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November 16, 2022
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MONROE OUTDOORS by Terry W. Johnson
November in Monroe Co. offers a wide variety of hunting
The first of the final two segments of the duck season is in November.
The brief slice of the season begins Nov. 19 and closes Nov. 27. The
final stage of the season opens Dec. 10 and runs through Jan. 29.
(Photo/Terry Johnson)
I f you are a hunter, you
have to love Novem
ber. Later this month
you will be able to
wake up in the morning
and have the difficult
task of deciding whether
you will go hunting for
white-tailed deer, squirrels,
doves, geese, snipe, coots,
quail, rabbits, raccoons or
crows. Here is a list of the
seasons that
will open this
month.
Up until now
local goose
hunters were
able to get a
taste of goose
hunting during
brief Canada
goose seasons
held in Sep
tember and Oc
tober. However,
in a matter of
days, the goose season will
resume. The remaining
dates for Canada, snow
and white-fronted geese
are separated into two
segments. The first phase
opens Nov. 19 and closes
Nov. 27. The season then
reopens December 10 and
runs through Jan. 29.
This season the daily
bag limit is five Canada
geese and five snow and
white-fronted geese.
You would truly be lucky
to take home a limit of
geese in Monroe County.
This is due to the fact it
is not unusual for a few
snow geese to venture into
the county each winter.
However, over the past half
century I have only seen
white-fronted geese on a
couple of occasions.
In addition, the first of
the final two
segments of
the duck sea
son takes place
this month.
The brief slice
of the season
begins Nov. 19
and closes Nov.
27. The final
stage of the
season opens
Dec. 10 and
runs through
Jan. 29.
The daily bag limit for
ducks is six. Keep in mind
that a daily bag can only
contain one, black duck,
pintail or scaup; two
canvasbacks, redheads,
mallards (only one of
which can be a hen); and
three wood ducks, eiders,
long-tailed ducks, and
scoters. The daily bag limit
on all other species is set
at six.
It is not uncommon for
Monroe County hunters to
see American coots during
the waterfowl season.
Keep in mind that you
cannot bag a coot during
the November phase of the
goose and duck seasons.
The coot season does not
open until Dec. 10. This
season closes Jan. 29.
Hunters are allowed to
legally bag 15 per day.
The season for common
snipe (formerly called Wil
sons snipe) extends from
November 15 through
February 28.
The daily bag for com
mon snipe is eight birds.
Those local hunters that
enjoy snipe hunting usu
ally travel to the Georgia
coast to hunt these long
billed migratory game
birds. There the birds are
common in the vast coast
al marshlands.
Back home in Monroe
County common snipe are
unusual winter visitors.
Those that do winter this
far from the coast probe
for invertebrates in the
muddy shorelines rim
ming beaver ponds, farm
ponds and Lake Juliette.
The 2022-23 rabbit
season opened Nov. 12
and will come to an end
Feb. 28.
Rabbit hunters can take
home 12 rabbits
per day.
The quail
season kicked
off Nov. 12 and
will not close
until Feb. 28. The
daily bag limit on
quail is 12.
Sadly, quail
numbers are
low in Mon
roe County.
During the
1970s, I could
get off work in
the afternoon,
load up my bird
dog and find a
covey before the
sun went down.
Nowadays, if I
hunted all day
long, I would be lucky to
find a single covey.
Don’t forget that the sec
ond segment of the dove
season opens Nov. 19 and
extends through Nov. 27.
This brief nine-day season
precedes the final phase
that extends from Dec. 19
through Jan.31.
Just a reminder, the daily
bag limit on mourning
doves is 15 per day. If you
happen to bag a Eurasian
collared-dove, it will not
count against your daily
bag limit. This is because
there is no bag limit on
this non-native bird.
If you limit your dove
hunting to September and
early October, you should
consider going on a late
season dove hunt. Since
far more doves are flying
about Georgia in Novem
ber and January than a
couple of months ago, late
season dove hunts can be
very productive.
I think it is readily
apparent that Georgia is
a mecca for hunters. We
can hunt a wide variety of
game as well as having lots
of public and private lands
to hunt on. This is indeed
a winning combination.
If you have any questions
regarding these hunting
seasons, check the 2022-23
Hunting Regulation Guide
or call the Central Region
Law Enforcement Office
(706) 595-4211.
Terry Johnson is retired Pro
gram Manager of the Georgia
Nongame-Endangered Wildlife
Program. He has written the
informative column Monroe
Outdoors’for the Reporter for
many years. His book, “A Jour
ney to Discovery,” is available
at The Reporter. Email him
at tjwoodduck@bellsouth.net.
TERRY W. JOHNSON
DOGS
Continued from 1C
caught a pass and went 18
yards and then Hickman
scampered in from 16
yards out to make it 27-10
with 8:54 left in the third.
Then Jacobi Jones
recovered
an onsides
kick. Seven
plays later,
Hickman
hit senior
Carter
Camp
bell on a
22-yard
touchdown.
Ryan Bank
stons PAT
made it
27-17 with
5:25 left in
the third
and the
Bulldogs
still had a
chance.
But
Dougherty
recovered
another MP
onsides kick
and had
good field
position at
their own
48. The Dogs had a golden
opportunity when sopho
more receiver Braylen Still
fumbled at the MP 29. But
Nelson said he was im
pressed with Doughertys
QB but that it was a winna-
ble game.
“They’re not a better
team than us,” said Nelson.
“That’s a 50-50 game. We
just got the wrong 50.”
Dougherty will advance
to Round 2 and will play
Calvary Day in Savannah.
It was the final game for
18 MP seniors, including
Ty Dumas (1) fights for a catch against
Dougherty County. The Trojan defender
ultimately stripped the ball and got the
turnover. (Photo/Russ Campbell)
Carter Campbell (4) and Nemo Jones (2) celebrate Camp
bells touchdown in last Saturdays first round playoff game
against Dougherty County. The Dogs lost 39-23. (Photo/
Russ Campbell)
Hickman, who started for
four years as QB for the
Dogs and now has the
records of 6,040 passing
yards and 61 TDs in his
career.
Nelson said they’re gonna
de-compress for a few days
and then consider next
season.
“We got to get it back roll
ing,” said Nelson. “We’ve
been talking the last couple
of days about the fact that
Doughtery recovered, and
five plays later Stallworth
scored from 7 yards out.
The PAT was no good
but the Trojans now led
33-17 with 11:08 left in the
fourth.
Then the Bulldogs threw
an interception and the
game was all but over. Stall-
worth scored his third TD
of the night from 16 yards
out and it was 39-17.
MP did add a late TD
when Hickman found
Little for 3 yards as time
expired for a final of 39-23.
Nelson said MP has done
a good job this year on
turnovers so he was sur
prised by the four they had,
which played a key role in
the loss.
“I was not worried about
turnovers before the game,”
said Nelson. “But they will
kill you.”
Nelson said the Dogs
played good defense only
giving up about 300 yards.
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we’ve got to get back the
mindset we had 4-5 years
ago.” MP won four straight
region titles and made two
trips to the Final 4 from
2015-18.
MP is expected to have
back junior Duke Watson,
one of the best running
backs in the state who has
offers from Georgia Tech,
Kansas State and Kansas.
Nelson said he hasn’t
decided whether to hire a
new defensive coordina
tor after this year’s left the
program mid-season.
He said coaches from
Region 2-AAA haven’t met
yet to set the All-Region
team. Of the four Region
2-AAA teams that made
the playoffs, only region
champ Peach County ad
vanced past the first round
this past weekend.
DOUGHERTY @ MP
TEAM STATS
MP Dougherty
First Downs
15 15
Rushing yds.
104 167
Passing yds.
172 155
Total yards
276 322
Comp-Att-Int
15-28-2 11-19-0
Fumbles-Lost
1-1 1-0
Penalties
4-54 yards 8-68 yards
1
2 3 4 T
Dougherty
12
8 7 12 39
MP
3
O 14 6 23
BULLDOG SCORING
First Quarter
• Ryan Bankston
22 yard field goal
run (Wiley Smith kick)
Third Quarter
• Logan Hickman
16 yard
run (Bankston kick)
• Carter Campbell 22 yard pass from Hickman (Bank-
ston kick)
INDIVIDUAL MP STATS
OFFENSE
RUSHING
Player
Carries Yards TDs
Duke Watson
17 75
Logan Hickman
7 28 1
Champ Brantley
2 1
PASSING
Comp.
Att. Yards TDs INTs
Logan Hickman
15
28 172 2 2
RECEIVING
Rec.
Yards TDs
Kham Little
6
90 1
Carter Campbell 2
56 1
Nemo Jones
3
15
Duke Watson
3
12
Najeh Reese
1
-1
DEFENSE
TACKLES
Tackles
Tackles For Loss
RJ Holder
6
1
Brandon Alford
5
1 fumble caused
Jacobi Jones
9
i
Jaise Davis
8
Gevone Sands
8
2
Champ Brantley
7
Nic Arnold
6