Michael Waddell to Chair National Hunting and Fishing Day
April 10, 2008
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Outdoor television star Michael Waddell has been selected as honorary chairman for this year’s National Hunting and Fishing Day, set for Sept. 27.
In the volunteer role, Waddell becomes the official spokesman for the annual commemoration’s key message: Conservation succeeds only because of America’s 34 million hunters and anglers. In fact, through license fees and excise taxes, hunters and anglers generate $100,000 every 30 minutes for fish, wildlife and habitat programs. Read more
Georgia 15-Year Old Takes State Record Bear
December 20, 2007
Many of you may or may not have already heard about a 15-year old Valdosta, Georgia boy taking a state record black bear back in October. Ed Gliddens, a student at Lowndes High School, shot a 574-pound black during the bear season. You can read all about the hunt and see a picture here.
Tom Remington
Georgia Governor Declares State Of Emergency
December 20, 2007
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue on Saturday declared the northern part of Georgia a disaster because of drought and is asking President Bush to also declare that area a federal disaster. Drought has stricken this area for some time leaving Lake Lanier at its lowest levels ever.
Last week I told you about the problem stating that much of the problem of Lake Lanier being so low was the requirement to keep water flowing out of the damn at a prescribed release amount in order to protect some endangered species. There are also issues with water power plants downstream on the Chattahoochee River. Gov. Perdue would like in his declaration to change the law and reduce the amount of water being released from the lake in order to conserve it for the 5 million customers it supplies.
The Army Corps of Engineers reached an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the 80s to release 5,000 cubic feet of water per second in order to supply power plants and assist in the protection of certain mussels and sturgeon, considered endangered species. One U.S. congressman has come out publicly in opposition to this requirement.
“What we’ve learned from this is what a blunt weapon the Endangered Species Act has become, where some obscure bureaucrat in Fish and Wildlife and some obscure judge can decide that mussels are more important than our children and grandchildren,” said U.S. Rep. John Linder, R-Georgia, who spoke after Perdue at Saturday’s news conference.
Governor Perdue thinks it’s a bureaucratic mess.
“We are also mired in a frustrating manmade disaster of federal bureaucracy,” Perdue said. “The actions of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Fish and Wildlife Services are downright dangerous, and Georgia cannot stand for this negligence.”
Tom Remington
Georgia Big Buck Bow Kill?
December 20, 2007
The below photo seems to be making its way around the Internet saying this buck was taken in Georgia by bow. Can anyone confirm or refute this picture? Any information?
Tom Remington
Georgia Man Kills Bear To Protect Kids
December 20, 2007
A Georgia dad and his three sons were on a camping trip to the Chattahoochee National Forest when a bear tried to carry away a cooler full of food. The youngest son, 6, picked up a shovel and tried to scare the bear away. That’s when it turned on them. The father fought back with a piece of firewood killing the bear.
Tom Remington
After a little internet searching, reading, and checking up on this stuff I found it’s a pretty well established product in Canada and hails from Quebec where they have this funny habit of speaking a lot of French. Thus the name, Jig-A-Loo, and the company’s claim it derives from a saying they have up north, “I’ve got it!” 
