dogs

allowed.
GAME ZONE VI: October 20, 1973 through January
1, 1974. All counties in Game Zone VI will be open with
the following exceptions: that portion of Charlton County lying northwest of the Okefenokee Swamp, which is

closed; that portion of Pierce County lying west of U.S.
#82 and Pleasant Hill Church Road: that portion of
Pierce County lying in the northeast corner bounded on
the west by U.S. #82 and on the south by Ga. #32, and

that portion of Pierce County lying in the southeast cor-
ner bounded on the east by Ga. #15 and on the west by

U.S. #82, which portions are closed; that portion of
Wayne County lying west of Jesup which is bounded on

the north by Ga. #169 and on the south by U.S. #82,
which is closed. Bag limit two (2) bucks. Hunting with dogs allowed.
November 1 through 24, 1973 in Toombs County. Dog hunting will be allowed only in that portion of Toombs County lying south of Georgia Highway 107 and 56. Bag
limit two (2) bucks.
GAME ZONE VI (see map): Either Sex Hunt. The fol-
lowing counties in Game Zone VI will be open for the
taking of deer of either sex on January 5, 1974: Burke, Effingham, Jefferson, Jenkins, Screven and Washington. Bag limit two (2) bucks or one (1) buck and one (1) doe. Hunting with dogs prohibited. Emanuel County closed to deer hunting.
The marshes and islands lying east of the Intercoastal Waterway in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Glynn, Liberty and Mclntoch Counties will be open for the taking of deer of either sex on October 20 through January 1, 1974. Bag limit two (2) bucks or one (1) buck and one (1) doe. Hunting with dogs allowed: provided however, that Sapelo and Blackbeard Islands are closed to all hunting
except as otherwise specifically provided.
FOX There shall be no closed season on the taking of
fox.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take any fox, within the State, by use or aid of recorded calls or sounds or recorded or electronically ampli-
fied imitations of calls or sounds.
GROUSE October 13, 1973 through February 28,
1974. Bag limit three (3) daily; possession limit six (6).
WILD HOGS Hogs are considered non-game animals
in Georgia. They are legally the property of the landowner, and cannot be hunted without his permission, except on public lands. Firearms are limited to shotguns with Number 4 shot or smaller, .22 rimfire rifles, center-
fire rifles with bore diameter .257 or smaller, the .30 cal.
Army Carbine, the .32/20, all caliber pistols, muzzle
loading firearms and bows and arrows.
OPOSSUM October 13, 1973 through February 28,
1974 in Carroll, Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Barrow, Jackson, Madison, Elbert, and all counties north of those
listed. No bag limit. Night hunting allowed.
All counties south of the above named counties are
open year round for the taking of opossum. No bag limit.
Night hunting allowed.
QUAIL November 20, 1973 through February 28,
1974. Statewide season. Bag limit twelve (12) daily; pos-
session limit thirty-six (36).
RABBIT November 20. 1973 through February 28,
1974, in all counties, statewide. Bag limit ten (10) daily.
RACCOON October 13, 1973 through February 28,
1974 in Carroll, Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Barrow, Jackson, Madison, Elbert and all counties north of those listed. Bag limit one (1) per night per person. Night hunting allowed. All counties south of the above named counties
are open year round for the taking of raccoon. No bag
limit. Night hunting allowed.
SEA TURTLES There is no open season on sea turtles
and their eggs.
SQUIRREL (1) August 18 through September 8, and
October 13, 1973 through February 28, 1974 in Harris, Talbot, Upson, Monroe, Jones, Baldwin, Hancock, Warren, McDuffie and Columbia Counties and all counties lying north of these counties. Bag limit ten (10) daily.
(2) October 20, 1973 through February 28, 1974 statewide. Bag limit ten (10) daily.
TURKEY November 20, 1973-February 28, 1974 in
Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Early, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas Counties. Bag limit two (2) Turkey. NOTE: Spring Gobbler Seasons for 1974 will not be set until February 1974. Information on these dates and hunts will be available from the Public Relations and
Information Division by February 15, 1974.
TRAPPING SEASONS
TRAPPING Raccoons may not be trapped in Carroll,
Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Barrow, Jackson, Madison, and Elbert Counties or any county lying north of these counties. There shall be no closed season for the trapping of raccoon in any of the counties south of the above listed counties. The trapping season for opossum, muskrat, otter, mink and skunk shall be November 20, 1973 through February 28, 1974. There shall be no closed season on the

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trapping of fox, bobcat or beaver in this State. No other wildlife except those specified may be trapped at any time
within this State.
The use of traps on any wildlife management area by
any persons not authorized by the Game and Fish Divi-
sion, Department of Natural Resources, is hereby pro-
hibited.
FUR, HIDE AND PELT REPORTS Within ten (10)
days after the close of trapping season, all trappers must report the number of furs, hides or pelts which have been taken during the open season and the person, firm or
corporation to whom sold. Such reports must be made to: Department of Natural Resources, Game and Fish Divi-
sion, Trinity-Washington Street Building, 270 Washington Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334.
EXPORTATION OF FURS, HIDES OR PELTS Any
person, firm or corporation who shall ship, transport or
otherwise convey any furs, hides or pelts from any point within this State to any point outside this State shall file with the Department a written report of the number and type of furs, hides or pelts exported from this State and name and address of the person, firm or corporation to
whom such furs, hides or pelts were shipped. Such reports
must be submitted at least three (3) days prior to shipment, and failure to submit such a report will result in revocation of license in addition to criminal proceedings.
Any furs, hides or pelts shipped, transported or otherwise
conveyed from any point inside this State to any point outside this State contrary to any provisions of these regulations shall be declared contraband and seized and disposed of as provided by law.
SPECIAL PERMITS
TRAINING DOGS Any resident or non-resident who
trains hunting dogs in this State must first meet the following requirements:
(a) Must possess a valid hunting license .
(b) No firearms, axes, climbers or other equipment for taking game may be carried or possessed, except hand guns with blank or solid ball ammunition may be carried
for training pointing dogs only.
(c) The running *of deer with dogs except during the lawful open season for hunting deer with dogs is pro-
hibited.
(d)No game may be taken by any means except during
the lawful open seasons.
FIELD TRIAL PERMITS Applications to conduct
field or retriever trials must be made to the Director of
the Game and Fish Division not less than two (2) weeks
prior to the proposed trial.
Permits granted for conducting field or retriever trials must be posted at the hunt headquarters or in that area where scores from the hunts are posted.
Specified wildlife may be pursued by dogs under control, but may not be taken except during the lawful open
seasons.
The Director shall have the right to reject any application when, in his opinion, it is in the best interest of wild-
life conservation.
No field or retriever trials shall be held within this State
without first obtaining the permit required by this regula-
tion.
Non-residents competing in licensed field trials will not be required to obtain a non-resident hunting license for competing.
TAXIDERMIST PERMIT A taxidermist permit shall
be required of all persons engaging in the preservation or mounting of any wildlife or any parts thereof. This permit shall authorize the holder thereof to have in his possession at his place of business any wildlife legally caught, killed or taken, for the sole purpose of preserving or mounting such wildlife.
Taxidermists shall keep a written record of all wildlife
received by them, showing the name and address of the owner, number and species and the date received. All such reports and specimens shall at all times be available for inspection by any representative of the Department of
Natural Resources, Game and Fish Division.
A special permit is required before mounting any total-
ly protected species.
There shall be no charge for the permit.

MILITARY POSTS
Information regarding the regulations for hunting on
Military installations may be obtained by writing the
Provost-Marshal at the respective posts.
FORT BENNING
Deer: (Firearms) Either Sex. December 15, 1973 through January 1, 1974. Hunters will be allowed to take one buck and one doe, or two bucks. Each antlerless deer must be tagged on the date killed at the Fort Benning checking station with a special antlerless deer tag. During deer season, only pointing and retrieving dogs will be
allowed.
FORT GORDON
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates September 29 through October 19, 1973. Bag limit two (2) bucks or one (1) buck and one (1) doe.
(2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates October
20, 1973 through January 1. 1974. Hunters will be al-
lowed to take two buck deer with visible antlers. No dog
hunting will be allowed.
(3) Deer: (Firearms) Either Sex. Open dates November 22, 1973 through November 24, 1973 and December 26, 1973 through January 1, 1974. Hunters may take one
deer of either sex. No hunting with dogs allowed.
(4) All hunters are subject to post regulations. All hunt-
ing is by permit only. Check with Provost Marshal's Office before hunting. Each deer killed must be tagged with a deer tag on date killed at the Fort Gordon checking sta-
tion.
FORT STEWART
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates September 29 through October 19, 1973. Bag limit two (2) bucks or one (1) doe and one (1) buck.
(2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates October 20, 1973 through January 1, 1974. Hunters may take two (2) buck deer.
(3) Deer: (Firearms) Either Sex. Open dates November 19 through 24, 1973, and December 17, 1973 through January 1, 1974. Hunters may take one (1) deer of either
sex.
(4) General Regulations. All hunters must comply with current Fort Stewart hunting regulations as well as applicable Federal and State hunting regulations. Special safety regulations must be complied with. All hunting is by permit only. All hunters must check in with the Provost Marshal Reservation Enforcement Section before and after hunting. Hunting with dogs is prohibited except that bird dogs or retrievers may be used to hunt upland game birds (other than wild turkey) and waterfowl. Use or possession of buckshot is prohibited.

REPORT VIOLATORS

Because Georgia's wildlife belongs to everyone, the
game law violator is a thief. You can help preserve Geor-
gia's wildlife by reporting violations, along with the car tag number on the violator's car, a brief description, the location, time, and other helpful information. Rangers
may be reached by calling the nearest district office of
the Division, your local sheriff or police department, or
the ranger's home.

Game and Fish Division offices and their telephone
numbers are:

Albany Atlanta Brunswick Calhoun Cordele Ft. Valley
Gainesville
Macon
Manchester Metter Richmond Hill
Thomson Walton Waycross

912-435-0068 404-656-3510 912-265-1552 404-629-8674 912-273-8945 912-825-8248 404-536-6062 912-742-1335 404-846-2541 912-685-2145 912-756-3336 404-595-4211 404-557-2227 912-283-6639

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1973-74 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA REGULATIONS

MANAGED HUNTS SCHEDULE
(Hunts marked "QH" with a number are limited quota hunts. Number of hunters allowed is indicated. Hunters
will be determined by drawings in advance of the hunt. For details on each area, consult the directory.)

DEER HUNTS

A reus

PRIMITIVE WEAPONS

B. F. Grant (Either Sex)
Buliard Creek (Either Sex)
Chickasawhatchee (Either Sex) (QH 400)
*Clark Hill (Buck Only)
(Either Sex)
Coleman River (Either Sex) Johns Mtn. (Eilher Sex) (QH 500) Suwannoochee (Either Sex) Warwoman (Either Sex)

Dales
Nov. 5-10 Nov. 19-24 Nov. 9-10 Oct. 29-31 Nov. 1-2 Dec 31-Jan. 5 Jan. 3-4 Nov. 19-24 Oct. 22-27

ARCHERY (EITHER SEX)

Alapaha Allatoona Berry College Blue Ridge
Brunswick Pulp & Paper
Buliard Creek Cedar Creek Chickasawhatchee Clark Hill Johns Mtn. Lake Russell
Oaky Woods
Ocmulgee
Ogeechee
Piedmont National (Federal) Blackbeard Island (Federal)
Wassaw Island (Federal)
Ft. Gordon
Ft. Stewart

Nov. 5-10 Oct. 22-27 Nov. 12-17 Nov. 5-10 Sept. 29-Oct. 20 Oct. 29-Nov. 3 Nov. 7-10 Oct. 26-27 Oct. 29-Nov. 2 Oct. 8-13 Oct. 15-20 Oct. 13-27
(Fri., Sat. onlv) Oct 13-27
(Wed.,Thurs.,Sat.) Oct. 10-27
(Wed, Fri., Sat.)
Oct. 1-13 Oct. 16-19 Nov. 20-23 Dec. 27-29 Nov. 20-23 Dec. 11-14 Sept. 29-Oct. 19
Sept. 29-Oct. 19

FIREARMS (BUCK ONLY)

Alapaha Allatoona (QH 600) Arabia Bay Berry College (QH 600) B. F. Grant Blue Ridge
Brunswick Pulp & Paper
Buliard Creek Cedar Creek Chattahoochee Chestatee
Chickasawhatchee (QH 400)
Clark Hill Cohutta
Coleman River Lake Burton Lake Russell (QH 1000) Oaky Woods
Ocmulgee
Ogeechee
Pigeon Mtn. Suwannoochee
Swallow Creek
Warwoman
Waycross Piedmont National (Federal) (QH 500)
Ft. Gordon
Ft. Stewart

Nov. 26-Dec. 1 Nov. 26, 27, 28 Oct. 29-Nov. 3
Oct. 29,30, 31 Nov. 19-24 Nov. 19-24
Oct. 20-Jan. 1 Dec. 3-8 Nov. 19-24 Nov. 19-24 Nov. 26-Dec 1 Nov. 16-17, Dec. 7-8 Nov. 19-24 Nov. 26-Dec. 1 Nov. 19-24 Nov. 26-Dec. 1 Nov. 26-Dec. 1 Nov. 19-24 Dec. 12-15 Nov. 3. Nov. 5-10 Nov. 21-24 Nov. 3. Nov. 5-10 Nov. 19-24 Dec. 3-8 Dec. 17-22 Dec. 31-Jan. 5 Nov. 26-Dec. 1 Nov. 26-Dec. 1 Dec. 3-8 Oct. 22-27 Oct. 20-Jan. 1
Oct. 20-Jan. 1

FIREARMS (ANTLERLESS)

A reas Allatoona (QH 300) B. F. Grant (QH 700) Cedar Creek (QH 1200) Clark Hill (QH 300)
Lake Burton (QH 500) Oakv Woods (500 hunter limit) Ocmulgee (QH 500)

Dates Jan. 1 Dec. 11,15 Jan. 4-5 Dec. 8 Jan. 12 Dec. 21-22 Dec. 8

FIREARMS (EITHER SEX)

Cedar Creek (QH 300 prs.) Father Son Hunt Piedmont National (Federal) (QH 2000)
Ft. Benning Ft. Gordon
Ft. Stewart

Dec. 27. 28 2' Nov. 3. 10, 17 Dec. 15-Jan. 1 Nov. 22-24 Dec. 26-Jan. 1 Nov. 19-24 Dec. 17-Jan. 1

See full explanation under this area elsewhere in guide.

SMALL GAME

Alapaha--Jan. 5-19; Feb. 2-16
-- Allatoona State Seasons -- Albanv Nursery Dove only on Wednesdays during both seasons -- Arabia Bay--Jan. 5-19; Feb. 2-16
Baldwin Stale Forest Slate Seasons

Btrrv College-- Dec. 22-29; Jan. 12-26
B. F Grant-- Aug. 18-Sept. 5; Oct. 13-31; Dec. 19-Jan. 30
(Wed. & Sat. only)

-- -- Blue Ridge-- Aug. 18-31; Oct. 15-Nov. 2; Dec. 3-31; Jan. 14-Feb. 16
Brunswick Pulp & Paper State Seasons Mon.-Sat.

Buliard Creek--Jan. 5-19; Feb. 2-16

Cedar Creek-- Aug. 18-Sept. 8; Dec. 1-22; Jan. 9-Feb. 28

(Wed., Fri., Sat.)

Chattahoochee--Aug. 18-31; Dec. 3-31; Jan. 19-Feb. 23

-- -- Chestatee-- Aug. 18-31; Dec. 3-31; Feb. 1-23
Chickasawhatchee Dove Only Sat. during first season. Other small

game Jan 4-5; Jan. 18-19; Feb. 1-2; Feb. 15-16

Clark Hill-- Aug. 18-Sept. 8; Nov. 28-Dec. 5; Dec. 12-Feb. 28
(Wed. & Sal. only)

-- Cohutta-- Dec. 8-29; Jan. 12-19; Feb. 9-23
Coleman River Aug. 18-Sept. 8; Dec. 3-Jan. 31

Cooper's Creek--Aug. 18-Sept. 8; Nov. 26-Jan. 31; Feb. 9-23
-- Coosawattee Dec. 3-Jan. 12 -- Fendig (Rayonier) Area Jan. 5-19; Feb. 2-16 -- Grand Bay Slate Seasons

Mm.-- Johns

Dec. 22-29; Jan. 12-26

Lake Burto"-- Aug. 18-31; Dec. 3-Jan. 5; Feb. 9-23

Lake Russell-- Aug. 18-31; Dec. 3-Jan. 5
-- Lake Seminole State Seasons -- Little River State Seasons

-- -- Little Satilla--Jan. 5-19; Feb. 2-16
Oakv Woods Sat. only First Dove Season

-- -- Dec. 5-8; Dec. 29-Feb. 28 (Wed. & Sat. only)
Ocmulgee Sat. onlv First Dove Season

-- -- Dec. 12-Feb. 28 (Wed. & Sat. only)
Ogeechee Sat only First Dove Season

-- & Aug. 15-Sept. 8; Dec. 5-Feb. 28 (Wed. Sat. only)
Pigeon Mtn. Dec. 22-29; Jan. 12-26

Mtn-- Rich

Dec. 3-Jan. 12; Feb. 9-23

-- Suwannoochee Jan. 7-19; Feb. 2-16

-- Swallow Creek-- Aug. 18-Sept. 8; Oct. 14-Nov. 2; Dec. 3-31
Talking Rock Dec. 3-Jan 13
Warwoman--Aug. 18-31; Dec. 3-29: Feb. 9-23

Waycross--Jan. 3-5: Jan. 10-12; Jan. 17-19; Feb. 2-16
-- Whitesburg State Seasons -- -- Piedmont National (Federal) Squirrel Aug. 18-Sept. 8 (No Sunday)

Quail and Squirrel--Nov. 20-Feb. 28
(Tues. & Sat. only)

MAPS
Maps of the various game management areas will be available at the checking station during the hunts, or from any office of the Game and Fish Division in advance.

FIRE SAFETY
Since many of the areas are leased for public hunting from private timberland owners, at no cost to hunters,
hunters using the areas are urged to be especially careful with (ires by cautiously extinguishing all discarded
matches, cigarettes, and camp fires.

GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS OF ALL MANAGEMENT AREAS:
(1) Hunters on management areas during small game hunts will be restricted to the possession of pointing and
retriever dogs only, except as otherwise provided. All dogs
entering wildlife management areas will be kept on a leash except when hunting, and hunters must remove their dogs from the area when they check out.
(2) Vehicles and effects are subject to being searched for illegal game.
(3) Persons under the influence of intoxicants will be barred from hunting.
(4) Hunting within 200 yards of any building, main road, and pastures or fields containing livestock is prohibited. Carrying loaded firearms in, or shooting from automobiles is prohibited. Target practice is prohibited on
all areas.
(5) During the managed deer hunts, children under 12 years of age will not be allowed to go on managed areas; those between the ages of 12 and 16 must be accompanied
by an adult.
(6) No person shall be eligible to receive a permit who
has been convicted of a violation of game laws, rules or
regulations, within three years prior to the hunt.
(7) Each hunter killing a deer must immediately stop
hunting and report same on date killed to the State Game & Fish Division checking station on the area.

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(8) All management area gates, except those at the checking station will be kept closed and may not be used
for access.
(9) Shotguns must be plugged to limit them to a capacity of throe shells for all wildlife. Firearms for hunting
are limited to 20 gauge shotguns or larger loaded with slugs, muzzle loading rifles .40 caliber or larger, or
using any center fire cartridge with expanding bullet 2 caliber or above with the following exceptions: .218
Bee: .22 Hornet: 25-20; .256 Magnum; .30 cal. Army carbine; 32-20; 32-40; .357 Magnum: .38 Special; 38-40; and 44-40. No hunter will be allowed to use or possess buckshot while hunting on a Wildlife Management Area.
Firearms for small game shall be limited to shotguns loaded with No. 4 shot or smaller, .22 rimfire rifles, .30 army carbine, 32-20 or any center fire rifle with bore diameter of .257 or smaller, muzzle loading firearms, pistols, or bow and arrow with blunt points.
(10) Upon violation of any game law, rule or regula-
tion, permittee shall be expelled immediately from the management area and prosecuted.
(11) Check-in time on all big game hunts will be from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the day before the hunt opens and
daily during the hunts from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. No one per-
son will be allowed to check in more than 12 persons. All hunters must check out by 8 p.m. on the last day of the hunt. All hunters will be required to leave their big game licence at the checking station.
(12) Pre-hunt scouting and camping will be allowed on the two days immediately prior to the hunt opening on all areas, except as specifically provided herein.
(13) All hunt camps must be removed no later than 12 Noon one day after the hunt closes. Camping in, or driving motor vehicles upon food plantings will be pro-
hibited.
(14) There shall be a limit of two deer per hunter per
year on all State Managed Areas: only one of which may be killed on any one Managed Hunt.
(15) All motor vehicles whether used for hunting or other purposes will be restricted to improved roads or other areas as designated by the Director. "Improved Roads" as outlined herein shall mean those roads which receive maintenance for the purpose of access.
(16) Legal Hours: All opening dates begin 30 minutes before sunrise on the opening date, and all closing dates end 30 minutes after sunset on the closing date. Hunting hours are from 30 minutes before sunrise until 30 minutes after sunset, all dates inclusive. Exception: Hunting hours on the Special Raccoon Hunts are from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
(17) All hunters must possess a valid hunting license; those hunters hunting big game (deer and/or turkey) must possess a valid big game license. Permits are required on all managed hunts except those specified within these
regulations.
(18) During either sex hunts, hunters will be allowed to take only one deer.
(19) During buck only hunts, hunters will be allowed to take only one buck deer with visible antlers.
(20) During antlerless hunts, hunters will be allowed to take only one antlerless deer.
(21) During small game hunts, hunters will be allowed to hunt any small game in season subject to State Seasons, Regulations and Bag Limits, except as otherwise provided.
(22) No night hunting will be allowed on any State
Wildlife Management Area except during Special Raccoon Hunts or as otherwise provided.
(23) Special Raccoon Hunts are restricted to the use of .22 rimfire rifles only. Hunters will be allowed to hunt raccoons with tree dogs and no dogs will be allowed except tree dogs. All hunts will be subject to State Regulations and Bag Limits. Owners are responsible for their
dogs, and any damage they may do to game other than raccoons. Dogs chasing deer will be barred from any fur-
ther hunting.
(24) Every person hunting deer during the firearms managed hunts must wear outer garments of daylight
A fluorescent orange color. total of 500 square inches of
daylight fluorescent orange material is required as an outer garment, above the waistline, and including the head covering.
(25) REGULATIONS OF THE U.S. FOREST SER-
VICE SHALL APPLY ON ALL GAME MANAGEMENT AREAS LOCATED ON NATIONAL FORESTS.
(26) Many Management Areas hase special regulations

which apply to that area only. These special regulations
may be listed under the area heading elsewhere in this
guide or will be posted on the area itself.
Hunters who have killed only one deer prior to the managed hunts may buy a permit. Under no conditions, by any method or methods anywhere in the State, may a hunter take more than two deer during the entire deer season, including all State and federal managed hunts.

CAMPING, ACCOMMODATIONS

Camping is not allowed on game food plots on the managed areas. However, camping on other portions of the areas is usually allowed. Check information under individual areas. Suggested campsites are shown on maps of the areas. Information on the best campsites is contained in the area-by-area description in this folder. For information on excellent U.S. Forest Service campgrounds near management areas in addition to that given in this folder,
write the Forest Supervisor, U.S. Forest Service, P.O.
Box 1437, Gainesville, Ga. 30501. For information on State Parks, write Public Relations and Information, Department of Natural Resources, 270 Washington St., S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334.
QUOTA HUNTS: COMPUTER DRAWING: (1) Par-
ticipants for all quota hunts will be selected by a computer drawing which will be held at the Atlanta Office of the Department of Administrative Services on or before October 15, 1973. Participants will be drawn from all applications which are submitted on forms provided by
DNR and received in that office no later than September

10, 1973.

(2) No more than one (1) person may apply on each

application and any person who makes more than one

PARTY application will be disqualified from all hunts.

APPLICATIONS for up to five (5) persons will be ac-

EACH cepted. Persons applying as a party should

fill out

separate applications, making identical hunt choices, and

ONE then submit them all in

envelope. If an envelope

contains two or more applications, they will be con-

sidered a party application. Each party will be treated

as one "choice" by the computer, the same as a single.

The entire party will be selected or rejected.

(3) The "Father and Son" Hunt scheduled for the Cedar Creek Area, December 27-29, 1973, has the fol-

lowing special rules. (See "Cedar Cntek" for a description

ONLY of the hunt.)

a juvenile between the ages of 12 and

16 may apply for this hunt. He must be accompanied by

an adult during the hunt but the adult does not need a
permit and SHOULD NOT APPLY for the hunt himself.

If a juvenile is applying as a member of a party for other

hunts and is interested in attending the "Father and Son"

Hunt, he should make a separate application marking

only this hunt and mail it as an individual; or he and up
to four (4) other juveniles may send their applications in

one envelope as a party for this hunt. This is the only

case in which more than one application could be ac-

cepted for an individual.

NO MONEY (4)

is to be submitted with the applica-

tion. Incorrect applications will be rejected without notifi-

cation. Those persons not chosen for the hunt will be

notified by mail. Those persons chosen to participate will

be mailed a ticket which, when presented to the check

station attendant on the proper area, along with the $5
fee, will admit the bearer to the hunt. TICKETS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE.

(5) All quota hunts hereinafter provided for shall be subject to the quota hunt regulations contained in this

Section.
ARCHERY REGULATIONS: (1) Archery hunters must
be equipped with bows with minimum recognized pull of
% 40 pounds at 28 inches of draw and broadhead arrows
inches wide or wider. Firearms, crossbows, and mechanical bows are prohibited.

(2) All resident archery hunters must possess a valid
State Resident Bow and Arrow Hunting License and a Big Game License, in addition to an area permit. Non-resi-
dents must possess a Non-resident Archery License and a
Non-resident Big Game License, in addition to an area
permit. Permits will be available at the checking station
at a cost of $5 per hunt.
(3) All archery hunts hereinafter provided for shall be subject to the archery regulations contained in this section.
PRIMITIVE WEAPONS REGULATIONS: (1) For the
purpose of this regulation, "primitive weapons" are de-

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fined as long bows, muzzle loading rifles .40 caliber and above and muzzle loading shotguns 20 gauge and above, which must be loaded with single ball for deer. Conventional breech loading firearms and pistols are prohibited.
(2) All primitive weapons hunts hereinafter provided for shall be subject to the primitive weapons regulations
contained in this section.
ALAPAHA AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates November
5 through 10, 1973. No pre-hunt scouting allowed. $5
permit required.
(2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November 26 through December 1, 1973. No pre-hunt scouting al-
lowed. $5 permit required.
(3) Small Game: Open dates January 5 through Janu-
ary 19, and February 2 through February 16, 1974. No pre-hunt scouting will be allowed. No permit required.
General Information
The Alapaha Wildlife Management Area consists of approximately 20,000 acres of land in private ownership
and leased by the Georgia Game and Fish Division for
public hunting. The terrain is flat in character and interspersed with mixed pine-hardwood and pine-palmetto vegetative types. Some low "wet-weather ponds" occur in some portions of the area.
The Alapaha Area was established in early 1969. It has good small game populations, including gray squirrels, fox squirrels, rabbits, and a fair population of quail. Deer are also well established on the area.
Camping is not permitted on the area, however, there are motel and hotel facilities available at Nashville. Geor-
gia (approx. 15 miles away), at Pearson (approx. 10 miles away), and at Douglas. Georgia (approx. 18 miles away). Arthur Harper of Willacoochee, Ga., is the area manager.
DIRECTIONS FROM TIFTON AND WAYCROSS:
Go to Willacoochee on U. S. Hwy. 82. Willacoochee is
27 miles east of Tifton and 41 miles west of Waycross. The boundary of the area will be noticed along the highway.
DIRECTIONS FROM ATLANTA AND MACON:
Take Interstate Hwy. 75 to Tifton. Turn east on U. S. Hwy. 82 and drive 27 miles to Willacoochee. Boundary of area will be noticed along highways #135 and U. S. 82 approximately 3 miles out of Willacoochee on each highway.
ALLATOONA AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates October 22 through October 27, 1973.
(2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November
26. 27 and 28, 1973. QUOTA HUNT. Quota: Six hundred
(600) hunters by computer drawing.
A (3) Deer: (Firearms) Anterless. one-day hunt January 1, 1974. QUOTA HUNT. Quota: Three hundred
(300) hunters by computer drawing. All does taken on this hunt must be taken to the checking station for field dress-
ing by the Game & Fish Division personnel.
(4) Small Game: Hunters will be allowed to hunt any small game in season, subject to State Seasons, Regulations, and Bag Limits, except during managed deer hunts.
No permit required.
(5) General Regulations: The area which shall be opened for deer hunting during these dates shall be that area which is bounded on the north by Georgia Highway 20, on the west by McKasky Creek and on the south and east by Lake Allatoona. Hunters will not be allowed to use boats to gain access to the area during the managed
deer hunts.
General Information
The Allatoona Public Hunting Area consists of 28,000 acres of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Georgia Kraft Company timberland surrounding Lake Allatoona in Bartow and Cherokee counties. The Allatoona area was first opened for public small game hunting in 1963. and
for deer hunting in 1966.
Boundary lines are marked by signs of the State Game and Fish Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Georgia Kraft or Rome Kraft signs, as well as by yellow
paint bands around boundary trees. Camping is allowed. Numerous good campsites are
available free of charge on several Corps of Engineers recreation areas dotting the lake, at Redtop Mountain and

George Washington Carver State parks, and at several
private camps. Tommy Jenkins of Rt. 2, Cartersville, Ga.,
is the area manager.
DIRECTIONS FROM ATLANTA TO THE MACEDONIA AND PROCTERS BEND SECTIONS (DEER HUNT AREA):
Go to Cartersville. Turn right on Ga. 20 and go 8.5
miles to the Macedonia Recreation Area sign. Turn right and go 1.8 miles to the intersection. To go to the Macedonia Recreation Area, turn right and travel 2.7 miles. To go to Procters Bend section, turn left and go 0.5 miles, then turn right and go 1.9 miles. Then turn right again and go 3.2 miles.

ALTAMAHA WATERFOWL
AREA (DARIEN)

(1) General Regulations: Hunters will be allowed to
hunt any game in season as provided by State Law and Bag Limits except deer on Butler Island and Champney Island. The refuge portion of Butler and Champney
Islands is closed at all times. Deer hunting is permitted
on Wrights, Cambers and Lewis Islands only. No dogs
allowed for deer hunting. Dove hunting will be permitted on Butler Island on Saturdays only during the dove season, except those Saturdays managed duck hunts are held. Dove hunting will be allowed on Mondays through Saturdays on Champney, Wrights, Rhetts, Rock de Dundy, Broughton, Cambers and Lewis Islands during the
season.

(2) Waterfowl:

(a) Hunting for waterfowl will be allowed on Butler Island during waterfowl season by permit only. Permits

must be applied for by mail beginning October 1, 1973. All letters of application must specify the date requested

with a second choice if desired in the event the first date
is filled. Applications will be accepted on a first come,
first served basis and all applicants must enclose a fee of $5 per day per person in check or money order payable
to the Georgia Game & Fish Division. Applications should be addressed to Game Management Section, Box

1097, Brunswick, Georgia.

(b) Hunters whose applications are accepted will be

mailed their permits. All applications that could not be

filled due to dates selected being filled will have their

$5 refunded.

(c) Assignments for blinds for each day's hunt will be
made at the area headquarters the evening prior to each hunt. Each blind is assigned a number which is drawn at random. Blinds are assigned in the order in which applications were received and processed. Hunters will be as-
signed to the blind selected at the checking station the
morning of the hunt. Hunters who have their permits do not have to come to the area until the morning of the hunt. All hunters should be at the checking station no

later than 5:15 a.m.

& (d) The Game

Fish Division will furnish blinds,

boats and decoys to accommodate 60 hunters per day,

and all hunters must hunt from blinds as assigned. Trans-

portation will be furnished to the boats. Hunting hours

will be from 30 minutes before sunrise (same as Federal

Migratory Waterfowl Regulations) until 12 noon. Hunts

will be conducted on Saturdays only and the last day of

the open season. Hunters will be limited to not more than

25 shells to carry out on the area.

(e) All hunters 16 years old or older will be required to
have a Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp in addition to a valid Georgia Hunting License.
(f) Waterfowl hunting will be allowed Mondays through Saturdays on Champney, Wrights, Rhetts, Rock de Dundy, Broughton, Cambers and Lewis Islands during
waterfowl season. No permit required.

(3) Small Game:
(a) Butler Island: Hunting for rabbits will be permitted on Butler Island after the termination of duck season. Hunting of rabbits with firearms will be allowed west of
1-95 only. Rabbits may be hunted with slingshots and bows and arrows east of 1-95. No dogs will be allowed except retrievers for duck and dove hunting. No permit
required. (b) Other Islands: Rabbit hunting is permitted on all
except refuge portions of the other islands of the Alta-
maha Area Monday through Saturday during rabbit sea-

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son. Al! rabbit hunts are subject to State regulations and
bag limits. No dogs allowed. No permit required.
ALBANY NURSERY AREA
Small Game: Dove hunting only on Wednesday afternoon during both segments of the open dove season only on designated sections. Check schedule at office on area
before hunting. No permit required.
General Information
The Albany Nursery Area consists of some 300 acres
of land owned by the State Game and Fish Division. Approximately 3A of the area consists of fields. Brown
top millet, corn and soybeans are grown on the nursery area. The area is on flat level ground with a clay soil. Biologist in charge of the area is Bill Wilson.
DIRECTIONS FROM ALBANY:
Drive 11 miles west on Ga. 234 (Gillonville Highway) turn right on Tallassee Road. Drive approximately 2 miles
to entrance marked by Game and Fish Division sign.
ARABIA BAY AREA
(1) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates October
29 through November 3, 1973. No pre-hunt scouting al-
lowed. Free permits will be available at the checking
station.
(2) Small Game: Open dates January 5 through 19,
and February 2 through February 16, 1974. No special
permit or fee is required.
General Information
The Arabia Bay Game Management Area consists of
45,000 acres of land owned by Mr. Alex Sessoms and the International Paper Company. The terrain is flat piney-woods and palmetto interspersed with creek swamps typical of the coastal plains area in Clinch County.
The Arabia Bay area was established in 1960. Squirrel hunting is good on the area's hardwoods, with fair quail and rabbit hunting. There are a few wild turkeys on the area. Denny Hill is the area manager.
Camping is not allowed on the Arabia Bay area. The nearest developed camping area is near Fargo at the Stephen Foster State Park in the Okefenokee Swamp. Hunters using the Park must keep firearms stored in
vehicles while inside the Park.
DIRECTIONS FROM WAYCROSS AND VALDOSTA:
Go to Homerville. Take U.S. 441 north 7 miles to area
boundary.
DIRECTIONS FROM ATLANTA AND MACON:
Go to Pearson. Take U.S. 441 south for 7.2 miles to
area boundary.
B. F. GRANT AREA
(Formerly Piedmont Experiment Station)
(1) Deer: (Primitive Weapons) Either Sex. Open dates November 5 through November 10, 1973.
(2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November 19 through November 24, 1973. See Special Regulations
at the checking station.
(3) Deer: (Firearms) Antlerless. Open date December
11, 1973 and December 15, 1973. QUOTA HUNT.
Quota: Seven hundred (700) hunters by computer drawing. Separate permit required for each hunt.
(4) Small Game: Open dates August 18 through September 5, and October 13 through 31, 1973, and December 19, 1973 through January 30, 1974 on Wednesdays
and Saturdays only. No permit is required. See Special Regulations daily at the checking station. Hunt camp con-
struction and pre-hunt scouting allowed one day prior to
hunt. General Information
The B. F. Grant Game Management Area consists of
20,000 acres of mixed timber and open lands in Putnam County.
Quail, rabbit, and dove hunting will be good on open areas of the Station designated as open for hunting, along with good squirrel hunting in the hardwoods.
Camping is allowed on the Piedmont Experiment Station at designated sites. The nearest developed campsite is that of the U.S. Forest Service off Ga. 212 on Lake Sinclair. Hard Labor Creek State Park is located off 1-20 and U.S. 278 two miles north of Rutledge.

DIRECTIONS FROM ATLANTA AND MACON:
Go to Eatonton. Turn west on Georgia 16 and travel
0.7 miles to paved road (Oak Way). Turn right on the paved road and go 9.1 miles to the checking station.
BALDWIN STATE FOREST
Small Game: Hunters will be allowed to hunt any small game in season subject to State Seasons, Regulations and
Bag Limits. No special permit or fee is required. Dogs may be used for small game hunting. Trail dogs may be
used for small game.
General Information
Baldwin State Forest Area consists of some 5,000 acres of former pasture land in the early stages of reforestation. It is primarily open land with less than 10 percent of the area now covered with forest. There are two ponds on the area. Food has been planted for small game. Prime species available on this area are quail and doves.
DIRECTIONS FROM MILLEDGEYILLE:
Drive 4 miles south of town on U.S. 441. Entrance to Baldwin State Forest is on the left (east) side of the road, marked by State Forestry Commission sign.
BERRY COLLEGE AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates November
12 through 17, 1973.
(2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates October
29, 30, and 31, 1973. QUOTA HUNT. Quota: Six hun-
dred (600) hunters by computer drawing. (3) Small Game: Open dates December 22 through 29,
A 1973 and January 12 through 26, 1974. permit is re-
quired and will be available at the checking station. There will be no fee charged for small game permits.
(4) General Regulations: Pre-hunt scouting will be al-
lowed one day prior to all managed deer hunts. Camping
is permitted in designated sites; hunters are requested to
clean up camp sites of all litter. Facilities will be provided
at the checking station for disposal of litter. All vehicles
are required to stay on public roads during managed hunts. The checking station will be located at the junction
of CCC Road and Old Summerville Road. On the Refuge
section of the Berry College Area there is no open season for the taking of any wildlife.
General Information
The Berry College Wildlife Management Area consists of some 30.000 acres of mixed pine and hardwoods adjacent to Berry College and Berry Academy in Floyd County north of Rome. Approximately 13,000 acres of
this land is included in the public hunting area, with the remainder designated as a wildlife refuge with no hunting
allowed.
The Berry College Area was created in 1970 and open to hunting for the first time during the 1971 season. The mountain slopes in the area contain mixed pine and hardwood forests. Mature pine is the dominant species in the valley. Camping is allowed on the public hunting area only during managed hunts. There is an excellent deer population and fair small game population. Frank Early of Mt. Berry, Georgia is the area manager.
DIRECTIONS FROM ROME:
Drive north on U.S. Hwy. #27 to junction of Old Summerville Rd. Turn left on Old Summerville Road and
proceed 1 mile to junction with CCC Road. Check station
at crossroads.
BLUE RIDGE AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates November
5 through 10, 1973.
(2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November
19 through 24, 1973.
(3) Small Game: Open dates August 18 through August 31, 1973; October 15 through November 2; and December 3 through December 31, 1973; and January 14
through February 16, 1974. No permit required. Camp-
ing is permitted.
(4) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates October 19 and 20; December 7 and 8; and December 28 and 29, 1973.
A $1 per night permit is required. All hunters may check
in beginning at 6 p.m. on days of the hunt and must check out no later than 6 a.m. on Sundays. Camping will be permitted.
General Information
The Blue Ridge Game Management Area consists of

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40,000 acres of National Forest timberland located on the Blue Ridge Mountain Divide along the Appalachian Trail north of Dahlonega in parts of Lumpkin, Fannin, Dawson, and Union Counties.
The Blue Ridge area has good grouse and squirrel hunt-
ing. Two checking stations on the area will be used, one
in the Rock Creek or northern portion, and one in the Jones Creek or southern portion. H. C. Cruce, Margaret, Ga., is the upper area manager, W. R. Sutton, Rt. 1, Dahlonega, Ga., is the lower area manager.
Camping is permitted: The best campsites on Blue
Ridge are located in the northern portion of the area at
at the Forest Service recreation areas of Deep Hole, Frank Gross, and Rock Creek.
DIRECTIONS FROM DAHLONEGA:
To the Rock Creek checking station, take U.S. High-
way 19 north 9.3 miles to Stone Pile Gap. Go left on
Georgia Highway 60 for 18.7 miles to Margaret, Georgia, then turn left on the National Fish Hatchery Road and go 2.8 miles to the checking station.
To the Jones Creek checking station, travel 9.0 miles west on Georgia Highway 52 to Grizzle's Store. Turn right and go 2.4 miles. Turn right and travel 2.4 miles more to the checking station.
BRUNSWICK PULP & PAPER
COMPANY AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates are September 29, through October 20, 1973. Hunters may take
one deer of either sex. No permit is required.
(2) Deer:
(a) (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates are October 20, 1973 through January 1, 1974 on all areas with exception of Sansavilla Compartment (A). Tracts other than Sansavilla Compartment (A) will be open for still hunting for deer Mondays through Saturdays as per State Seasons and Regulations. The Sansavilla Tract shall be divided into two compartments with that portion west of Howard Road being designated as "Compartment A" and that portion east of Howard Road designated as "Compartment B." "Compartment A" on Sansavilla will be open for hunting deer with dogs on Wednesdays and Saturdays only. Hunters who wish to dog hunt should notify the
Brunswick Office of the State Game & Fish Division and
specify the date they want to hunt. Applicants will be on a first come, first served basis, and not more than one
date may be selected by a hunter or group at one time.
Applicants must pick up their permit at the Brunswick Office not more than three days prior to the hunt. In the event more than one hunter from a party makes application or a group attempts to monopolize the hunt, that application list will be screened in the Brunswick Office
and names struck from the application list who have applied previously. At the time the permit is picked up, the names and addresses of all hunters who will participate
in a given hunt must be listed and typed on the permit.
No substitutes may be made after the application is picked
up from the office. Applications must be made in person or by mail. Telephone calls will not be accepted. All dogs must wear collars with owner's name and address.
(b) Firearms are restricted to shotguns with slugs or
buckshot during dog hunts. On areas when and where
deer hunting is restricted to still hunting, legal deer rifles
as well as shotguns with slugs will be allowed.
(c) No still hunting will be allowed in Compartment A
on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Still hunting will be allowed in this Compartment on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
(3) Small Game: Hunters will be allowed to hunt any small game in season subject to State Regulations, Seasons and Bag Limits on Mondays through Saturdays. Dogs for small game hunting will be limited to pointing dogs and
retriever dogs only. No permit is required.
General Information
The Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company Game Man-
agement Area lies on 60,000 acres of timberland divided into five sections or tracts in Glynn, Camden, Wayne, and Brantley counties. The area consists of flat cut-over piney woods with some palmetto understory and hardwood
creek bottoms. Many sites have been prepared for tree
planting. These sites offer good quail hunting. There is extensive swampland along the Altamaha
River and other smaller streams in the area, providing fair hunting for ducks and squirrel hunting.

The area offers good deer hunting as its main attraction. There are no turkeys on the area and few doves are to be found during the season. Camping, fires and Sunday hunting are not allowed on the area. The nearest camping development is at Crooked River State Park, 12 miles from Kingsland, off U.S. 17. off Georgia 40 Spur. Hunters using the park must keep firearms stored in vehicles while inside the park. Bob Sires is refuge manager.
DIRECTIONS FROM BRUNSWICK:
Atkinson Track (Glynn County): Go north on U.S. 341
to Everett City, south of Jesup. Turn right on the Alta-
maha Park Road. Go 2.8 miles, turn right at the dirt road,
which leads into the area. (20 miles from Brunswick).
Sansavilla Tract (Glynn and Wayne Counties): Go
north on U.S. 341 to Mount Pleasant, South of Jesup. Turn right and cross the railroad into the area. (20 miles from Brunswick).
Tyler Tract (Wayne County): Go north on U.S. 341 to
Mount Pleasant south of Jesup. Turn left on the Post Road and go 2.3 miles to a dirt road on the right which leads into the area 1 mile away. (23 miles from Bruns-
wick).
Harrington Track (Brantley and Glynn Counties): Go
north on U.S. 341 to junction of Georgia 32. Turn left on Georgia 32 and go 13.5 miles to Post Road. Turn left and go 2.3 miles. The area boundary signs are on both sides of Post Road at this point.
Lampa Doshia Tract (Camden County): Go south on
U.S. 17 for 13 miles. Turn left at the first paved road after crossing the Satilla River 6.9 miles. Turn right on dirt road and go 3 miles to the Ella Park Church. Turn left at crossroad beyond church and go 1.6 miles to area bound-
ary signs.
BULLARD CREEK AREA
(No pre-hunt scouting allowed for any hunts.) (1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates are October 29 through November 3, 1973. (2) Deer: (Primitive Weapons) Either Sex. Open dates November 19 through November 24, 1973. $5 permit available at check station. (3) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates December 3 through December 8, 1973. $5 permit available at check
station.
(4) Small Game: Open dates January 5 through January 19 and February 2 through February 16, 1974. Hunting from vehicles and horses will be prohibited, and all vehicles must remain on improved roads. All hunters may check in beginning at 6 a.m. daily and must check out by
7:30 p.m. No permit is required. No pre-hunt scouting is
allowed. General Information
The Bullard Creek Game Management Area consists of 20,000 acres of timberland owned by the Continental Can Company on the south bank of the Altamaha River in
Appling and Jeff Davis counties. Bullard Creek was created in 1961, and is an uplands
area of mixed hardwoods and pines, with extensive river swamps. Spring gobbler hunts have been conducted on the area for the past three years. The area has a fair turkey population along with fair deer, quail," squirrel, and rabbit hunting. It was first opened for deer hunting in 1967. The area manager is Joe Clements, Baxley, Ga.
Camping is not allowed on the Bullard Creek area. The nearest developed camping area is at Gordonia Altamaha State Park at Reidsville. Hunters using the Park must
keep firearms stored in vehicles while inside the park.
DIRECTIONS FROM HAZLEHURST:
Take U.S. 221 north for 6.5 miles. Turn right onto dirt road at entrance sign and go 4.5 miles to the checking station on the right.
CEDAR CREEK AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates are Novem-
ber 7 through 10, 1973.
(2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November 19 through November 24, 1973.
(3) Deer: (Firearms) Antlerless. Open dates January 4
and 5, 1974 only. QUOTA HUNT. Quota: One-thousand
two hundred (1200) hunters by computer drawing. (4) Deer: (Firearms) Either Sex. "Father and Son"
Hunt. Open dates December 27 through 29, 1973 only.

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QUOTA HUNT. Quota: Three hundred (300) pairs by
computer drawing. Each pair shall consist of one juvenile between the ages of 12 and 16 years and his or her father or responsible adult. Only one (1) firearm shall be allowed per pair. All juveniles shall be required to have a permit and only juveniles shall be authorized to discharge a
firearm.
(5) Small Game: Open dates Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays during the following periods: August 18 through September 8, December 1 through December 22,
1973 and January 9 through February 28, 1974. No per-
mit is required.
(6) Hunt camp construction and pre-hunt scouting al-
lowed one day before hunt.
General Information
The Cedar Creek game management area consists of 40,000 acres of Oconee National Forest and private timberland in rolling wooded terrain in the rich Piedmont section of Middle Georgia near Monticello in Jones, Jasper, and Putnam counties.
There are no developed campsites on the area, but
camping will be permitted. A good Forest Service camp-
ground is located nearby off Ga. 212 on Lake Sinclair.
DIRECTIONS FROM ATLANTA:
Go to Monticello. Take Georgia Highway 16 east to the
fork at the city limits. Take the right fork on Georgia 212 and go 12 miles. Turn right on the dirt road at the large redwood management area sign. Travel 500 yards to the checking station.
DIRECTIONS FROM MACON:
Take U.S. 129 north through Gray and proceed 15 miles. Turn left on Ga. 212. Travel 5.7 miles and turn left on dirt road at the large redwood management area sign.
Go 500 yards to the checking station.

CHATTAHOOCHEE AREA

(1) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November

19 through November 24, 1973.

(2) Small Game: Open dates August 18 through August

31, 1973 and December 3 through December 31, 1973

and January 19 through February 23, 1974. No permit

required. Camping will be permitted.

(3) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates October 26 and

27, 1973, November 30 and December 1 and December

A 21 and 22, 1973.

$1 per night permit is required.

Hunters may check in beginning at 6 p.m. on days of the

hunt and must check out no later than 6 a.m. on Sundays.

General Information

The Chattahoochee Game Management Area lies on
20,000 acres of National Forest timberland on the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River drainage north of
Robertstown in portions of White, Union, and Towns
counties.
The area has good grouse and squirrel hunting. A. C. Abernathy, Hiawassee, Ga., is the area manager.
Camping is allowed. Good campsites are located in the Forest Service recreation areas of Unicoi Gap, and An-
drews Cove, in addition to Unicoi State Park on Smith
Creek. Good undeveloped sites are available on Dukes
Creek.
DIRECTIONS FROM GAINESVILLE:

Go to Robertstown. Travel 0.3 miles north on Ga. 17

and U.S. 75 to the first bridge. Turn left across the bridge,

Go then turn right at the first road.

2.8 miles to the check-

ing station.

CHESTATEE AREA

(1) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November 26 through December 1, 1973.
(2) Small Game: Open dates August 18 through August 31, 1973, and December 3 through December 31, 1973,
and February 1 through February 23, 1974. No permit
required. Camping will be permitted. (3) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates October 19 and
20, November 16 and 17, and December 14 and 15, 1973.
A $1 per night permit is required. Hunters may check in
beginning at 6 p.m. on days of the hunt and must check out no later than 6 a.m. on Sundays. Camping will be per-
mitted.
General Information
The Chestatee Game Management Area lies on 25,000
acres of Forest Service timberland on the headwaters of

the Chestatee River drainage north of Dahlonega in parts of Lumpkin, Union, and White Counties.
The area has fair grouse and squirrel populations, and some turkeys. Roosevelt Key, Rt. 3, Cleveland, Ga., is the area manager.
Camping is allowed. Forest Service campsites are located at the Woody Gap, Dockery Lake, and DeSoto Falls recreation areas. Good undeveloped campsites are available on Boggs Creek, Dicks Creek, and Waters
Creek.
DIRECTIONS FROM GAINESVILLE:
Go to Cleveland. Take U.S. 129 north 10.5 miles to the
checking station at Turner's Corner at the junction of U.S. 129 with U.S. 19.
CHICKASAWHATCHEE AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates October 26
and 27, 1973. No pre-hunt scouting.
(2) Deer: (Primitive Weapons) Either Sex. Open dates
November 9 and 10, 1973. QUOTA HUNT. Quota: Four
hundred (400) hunters by computer drawing. No pre-hunt
scouting.
(3) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November
16 and 17, 1973 and December 7 and 8, 1973. No pre-
hunt scouting. QUOTA HUNT. Quota: Four hundred
(400) hunters by computer drawing. (4) Small Game: (Dove only) Dove hunting is per-
mitted in specified fields on Saturday afternoons only dur-
ing the September dove season. No permit is required.
Hunters will be allowed to take other small game in season, excluding waterfowl on January 4 and 5, January 18 and 19, February 1 and 2 and February 15 and 16, 1974.
No permit is required.
(5) Check-in time on small game hunts other than September dove hunts shall begin at 6 a.m.
General Information
The Chickasawhatchee Game Management Area con-
sists of 26,000 acres of timberland owned by the Saint Joe Paper Company southwest of Albany in Baker, Calhoun, and Dougherty counties and was created in 1964.
The area is primarily rolling timbered uplands of mixed hardwoods and pines interspersed by low-lying swamp
areas. This type of habitat is extremely favorable to the area's excellent existing deer herd, but is extremely poor for quail, with less than one percent of the area consisting of open fields or woodlands suitable for quail and quail
hunting. The area has an excellent grey squirrel population in the hardwood sections, along with a good population of rabbits around the edges of cut-over areas. There are a few turkey flocks on the area, but the population has not yet reached a huntable number and the suitability of
the habitat for turkeys is declining every year.
Camping is not allowed on the Chickasawhatchee area. The nearest developed camping area in Albany at Chehaw State Park. Hunters using the Park must keep firearms stored in vehicles while inside the Park. Herbert Adams is refuge manager.
DIRECTIONS FROM ALBANY:
Take Georgia 91 south for four miles to the junction with Georgia 62. Turn right on Georgia 62 and go west 8.2 miles to the checking station on the left side of the
road.
CLARK HILL AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates October 29 through November 2, 1973 in Compartments 1
through 7.
(2) Deer: (Primitive Weapons) Buck only on October 29 through October 31, and either sex on November 1 and 2, 1973, in Compartments 8, 9, 10 and 11 only.
(3) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November 19 through November 24, 1973.
A (4) Deer: (Firearms) Antlerless. one-day hunt December 8, 1973. QUOTA HUNT. Quota: Three hundred (300)
hunters by computer drawing.
(5) Small Game: Open dates August 18 through September 8, 1973 and November 28 through December 5, 1973 and December 12, 1973 through February 28, 1974
on Wednesdays and Saturdays only. No permits required. (6) Camping: SPECIAL NOTE: In area 4, 5, 6 and 7
of the Clark Hill Management Area camping will be al-

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lowed only within that area lying within 50 yards of the main road. All other parts of the above-mentioned areas
are closed for camping. Hunt camp construction and prehunt scouting allowed one day prior to hunt.
THE SAFETY ZONE WILL BE OBSERVED ON ALL HUNTS, AND IT IS A VIOLATION TO BE FOUND HUNTING INSIDE THE SAFETY ZONE.
General Information
The Clark Hill Game Management Area consists of 10.^00 acres of timherland owned by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers on the shores of Clark Hill Reservoir near Thomson, Ga., in McDuffie and Wilkes Counties.
Clark Hill is the smallest game management area in
the Slate, but has a relatively high deer population of
smaller-than-average size animals, with a high hunter success rate. Clark Hill has the best turkey population of
all the State game management areas, along with a good rabbit population and fair quail and squirrel populations.
Camping is allowed. However, camping will be allowed only in that area lying within 50 yards of the main roadway on areas 4, 5, 6, and 7. The only developed campsite on the area is the Corps of Engineers' Hart Creek Recreation Area off U.S. 78.
DIRECTIONS FROM ATLANTA AND ATHENS:
Go to Washington. Travel 14 miles on U.S. 78. Turn
left on the dirt road at the large redwood management
area sign. Go 2.5 miles to the checking station.
DIRECTIONS FROM AUGUSTA:
Go to Thomson. Take U.S. 78 north 11 miles. Turn
right on the dirt road at the large redwood management
area sign. Go 2.5 miles to the checking station.
COHUTTA AREA
(1) Deer: (Firearms) Trophy Buck Only. Open dates November 26 through December 1, 1973. Hunters may take one (1) antlered buck with a minimum antler size of 1 forked antler (3 points) or more. Hunters may take any number of hogs.
(2) Small Game: Open dates December 8 through December 29, 1973; and January 12 through January 19,
and February 9 through February 23, 1974. No permits
required.
(3) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates Saturday nights only: October 20 through November 17, 1973 and Decem-
ber 8, 1973 through January 19, 1974. No permit re-
quired.
(4) General Regulations: The Cohutta Game Manage-
ment Area is composed of those lands beginning at the intersection of U.S. 411 and the Georgia-Tennessee line thence running easterly along said line to Tumbling Creek Road (FSR-22); thence running southerly down Tumbling Creek Road to Watson's Gap; thence continuing in a southerly direction down Three Forks Road (FSR-64) to Dyer Gap; thence down Flat Top Mountain Road (FSR64-A) to Flat Top Mountain; thence in a southerly direc-
tion down the ridge of Flat Top to Fowler Gap to Wolfpen Gap to Wolfpen Gap Road to East Mountaintown Creek Road to Mountaintown Creek Road; thence westerly along Mountaintown Creek Road to Holly Creek Gap Road (FSR-90); thence northwesterly along Holly Creek Gap Road to Potato Patch Road (FSR-68); thence southwesterly along Potato Patch Road to Holly Creek Road to Forest Service Road 130 thence northwesterly along Forest Service Road 130 to U.S. 411 at Crandall; then
north along U.S. 411 to the point of beginning.
General Information
The Cohutta Game Management Area lies on 95.000
acres of National Forest timherland in portions of Murray, Gilmer, and Fannin Counties. It is the largest management area in the state.
An extensive deer stocking program has been com-
pleted and a huntable population has been established. Hunting is usually good fo rsquirrels, and grouse, except in poor mast years. Hunting is poor for rabbits and raccoons. Fox hunting is not allowed.
Camping is allowed on the management area on the U.S. Forest Service's Conasauga Lake Recreation Area, and nearby at Fort Mountain State Park, Chatsworth. J. G. Dover, Larry Ross and Philip Hackney are the area
managers.
DIRECTIONS FROM ELLIJAY:
Go west on U.S. Hwy. 76 4 miles to East Mountain-
town Creek Road (Co. Rd. 91009). Turn right and go 7

miles to Holly Creek Gap, turn right. Drive 3.3 miles to the Potato Patch Check Station.
DIRECTIONS FROM CHATSWORTH:
Go north on U.S. Hwy. 41 1 to Eton. Turn right at traf-
fic light and follow road for 15.6 miles up Holly Creek Road to Potato Patch Check Station.
DIRECTIONS FROM CISCO:
Take Ga. Hwy. 2 3 miles to junction with West Cowpen Road. Check station at junction.
DIRECTIONS FROM BLUE RIDGE:
Go 3.4 miles north on Ga. Hwy. 5 to junction with Ga.
Hwy. 2. Turn left on Ga. Hwy. 2; proceed 10.1 miles to Watson Gap Check Station (temporary).
COLEMAN RIVER AREA
(1) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November 19 through November 24, 1973.
(2) Deer: (Primitive Weapons) Either Sex. December 31, 1973 through January 5, 1974. Hunters may take one
(1) deer of either sex. No dogs allowed.
(3) Small Game: Open dates August 18 through September 8; December 3, 1973 through January 31, 1974.
No special fee or permit is required. Camping will be
permitted. During big game hunts, small game hunting is
not permitted. General Information
The Coleman River Game Management Area consists
of 13,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service timberland on the North Carolina border in, Rabun County.
The area features good grouse and squirrel hunting, but rabbit hunting is poor. There are few wild turkeys on the area. Coleman River has the largest bear population of any area in North Georgia, but not in huntable num-
bers.
The Coleman River area is one of the most rugged and primitive sections of Georgia, with very steep mountains of mixed hardwoods. Four-wheel drive vehicles are recommended for traveling on the area's extremely rough
roads.
The nearest developed campsites are those of the U.S. Forest Service located nearby on the Tallulah River, but primitive camping is allowed on the area. Black Rock Mountain State Park is located 3 miles north of Clayton.
DIRECTIONS FROM GAINESVILLE:
Go to Clayton. Take U.S. Highway 76 west 8.0 miles
to Tallulah River Road, turn right and go 4.3 miles to
the checking station at the junction.
COOPER'S CREEK AREA
(1) Deer: There is no open season for the taking of
deer.
(2) Turkey: There is no open season for the taking
of turkey.
(3) Small Game: Open dates August 18 through September 8, 1973 and November 26, 1973 through January
31, 1974 and February 9 through 23, 1974. No permit is
required.
(4) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates December 7, 1973 through February 2, 1974. Friday and Saturday
nights only. No permit required.
General Information
This area covers 28,000 acres of the Cooper's Creek Watershed in the Chattahoochee National Forest. The terrain is typical of the Southern Appalachians, mountainous with a mature timber stand predominately of hardwood. The area has been restocked with deer and wild turkey and huntable populations are expected in 3 to 5 years. Grouse and squirrel are present.
The area has two Forest Service campgrounds and good access from the several roads that cross the area.
Eugene Burnette is the area manager.
DIRECTIONS FROM DAHLONEGA:
Travel north on U.S. Highway 19 for 9 miles to junction of Georgia Highway 60. Take Georgia Highway 60 north 19 miles to Cooper Creek Grocery and turn right on U.S.F.S. road 4.
COOSAWATTEE AREA
(1) Deer: No open season for the taking of deer. (2) Turkey: No open season for the taking of turkey.
(3) Small Game: Open dates December 3, 1973 through
January 12, 1974. No permit required.

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(4) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates Saturday nights
only, October 20, 1973 through January 5, 1974. No per-
mit required.
(5) General Regulations: The Coosawattee Wildlife Management Area consists of those lands in Gilmer and Murray Counties bounded on the north by Georgia Highway #282, on the west by U.S. Highway 411, on the south by Georgia Highway #156 and Flat Creek Road and on the east by Georgia Highway #5.
General Information
The Coosawattee Wildlife Management Area, established in 1971, consists of two tracts of land in Gilmer County owned by Georgia Power Company, Georgia Kraft and other private land owners, totaling 24.000 acres. The main portion of the area is located 2 miles south of Ellijay off Ga. 282. There is good small game hunting on the area now. Biologists are working to establish deer and turkey for future hunting. This is rugged terrain. The use of 4-wheel drive vehicles is recommended. Danny Dobson is area manager.
DIRECTIONS FROM ELLIJAY:
To reach the main tract of the Coosawatte Area, drive 2 miles south of Ellijay on Ga. 5. Management area
boundary signs will be visible from the highway. Ga. 282 skirts the border of the area.
GRAND BAY AREA
Hunters will be allowed to hunt any game in season
No subject to State seasons, regulations, and bag limits.
special permit or fee is required.
General Information
The Grand Bay Game Management Area consists of
9,000 acres of National Forest Land in Lowndes and Lanier counties, primarily flat pineland and dense palmetto with hardwood creek bottoms.
The Grand Bay Area was stocked with deer in 1963. The area now offers fair hunting for doves, rabbits and ducks and good hunting for squirrels and quail. Raccoons are plentiful. J. L. Rentz is the area manager. There are no developed campsites, but camping is permitted. The nearest state park is Reed Bingham off Ga. 37 between Adel and Moultrie.
DIRECTIONS FROM VALDOSTA:
Take Georgia Highway 125 to Barretts Community. Turn east at sign and follow dirt road 2 miles to management area. Other entrances to the area are found 7 miles southwest of Lakeland, Georgia on U.S. Highway 221 and 10 miles northeast of Valdosta on U.S. Highway 221.
FENDIG (RAYONIER) AREA
Small Game: Open dates January 5 through January
19, and February 2 through February 16. No permit required. No check in or check out required.
JOHNS MOUNTAIN AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates October 8
through 13, 1973.
(2) Deer: (Primitive Weapons) Either Sex. Open dates
January 3 and 4, 1974. QUOTA HUNT: Quota: Five
hundred (500) hunters by computer drawing. All does must be carried to check station for field dressing by
Game & Fish personnel.
(3) Small Game: Open dates December 22 through December 29, 1973; January 12 through January 26,
1974. No permit required.
(4) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates December 22 and December 29, 1973; and January 12 and January 26,
1974. No permit is required.
General Information
John's Mountain Game Management Area is made up
of 20,000 acres of National Forest and private timberland in mountainous Northwest Georgia north of Calhoun in parts of Floyd, Gordon, Walker, and Whitfield counties.
Established in 1957, John's Mountain was first opened for hunting in 1962 for bucks only. Raiford Russell, Calhoun, Ga., is the area manager.
Camping is allowed. Developed campsites are available at the Forest Service Recreation Areas of the Pocket Picnic Area. Dry Branch, and Keown Falls.

DIRECTIONS FROM CALHOUN:
Take Ga. 143 north 6 miles to Sugar Valley. Turn left and travel without turning for 6 miles to Lake Marvin and the checking station at the Pocket.
DIRECTIONS FROM LAFAYETTE:
Travel Ga. 143 to Villanow. Turn right on dirt road leading to the Pocket Picnic Area and travel 8.4 miles to the checking station.
LAKE BURTON AREA
(1) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November 26 through December 1, 1973.
(2) Deer: (Firearms) Antlerless. Open date January 12, 1974. Quota: Five hundred (500) hunters by computer drawing. All does must be carried to the check station for
field dressing by Game & Fish personnel.
(3) Small Game: Open dates August 18 through August 31; and December 3, 1973 through January 5, 1974 and
February 9 through 23, 1974. No permit required. Camp-
ing will be permitted.
General Information
The Lake Burton Game Management Area consists of
15,000 acres of National Forest timberland in mountainous Northeast Georgia near Clayton in Rabun County near picturesque Lake Burton.
Lake Burton has an excellent grouse and good squirrel population and a few turkeys. Allen Padgett is the area manager.
Camping is allowed. There are no developed campsites on the area; however, an excellent State Park campground is located at the Lake Burton Hatchery. The nearest Forest Service campsites are 11 miles away on the Tallu-
lah River.
DIRECTIONS FROM GAINESVILLE:
Go to Clarkesville. Take Ga. 197 north 21.0 miles to
the checking station at the Lake Burton Fish Hatchery on Moccasin Creek.
LAKE RUSSELL AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates October 15 through October 20, 1973.
(2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November 26 through December 1, 1973. Bag limit one (1) buck
deer. QUOTA HUNT. Quota: One Thousand (1,000)
hunters by computer drawing. (3) Small Game: Open dates August 18 through August
31 and December 3, 1973 through January 5, 1974. No
permit required.
(4) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates November 9 and 10; November 16 and 17 and December 7 and 8, 1973. Camping will be permitted. Permit required, $1 per
hunter. General Information
The Lake Russell Game Management Area is located
on 17,000 acres of National Forest and private timberland northeast of 100 acre Lake Russell in Habersham, Stephens, and Banks counties.
The area has a relatively high population of smaller-
than-average deer, with a high percentage of hunter success. Jack L. Andrews, Rt. 1, Baldwin, Ga., is the area manager.
Camping is allowed. Forest Service campsites are located at Lake Russell, Nancytown, and Fern Springs
recreation areas.
DIRECTIONS FROM GAINESVILLE:
Go to Cornelia. Take U.S. 123 northeast 6.8 miles to the Old Guard Camp Road. Turn right and go by Thiokol
plant on left. Go. 0.6 miles, turn left at the first dirt road, and go 0.2 miles to the checking station.
LAKE SEMINOLE AREA
(Primarily Waterfowl)
Hunters will be allowed to hunt any game in season subject to State Regulations, Seasons and Bag Limits.
Camping will be permitted. No hunting will be allowed on the refuge area at any time. No hog hunting will be
allowed on the islands in the Chattahoochee River. Deer hunting is restricted to still hunting only; no dogs allowed.
General Information
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owned shoreline and islands scattered around the edges of Lake Seminole in the extreme southwestern tip of Georgia bordering Alabama and Florida.
Good duck hunting is readily available on the Seminole
area in season, along with good quail, rabbit, and squirrel
hunting, and some deer, dove, and wild hog hunting. No
hunting is allowed within the marked boundaries of 250 acres of refuge at the fork of Spring Creek and the Flint
River.
Good camping facilities and numerous hard-surface
boat launching ramps are readily available on the lake at several Corps of Engineers recreation areas and at Seminole State Park on Ga. 253 near its intersection with Ga. 39. The best motel and eating facilities are in Bainbridge and Donaldsonville. Facilities on the lake itself at four major fishing camps include boat and motor rentals, snacks, cabin rentals, camp sites, and seasonal cafe and guide service. Hunters should have advance reservations, due to the popularity of the lake year-round.
For assistance or information from the State Game and
Fish Commission on the area, check with the Brinson Station of the Commission on the Spring Creek Bridge of Ga. 253, or call Bainbridge 246-4093. Keith O'Mary is area manager.
LITTLE RIVER
(1) Deer: No open season.
(2) Small game: Hunters will be allowed to hunt any small game in season, subject to State Seasons, regulations
and bag limit. No permit required.
General Information
The Little River area consists of approximately 17,000 acres on the Southeastern shore of Lake Allatoona. The
land is owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and by the Georgia Kraft Company and is managed by the Game and Fish Division for public small game hunting opportunity. The area consists of much cutover timber-
land and some mature hardwood forest adjacent to the lake. There is good hunting for quail and rabbit in the cutover areas and squirrels in the hardwoods. The deer population is low and no deer hunting is allowed.
DIRECTIONS FROM ATLANTA:
Go to Acworth. Follow Ga. 92 north 11.0 miles to the
intersection with Ga. 205. Turn left on Ga. 205 and go
3.2 miles to Little River.
DIRECTIONS FROM CANTON:
Take Ga. 205 south 6.8 miles to Little River.
LITTLE SATILLA
Small Game: Open dates January 5 through 19 and February 2 through February 16, 1974. Small game may be hunted in season subject to State Regulations and Bag Limits. No permit required.
OAKY WOODS AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates October 13 through October 27, 1973 on Friday and Saturday only. No permit required.
(2)- Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November 19 through November 24, 1973 and December 12 through 15, 1973. Only one permit is required. Pre-hunt scouting and hunt camp construction will be allowed one day prior to the managed deer hunt only.
(3) Deer: (Firearms) Antlerless. Open dates December 21 and 22, 1973. Limit 500 hunters on a first come, first served basis. Bag limit one (1) deer of either sex.
(4) Small Game: Saturday only through the first dove season. December 5 through December 8: December 29, 1973 through February 28, 1974 on Wednesday and
Saturday only. No permit is required. No motorcycles,
motor scooters or similar vehicles will be allowed on the area at any time.
General Information
Oaky Woods is mostly forest lands with extensive hardin 1966 consists of 37,000 acres of forest lands owned by the Georgia Kraft Company and Continental Can Co. The newly established area is located along the Ocmulgee
River in Houston, and Pulaski counties.
Oaky Woods is mostly forest land with extensive hardwoods. It has outstanding potential for small game hunting. Some of the land is in the Ocmulgee River Swamp

and has an excellent squirrel population. In sections where timber is in the early stages of growth, quail hunting is possible. The area has a fair deer population. The first deer hunt on the area was held in 1967.
Some bear are present in the area, but not in huntable
numbers. Robert Hackley is the area manager. Camping will be allowed on the area during the deer
hunts, but not allowed during small game hunts.
DIRECTIONS FROM PERRY:
Take Georgia 127 east for eight miles to Kathleen, which is located at the junction of 127 with Georgia 247.
Turn right on 247 and go one mile to a Game and Fish
road sign. Turn left on the dirt road and go three miles to the checking station.
OCMULGEE MANAGEMENT AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates October 13 through October 27, 1973 on Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday only. No permit required. (2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November
3, November 5 through November 10, 1973 and November 21 through November 24, 1973. Only one permit is
required.
(3) Deer: (Firearms) Anterless. Open date December
8, 1973. QUOTA HUNT. Quota: Five hundred (500)
hunters by computer drawing. (4) Small Game: Saturday only throughout the first
dove season. Open dates December 12, 1973 through
February 28, 1974, Wednesday and Saturday only. No permit required. No motorcycles, motor scooters or simi-
lar vehicles will be allowed on the area at any time. (5) Pre-hunt scouting and hunt camp construction al-
lowed one day prior to deer hunts only.
General Information
The Ocmulgee Area consists of 28,000 acres of river bottoms with mixed hardwoods and predominantly pine forests. The area offers good deer hunting with some of the largest bucks in the state being taken here. There is also good hunting for squirrel, dove, ducks and quail. Jack Scott, Route 5, Cochran, is the area manager.
DIRECTIONS FROM MACON:
Drive south to the junction of U.S. 129 and Ga. 96 at Tarversville. Turn right onto Ga. 96 and proceed approximately 34 mile to a paved road leading to the right. Follow this road 4 miles to signs leading to the checking
station.
OGEECHEE AREA
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. Open dates October 10 through October 27, 1973 on Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday only. No permit required. (2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November
3, November 5 through November 10. 1973 and November 19 through November 24, 1973. Only one permit is
required.
(3) Small Game: Saturday only during the first dove season. Open dates August 15 through September 8 and December 5, 1973 through February 28, 1974 on Wednesday and Saturday only. Hunt camp construction and prehunt scouting allowed on day prior to hunt.
General Information
The Ogeechee area consists of 24.000 acres in two tracts along the Ogeechee river in middle Georgia. The area is typical river bottom swamp with hardwoods along the streams and pine on ridges.
There is presently a substantial deer population on the area in huntable numbers. Some turkey are present and are hoped to develop into a huntable population under protection. Squirrel hunting is good along the streams and rabbit and quail are numerous in cleared areas.
Camping is permitted but there are no improved camping areas. Joe Smallwood is the area manager.
DIRECTIONS FROM WARRENTON:
Go south on Ga. 16 to Jewell Community. Road enters
area.
PIGEON MOUNTAIN AREA
(1) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates December 3 through December 8, 1973.
(2) Small Game: Open dates December 22 through

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December 29, 1973 and January 12 through January 26,

No 1974.

special fee or permit is required.

(3) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates December 22

and December 29, 1973 and January 12 and January 26,

1974. No permit required.

(4) The Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area

consists of that portion of Walker County bounded on

the north by Ga. # 193, on the west by Hog Jaw Road

and Cove Road, on the south by the Chattooga County

line and on the east by Bronco Road and Chandler Road.

General Information

The Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area consists of 17,500 acres of private land in southwest Walker County west of LaFayette, Ga. The topography is typical of the Lookout Plateau region and the vegetation type is oak-hickory, with some stands of pine. The area, estab-
lished in 1970, already supports a fair deer population.
H. M. Rodgers is area manager.
DIRECTIONS FROM SUMMERVILLE:
Take Ga. 48 west to Cloudland, turn right on Ga. 239 and go about 8.0 miles to Haywood's Store. Turn right on dirt road for 1 mile to checking station at intersection.

RICH MOUNTAIN AREA
(1) Deer: No open season for the taking of deer. (2) Turkey: No open season for the taking of turkey.
(3) Small Game: open dates December 3, 1973 through
January 12, 1974, and February 9 through 23, 1974. No
permit required.
(4) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates Saturday nights
only. October 20, 1973 through January 5, 1974. No per-
mit required.
(5) General Regulations: The Rich Mountain Wildlife Management Area consists of those lands in Gilmer and Fannin Counties bounded on the west by Georgia Highway #5, on the north by Rock Creek Road, on the east by Aska Road and Big Creek Road and on the south by
Georgia Highway # 52.
General Information
This area consists of 25,000 acres of rugged mountain terrain. The area is managed by agreement with U.S. Forest Service, Georgia Power and several private landowners in the area.
Mature hardwood timber dominates the area. Deer have been stocked and it is hoped will develop into a huntable population within 3-5 years. Squirrels are numerous and there are some grouse. Turkey are present but scarce and the area will be stocked as birds become available. Bear are present and Rich Mountain represents one of the few areas of suitable black bear habitat left in North Georgia.
A Access is extremely difficult on the area's few roads.
four wheel drive vehicle is highly recommended. Camping is permitted but there are no developed campsites.
David Davis is area manager.
DIRECTIONS FROM ELLIJAY:
Go north on Ga. 5 miles to Whitepath Community
Area is on right. Or, go east from Ellijay on Ga. 52 three miles to Turnipseed Road. Turn left to enter area.

SUWANNOOCHEE AREA

(1) Deer: (Primitive Weapons) Either Sex. Open dates November 19 through November 24, 1973. Permits will

be available at the checking station. $5 permit required.
No pre-hunt scouting allowed.

(2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates December

A 17 through December 22, 1973.

permit is required

and will be available at the checking station at a cost

of $5.

(3) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates December
A 31, 1973 through January 5, 1974. permit is required

and will be available at the checking station at a cost

of $5.

(4) Small Game: Open dates January 7 through Janu-

ary 19, 1974 and February 2 through February 16, 1974.

Gates will be opened at 5 a.m. and closed at 7:30 p.m.
No permit or fee required. No check in or check-out

required.

General Information

The Suwanoochee Game Management Area consists of

60.000 acres of low-lying timberland owned primarily by the Langdale Company and Southern Resin Chemical Co.

near Homerville in Clinch, Echols, and Lanier counties near Suwanoochee Creek in South Georgia.
Suwanoochee is the second largest state management area, and was first opened for buck-only deer hunting in 1963. Along with fair deer hunting, the area has fair quail, rabbit, and squirrel hunting. There are no turkeys on the area. J. C. Rentz, Lake Park, Ga., is the area manager.
There are no developed campsites on the area, but camping is allowed adjacent to the checking station. The nearest developed campsite is approximately 30 miles away at Stephen Foster State Park.
DIRECTIONS FROM VALDOSTA:
Turn east on U.S. 84. Go 13 miles to Stockton. Turn
south on U.S. 129, and go 5 miles to the checking station on left.
SWALLOW CREEK AREA
(1) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November 26 through December 1, 1973.
(2) Small Game: Open dates August 18 through September 8, 1973; October 14 through November 2, 1973;
and December 3 through December 31, 1973. No special
fee or permit required. Camping will be permitted. (3) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates October 13
through October 20 and December 3 through December
31, 1973. No permit required.
General Information
The Swallow Creek Game Management Area consists
of 20,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service timberland in
Towns County on the North side of the Blue Ridge
Divide. Swallow Creek is an extremely mountainous, steep,
rugged area of mixed hardwoods and some pine. Fourwheel drive vehicles are recommended for traveling the area's very steep and rugged roads.
The Swallow Creek area has a fair deer population, and a few turkeys. Grouse and squirrel hunting is good, with fair rabbit hunting and no quail. James F. Shuler, Rt. 1, Blairsville, Ga., is the area manager.
Camping is allowed but there are no developed campsites on the Swallow Creek area. The nearest developed campsite is on Ga. 197 at the Lake Burton Fish Hatchery.
DIRECTIONS FROM GAINESVILLE:
Go to Robertstown. Take Ga. Highway 75 north to
U.S. Highway 76 Junction where the checking station is
located.
TALKING ROCK AREA
(1) Deer: No open season for the taking of deer. (2) Turkey: No open season for the taking of turkey.
(3) Small Game: Open dates December 3, 1973
through January 13, 1974. No permit required.
(4) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates Saturday nights
only. October 20, 1973 through January 5, 1974. No per-
mit required.
(5) General Regulations: The Talking Rock Wildlife Management Area consists of those lands in Gordon, Gilmer, Murray and Pickens Counties, bounded on the west by U.S. Highway #411 and on the north and east by Georgia Highway #156 and on the south by Georgia Highway #53.
General Information
The Talking Rock Wildlife Management Area consists of 20,000 acres of timberland owned by the Georgia Kraft Company and the Hiwassee Land Company and other private landowners lying in Pickens, Gordon, and Gilmer counties. The terrain is rugged with a good many cutover areas. The deer population is presently low but restocking efforts are underway and the area has excellent potential. Small game hunting is good for squirrels in their hardwood timber and for quail in the cutover areas.
DIRECTIONS FROM JASPER:
Driving west on Ga. Hwy. #53 to Hinton, Ga. (Junction of Ga. #53 and Ga. #156) which is adjacent to the area. Ga. Hwy. #53 constitutes the S.E. boundary and Ga. Hwy. #156 the N.E. boundary of the area. U.S. Hwy. #411 from its junction with Ga. #53 north to junction with Ga. #156 is area's western boundary.
WARWOMAN AREA
(1) Deer: (Primitive Weapons) Either Sex. Open dates

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October 22 through October 27, 1973.
(2) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates November 26 through December 1, 1973.
(3) Small Game: Open dates August 18 through August 31, 1973; and December 3 through December 29, 1973:
and February 9 through February 23, 1974. No checkin or check-out will be required. No permit is required.
Camping will be permitted. (4) Special Raccoon Hunt: Open dates November 9 and
10; December 7 and 8; and December 14 and 15, 1973.
$1 permit required.
General Information
The Warwoman Game Management Area is located on
14,000 acres of National Forest timberland in extremely rugged and isolated mountain terrain on the headwaters
of the Chattooga River in Rabun County east of Clayton. Ga.
While the average size of the deer taken on Warwoman
ranks next to Cedar Creek, hunter pressure is considerably less, due to the rugged country and the difficulty of hunting it. Four-wheel drive vehicles are essential for motor travel inside the area on jeep trails. George Speed, Clayton, Ga., is the area manager.
Camping is allowed, but there are no developed campsites on the area. Black Rock Mountain State Park is located 3 miles north of Clayton on U.S. 441 and U.S. 23.
DIRECTIONS FROM GAINESVILLE:
Go to Clayton on U.S. 23. Turn right on U.S. Highway 76 and go one block. Turn left on Warwoman Road and
go 3.8 miles to the checking station.
WAYCROSS STATE FOREST AREA
(1) Deer: (Firearms) Buck Only. Open dates December
3 through December 8, 1973. No pre-hunt scouting al-
lowed. Permit available free of charge at check station.
No pre-hunt scouting allowed.
(2) Small Game: Open dates January 3 through 5: January 10 through 12 and January 17 through 19, 1974
and February 2 through February 16, 1974. No permit
required.
General Information
The Waycross State Forest Game Management Area
consists of 37,500 acres of timberland owned by the Georgia Forestry Commission in Ware County.
Waycross State Forest was created in 1960, and consists largely of flat coastal plains piney-woods carpeted by palmetto. The area has a fair deer population, and a few turkeys. Quail hunting on the area is good, with fair rabbit and squirrel hunting. W. T. Hewitt, Waycross, Ga., is the area manager.
Camping is not allowed on the area, but a developed camping area is adjacent to it at Laura Walker State Park. Hunters using the Park must keep firearms stored in
vehicles while inside the Park.
DIRECTIONS FROM WAYCROSS:
Take U.S. 1 south from the Waycross city limits 3.6 miles to the area boundary.
DIRECTIONS FROM BRUNSWICK:
Go to Hoboken. Take U.S. 84 west for 3.1 miles to the
area boundary.
WHITESBURG AREA
(Carroll-Douglas Area)
Hunters will be allowed to hunt any game in season subject to State regulations, seasons, and bag limits.
General Information
The Whitesburg Public Hunting Area consists of 28,000 acres of Georgia Kraft Company timberland in several large scattered blocks in Carroll and Douglas counties on the west bank of the Chattahoochee River below Atlanta. The Whitesburg area was opened for hunting in 1964. Boundaries of the area are marked by yellow signs and by the Georgia Kraft double blue paint bands on border
trees.
No developed campsites are available on the area, but
camping is allowed.
DIRECTIONS FROM ATLANTA:
Take Ga. 166 west. Travel 36 miles to the junction of Ga. 5 and Ga. 166. Turn south on Ga. 5 and go 12 miles

to Whitesburg, which is located in the approximate center of the major land blocks.
DIRECTIONS FROM NEWNAN:
Take U.S. Alternate 27 north and go 9 miles to Whites-
burg.
WILDLIFE REFUGES (Federal)
Managed by U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife Regulations governing hunting on Blackbeard Island
National Wildlife Refuge, Piedmont National Wildlife
Refuge and Savannah National Wildlife Refuge may be
obtained by writing to U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Peachtree-Seventh Building, Atlanta, Ga. 30323.
PIEDMONT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
(1) Deer: (Archery) Either Sex. October 1 through Oc-
tober 13, 1973. Permits may be obtained at the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge headquarters at Round Oak, Georgia 31080 any time during the hunt or the week
preceding it.
(2) Deer: (Trophy Hunt) Buck Only. Open dates October 22 through October 27, 1973. Hunters will be allowed to take one buck deer with at least four points on a side. Five hundred (500) hunters limit. Rifle or shotgun. Computer permit required.
(3) Deer: (Firearms) Either Sex. Open dates November 3, November 10 and November 17, 1973. Hunters will be
allowed to take one deer of either sex. Two thousand
(2,000) permits per hunt. Rifle or shotgun. Computer permit required for each one day hunt.
Applications for computer permits for the trophy buck hunt and firearms deer hunt will be available from the Piedmont headquarters during the month of August, and must be received in the Atlanta Office by September 7.
-- (4) Small Game: Squirrel August 18 through Sep--tember 8, 1973 daily except Sundays. Quail and Squirrel
Tuesdays and Saturdays. November 20, 1973 through
February 28, 1974. No permit required.
(Deer scouting will be allowed only on September 29 and 30.)
BLACKBEARD ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Archery hunt for deer (Either Sex). Open dates are October 16 through October 19; November 20 through November 23; and December 27 through December 29, 1973. Permit required, available from the Refuge headquarters at Savannah. National Wildlife Refuge, Route 1, Hardeeville, South Carolina 29927 after September 1.
WASSAW ISLAND
Archery hunt for deer (Either Sex). Open dates are November 20 through November 23 and December 11 through December 14, 1973. Permit required, available from the Refuge headquarters at Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Route 1, Hardeeville, South Carolina 29927 after September 1.

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LIKES AND GRIPES

When the magazine format changed

last year, I was angry and had no in-
tention of renewing my subscription.

But the quality and interest of the ar-

ticles since January 1973 have changed
my opinion. The articles on Georgia,

fishing, and back packing have been

My very interesting.

check for a three

year subscription is enclosed and my

confidence in your publication has been

restored. It compares favorably with a

similar publication by the State of

Louisiana.
May I also offer one suggestion? An

occasional article on the environment,

and ecology would add some interest. Maybe a primer on ecology and the

slate's involvement in ecology would

be helpful.

R. E. Stapleton

Atlanta

I do not wish to renew my subscrip-
tion. I have watched a very good hunting and fishing magazine be turned into
a weirdo-hippie-backpackers ecological handbook. This wasn't the original purpose of this magazine and for that reason only, I wish not to renew.
If I may pass along some advice. I
would suggest that your department do a study on the popularity of your maga-
zine. I feel assured that the sportsman's
clubs across the state hate the new
format.
Lamar E. Zipperer
Athens
When the purpose changed, we changed magazines, but we feel the larg-
er scope of the new, larger magazine
includes that of the old one. A reader-
ship survey was done before the new magazine was brought out, and readers
indicated an interest in articles such as
those now included.

Enclosed is a change of address I thought I had already sent in. I did not use the form provided in the December issue. The picture on the back was too pretty and just fit an empty picture frame I had.
Anyway, enclosed please also find my
check for $5.00 for two years subscrip-
tion for my husband (and me). I'm not much of a sportsman but I love the ar-
ticles in the magazine. Keep up the good work.
Frances Anderson Toccoa

I feel the monthly magazine I now
receive (Outdoors In Georgia) is not in
the best interest of the hunter and fisherman as the magazine I subscribed to
several years ago, "Georgia Game and
Fish."
The "Georgia Game and Fish" magazine always kept me up to date on all
game that was in season this month, next month, opening and closing dates on

time not published in the once a year
game regulations.
If these items are not included in future issues I feel that your magazine (also mine) is not in the best interest of Georgia "outdoorsmen." I will not
renew my subscription if this important
information is not included.
Lee W. Swails
Pearson
We hope you have remained a sub-
scriber long enough to get this issue. The only season not included is for duck, and we just don't have it yet.
-- Also hope you noticed the fishing regu-
lations and dates in the April issue
earliest ever!
Am delighted to renew my subscrip-
tion to "Game and Fish," "Outdoors in
Georgia" magazine for one great reason.
The 1973 Georgia Tide Tables are now included. Not only for one month, but
the whole year. This is wonderful to those living in
Coastal areas or even near by. Elizabeth R. Kelly Mcintosh
We plan to include the next year's
tide tables for the Georgia coast in each
December issue. Those who were not subscribers in December or failed to
save the tables can get a copy by writing or calling us at 656-3530.
You mention the following in the
October, 1972, issue, page 11: "Obtain a compact, step-by-step
well-illustrated guide showing how
to dress a deer"
Why not include this compact illus-
trated guide as a section in our "Outdoors in Georgia" magazine?
-- -- I like your new format and read it
monthly cover to cover stay with it and congratulations on a job done well.
C. T. Shaw Smyrna
We do have a guide to field dressing deer available without charge. An ar-
ticle on the subject also appeared in
G\me & Fish about two years ago; but
it might be time for another one.
LIKES PAINTINGS
A friend of mine who I mounted a
bass for, showed me one of your magazines the other day. It was the May 1973
Vol. II No. 5 edition. In it were two color plates of a redbreast and a bluegill. Being a taxidermist, I noticed the detail of these art works and I believe they are the best I've seen. If possible I would like to acquire this back issue. Please send
me information as to how I might ac-
quire this issue as well as information as to whether or not color plates are often to be found in your magazine. If so I would like to subscribe.
Glenn M. Smith Savannah
Back issues are available at a cost of
$.25 each. We plan to include "Wildlife Profiles" in each issue, so you may as
well subscribe.

Outdoor Calendar
PIEDMONT NATIONAL HUNTS
DATES ANNOUNCED
The Piedmont archery hunt for deer will be October 1 through 13,
1973. Permits are required. An un-
limited number of these permits will be issued. They may be picked up
in person only at refuge headquarters on the following dates: September
4-30, Monday through Friday from
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and October 113 from 4:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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World
REPORT OIL SPILLS
Around-the-clock emergency telephone service for reporting spills of oil or other hazardous materials has been established by the Water Quality Control Section of the Environmental Protection Division, Department of Natural Resources. The number is 404-656-4300 and is answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Any company, organization, or in-
dividual experiencing a spill of oil or hazardous materials such as tar or gasoline, or anyone learning of such
a spill, can immediately call this number and remedial action will be started by the Water Quality Control Section.
If a spill of oil or gasoline in a stream or river is reported quickly enough,
the Water Quality Section may be
able to get earth moving equipment to the site and prevent further flow of spilled oil or gasoline into the stream
or river.
Remember, the number to call to
report spills of oil or hazardous mate-
-- rials is 404-656-4300. Dick Davis

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The Piedmont gun hunts for deer
will be as follows:
-- Trophy buck October 22 through -- October 27 500 Permits
-- -- Either sex November 3 2,000 -- -- Permits
Either sex November 10 2,000
-- -- Permits
Either sex November 17 2,000
Permits
A permit will be required for all
of the gun deer hunts. The permits
will be handled by computer. Persons
who wish to apply for these permits
should request an application from the refuge office. Application forms will be available till August 31, 1973, and the deadline for receiving appli-
cations is September 7. To request
an application send one self-addressed stamped envelope (9"x4") for every two applications desired to Piedmont
National Wildlife Refuge, Round Oak, Georgia 31080. Information on
all hunts will be returned with the application.
Woodcock: November 20 through
January 23. Daily bag limit 5, possession limit 10. Legal shooting hours will be 30 minutes before sunrise
until sunset.
Snipe (Wilson's): December 21
through February 23. Daily bag limit 8, possession limit 16. Legal shooting hours will be 30 minutes before sun-
rise until sunset.
Rail (Marsh Hens): September 10 through November 18. King and clapper rail daily bag limit 15, possession limit 30, singly or in aggregate. Virginia and sora rail daily bag limit 25, possession limit 25, singly or in aggregate. Legal shooting hours will be 30 minutes before sunrise until sun-
set.
Dove: Georgia has been divided into two zones for the coming dove season by a line formed by U.S. 80 from Columbus to Macon, Ga. 49 from
Macon to Milledgeville, Ga. 22 from
Milledgevillc to Sparta, Ga. 16 from Sparta to Warrenton, U.S. 278 from Warrenton to Augusta.
Northern Zone: September 8 through October 27, and December
15 through January 3.
Southern Zone: September 29 through October 27, and December
6 through January 15. Daily bag limit 12, possession limit
24. Legal shooting hours will be from 12 noon until sunset.

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