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Once again the GHFF has done an outstanding job fighting for the rights of outdoorsman in the state of Georgia!

"Today Hb 277 passed the House of Representatives tonight with a vote of 122 yeas to 48 neas. This was accomplished by hard work from the members of the Georgia Hunting & Fishing Federation, from members of other sportsmen groups in the state, and because of the tireless effort of Representative Jason Shaw, Gene Maddox, Jay Roberts, Al Williams, Chairman John Burns, Chairman Tom McCall, and many other representatives across the state. GHFF president Reggie Dickey and lobbyist William Woodall worked long and endless hours on this legislation and it has paid off for the sportsmen of GA. Thanks to all who made a phone call and/or sent an email on behalf of HB277. This legislation will now go to the Senate to be considered for passage. We cannot relax yet, we will get contact info to you in the next day or so to start contacting the senators to ask for their support of HB 277. Again thanks to all, this could not be accomplished without the effort of everyone getting involved."
Ronnie Gaskins
Chairman of Board, Georgia Hunting & Fishing Federation

This is Money well spent boys and girls! If you are not a member of this organization I encourage you to visit their website and find out how to join! It's people like this that ensure folks like us get to do what we love in the woods! Let's get behind them and show our support!!

www.ghff.us - It's only $25 per year and this is one organization that when you give them $25 you get more than your $25 worth!!

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Registered: Oct 2008
Location: west ga
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what exactly is Hb277? i live in ga and believe me i hunt these hills and been catchin these crappy like crazy these last few weeks so i'm sure this concerns me also

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Location: Rockmart, Ga.
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Ga ? Hunting rules ? when i put those two things together our wonderful "only 6 volt light " rule, and our coon season that lasts a grand total of 4 and a half months comes to mind right off the bat.

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Registered: Oct 2008
Location: west ga
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i'm with ya there jason... just think up here where we're from we "legally" cant live trap coons... now isnt that strange when all we need 'em for is pup training... i think they did away with the 6volt rule now tho haven't they??

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Originally posted by swampmusic2005
i'm with ya there jason... just think up here where we're from we "legally" cant live trap coons... now isnt that strange when all we need 'em for is pup training... i think they did away with the 6volt rule now tho haven't they??

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Location: South Georgia
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Well if you joined the ghff you would know that the "6volt" law was changed a year or so back to include any light that can be carry or worn on a persons body get involved or don't criticize.........


They do more for hunters than any organization in the state!!

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Well if you joined the ghff you would know that the "6volt" law was changed a year or so back to include any light that can be carry or worn on a persons body get involved or don't criticize.........


They do more for hunters than any organization in the state!!

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Location: west ga
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hey pal we aint... gotta love the moody ones that come outta nowhere!

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muckafoonee is from south Ga. is what it says on here. They can trap coons and train pups. LOL Be nice to them swampmusic ! we might need a puppy trained one day ! LOL LOL

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Registered: Oct 2008
Location: west ga
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i wouldnt say anti coonhunting but yes some laws do contridict others! i think our small game season should extend atleast a month both ways... i dont shoot out but about 1 coon per dog per yea,r but i loves eatin me some rabbit and some tree rats too lol and another thing... deer season... here ends jan 1st bama extends on into march dont it? i'm sure those deer right on the state line are all mixed up at new years hahaha

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i wouldnt say anti coonhunting but yes some laws do contridict others! i think our small game season should extend atleast a month both ways... i dont shoot out but about 1 coon per dog per yea,r but i loves eatin me some rabbit and some tree rats too lol and another thing... deer season... here ends jan 1st bama extends on into march dont it? i'm sure those deer right on the state line are all mixed up at new years hahaha

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Location: west ga
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yeah and they can shoot out 3 per night man i could have all my dogs tasting fur on a nighty basis... you should see these north ga dogs out in the back yard drawing straws to see wigh one fights the coon tonight haha.... seen some dogs in tallapoosa playing rock, paper sciccors for the shoot out hahaha

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yeah, got a guy over in heflin begging me to come hunt his land just so he can hear the hounds run... u gotta have a license to let the dogs run or just to knock em out?

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yeah, got a guy over in heflin begging me to come hunt his land just so he can hear the hounds run... u gotta have a license to let the dogs run or just to knock em out?

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I don't know. Maybe if you wore a Cam newton jersey with a Lynnrd Skynnrd doo rag on your head you might could get by.

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Registered: Oct 2008
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i'm a bama fan so before u see me in orange and blue they can keep their coons and their bumpy roads! cam newton jersey hahaha too funny, too bad he wont get hurt in the big leagues if they go on strike

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i'm a bama fan so before u see me in orange and blue they can keep their coons and their bumpy roads! cam newton jersey hahaha too funny, too bad he wont get hurt in the big leagues if they go on strike

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you got that right about the roads !!! I was born in ALabama . I was born in 1976 and they aint paved a road in that state since then for sure ! ROFL

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yeah true that the only fresh pavement bama forks out is on the talladega race track... went to leeds to the bass pro the other day and i dont think they'll ever finish i-20 between anniston and there

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gotta stray dog in my garbage again... u think they fall under small game? oh wait haralson county has a dog catcher i should wake him up to come get it haha forget splost i'll put my tax dollars to work lol

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I'm from SC. Is it true what they say about Dixie? Does the sun really shine all the time? Do the sweet Magnolias blossom round everybody's door? Do the folks there still eat possum till dey can't eat no mo? No. Just kidding, that's the lyrics of an old song. But, is it true that ya'll can't have a treeing contest with a real live coon? Is it true you cannot show a pup a coon in a rolling cage? Say it ain't so!! Well , no wonder. LOL

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Not criticizing anyone trying to help. We NEED help. But when you say the law was changed, do you mean like a "proposal" changed or actually according to our game wardens changed ?

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gotta stray dog in my garbage again... u think they fall under small game? oh wait haralson county has a dog catcher i should wake him up to come get it haha forget splost i'll put my tax dollars to work lol

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....HB 277..............only part of it I am familiar with is, NOW it is LEGAL to bait deer in the Southern Zone in Georgia..........

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Most everybody already baited in the southern zone anyhow..This will just make folks legal..I've hunted in the southern zone 6 years now..Even the small indian run stores sell corn on every corner..Atleast they do in Arabi.. Its not officially passed yet though..Still has to go to the senate and then be signed by a north ga govener!!! I could care less either way really. We have huge ag fields and lots of them..Corn want draw them away from that..I know that for a fact cause we run feeders all season and still kill em in the fields! Plus Jason I think their was a bill introduced that would make coon trapping and killing 3 coon a night part of the northern coon zone also..It was on here a while back. I've not heard anymore about it..I for one hope it dont pass.We dont need them being trapped out or need to kill that many a night..We dont have the population south and middle ga has. If you want to catch one for a pup. You cant tell me you guys have always followed the letter of the law anyhow and never caught one for a pup anyhow! LOL...Crap I have animal control bring them to me.. Renagade coons I guess

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Folks i sit on the BOD of the GHFF and now serve as President of the GFCH. I can assure you there are things in motion to bring all of Georgia under one rule as for as raccoon goes anyway. The HB 277 bill was passed, and for one single reason it only includes the Southern half of the state, that being the interest wasn't there in the North. Yes i am sure things wil change now that it has passed, and should there be enough interest, These organizations will once again go to bat for you in Atlanta. We do need your help, and want it. Join our memberships. The fee you pay is a small one compared to the work that gets done. JOIN the FIGHT, or lose YOUR RIGHTS! It is fact people. The anti's will not rest until they beat us down. join us. we welcome your help and ideas.

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So whats the things in motion to bring all of ga to one coon regulation? Does it have a number? I joined the GFCH one time..Seemed to me it was a big waste of my hard earned money..I never heard crap from them..Would look on the website..Never nothing on there updated..Didnt seem ran with the members in mind..Heck they want to know stuff!! If a dog gets shot and federation is going to help it..The members should know..If something like this HB 277 is written..Soon as the federation knows..The members should know. Just like the things in the works about coon trapping in north ga.. The federation has nothing on the website about any of this stuff that I see..Maybe if yall get it fixed..I'll join again..Why have a membership if they are not included and active in the things going on!

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