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8 | SEPTEMBER 2007 // Evans Outdoors I / 991 Hwy. 280 W. Cordele, GA 31015 Safe Oft Shotgun Shells Dove Season - September Ist1 st \ Large Assortment of Federal & Remington Shells Complete Line of Hunting & Fishing Supplies Douglas E. Evans, Owner STIHL ' Office (229) 273-1692 Fax (229) 273-3213 Subaru Powered Honda Powered $3,995 00 $4,445 00 1237 Watson Blvd. Warner Robins, Ga 31093 4 »Phone: 478-918-0680 Fax:47B-918-0580 « ■ve Cell: 478-396-5157 • 1-866-800-7722^^1 Byron Pawn Shop, Inc. f: Buy...Sell...Trade W\ V Most Anything of Value ssr J V/ of Georgia. Inc. (478) 956-4400 PET PLANTATION FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY Leveret! Road at Houston Lake 9714112 wwwjietiiiantatlonheine.csm “M n . ->•-#. <• EVANS NEWSPAPERS, INC. Herd continued from pg. i Georgia Hunters Are Taking More Quality Bucks It seems that Georgia hunters have the greenest grass in the neighborhood. Georgia far exceeds its neighboring states in producing a quality deer herd. How did this happen? Well, it happened while we were paying attention to our neighbors. First and foremost, Georgia tailored a management system unique to Georgia. There is little doubt that voluntary biISL Lakes continued from pg. 5 crankbaits and worms are keys. In the spring go to the backs of creeks and coves and use spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps. In the fall try crankbaits on riprap and clay points. In the winter find deep brush and jig a spoon around it. The lower lake is clearer in the winter. 8. Bartlett’s Ferry Also known as Lake Harding, this Georgia Power lake of 850 acres and is lined with boat docks. It gets very crowded in warm weather but bass can be caught on long points and main lake structure on worms. In the winter jig spoons and jigs and By t ||H Irapo Checking out scopes at this year's Buckarama held in Perry August 15-17,2007. HUNTING, FISHING 4 CAMPING restraint in the harvest of young bucks has contributed to this success; however, this practice is no silver bullet all by itself. Additionally, Georgia slowly increased the doe bag limit and either sex days while holding the buck bag limit constant at two. As a result, the doe harvest steadily increased relieving hunting pressure on bucks. In fact, we lead the nation in doe harvest. At the same time, the harvest of quality bucks has increased while the harvest of younger bucks has decreased. Congratulations, you and the DNR have managed and molded Georgia’s deer herd into a quality deer herd and made Georgia the leader in biologically sound deer pigs on the same structure. In the spring and fall try boat docks with crankbaits and plastics. Run up the river for less crowds and moving water in the summer, too. Topwater is good here for about 9 months of the year. 9. Lake Eufaula Lake Eufaula, also known as Walter F. George is a Corps of Engineers lake of 45,000 acres. It was made famous by Tom Mann and his Jellyworms. It is excellent for big bass as well as numbers of bass. River ledges hold big bass most of the year, use big crankbaits and worms or Ledgebuster spinnerbaits from late spring thru fall. Fish grassbeds with spinnerbaits and topwater from late winter management. Doe Harvest Has Steadily Increased For Over 25 Years It is up to us collectively to keep Georgia’s grass the greenest. Enjoy your bragging rights; you have earned them. However, new and old threats keep appearing that stand to place at risk your hard work, the quality of Georgia’s deer herd and your bragging rights. Remember, Georgia developed its quality deer herd though a path of our own making, not by doing what others do. You can keep it that way by keeping Georgia like Georgia. to late spring. Try jig and pig in brush and stumpfields during the winter months. Riprap is good, too. 10. Lake Seminole Grassbeds, alligators and Jack Wingate are icons on this 37,500-acre Corps of Engineers lake. Fish around the hydrilla beds from late spring until late fall with plastic baits and topwater. Try the standing timber with spoons and plastics during the winter. For a real thrill, run way up the Flint River to the shoals and cast crankbaits and topwater for shoal bass. Seminole is right on the Florida line and is more like a Florida lake than any other in Georgia. Bass often spawn in Jan and Feb.