Outdoors
Berry schedules deer hunts
There are three scheduled firearms deer hunts on the Berry College Wildlife Management Area during the 2009-10 academic year. These are quota hunts, and hunters must be registered in advance to take part. Information is as follows:
· Buck Only (either sex the last two days) & Bear: Nov. 4-7
· Either Sex & Bear: Dec. 2-5
· Either Sex: Jan. 16-18, 2010
All gates into the wildlife management area will be open the day before each hunt for scouting.
During these hunts only permitted hunters will be allowed on the Wildlife Management Area. All other activity is PROHIBITED. This includes jogging, bicycling, etc.
All interior gated roads and/or trails leading from the main or mountain campuses onto Berry's Wildlife Management Area will take you into the hunting areas. These areas will be posted with warning signs by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. It is very important that you pay close attention to the hunting dates and stay clear of the hunting areas.
The main campus and the mountain campus are protected by a buffer zone which is called the Berry College Refuge. Hunters are not allowed inside the Refuge Area (Buffer Zone).
No weapon of any type is allowed on the Refuge Area. Hunters may not access the Wildlife Management Area from campus.
Special Regulations: There is no open season for the taking of wildlife on the Berry College Refuge. Firearms and archery equipment are prohibited on the Refuge. Hunters may not use the main campus for gaining access. Horse, bicycle and foot trails are closed all day during deer firearms season and before 10 a.m. during deer archery and turkey season. ATVs prohibited. Please note that the paved Viking Trail connecting the main and mountain campuses will remain open during hunts.
- Outdoors
-
-
Help reverse slide in tax checkoff funding for Georgia wildlife
A convenient but critical way to support Georgia’s wildlife needs your help this tax season.
-
New CRBI logo ushers in new paddle trip program, Web site
Ushering in a new era in its history, the nonprofit grassroots river protection group Coosa River Basin Initiative recently unveiled a new logo which coincides with the launching of a new Web site and the introduction of a new recreational outreach program.
-
Billy Jonas part of Waterfest weekend
The folk musician performs much of his music on found and recycled objects such as tin cans and 50-gallon drums.
-
Registration now open for Waterfest X
The free event includes an Environmental Fair featuring live animal shows, the world’s largest portable aquarium stocked with Oostanaula River fish, exhibits, children’s activities, food and a regional Environmental Quiz Bowl competition for area schools.
-
Canoe/kayak paddles on the Etowah River in March
The trips will allow local residents to explore more than 25 miles of the Etowah in Cherokee County, highlighted by the McGraw Ford Wildlife Management Area, several Native American fish weirs and other historic sites.
-
Registering your boat? What you need to know
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division is reminding boat owners to make sure that their vessels have a current registration.
-
Fire on the Mountain
Event at Sprewell Bluff State Outdoor Recreation Area celebrates role of fire in nature
-
Citizen of the Week: Caitlin Freeman
Must of us don’t know it, but Wednesday is a special day for anyone involved with Special Olympics.
- Conservation group signs agreement to recover Bobwhite quail habitat
- Appalachian trail celebration and backpacking clinic March 6-7
- More Outdoors Headlines
-
Help reverse slide in tax checkoff funding for Georgia wildlife
