I ignore so many FWD emails, but I always stop to enjoy these kinds of gems.

Chattanooga Ducks Unlimited is putting on a secondary event this year.  Our chapter is very proud to have partnered with Montlake Classic Clays to bring you our first annual "Fun Shoot".  This is is a great off season opportunity to meet up with your hunting buddies and enjoy  some friendly competition, while at the same time raising money to benefit the birds we all love to pursue!  Please buy a ticket and forward this on to all your friends that like to shoot.  Looking forward to seeing you there!  Thanks,  Chris Sanders.  423-309-7344

A USDA Forest Service law enforcement officer was fatally shot Friday at the Ocmulgee Bluff Equestrian Recreation Area on the Oconee Ranger District of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Jasper County. The officer, Christopher Arby Upton, 37, of Monroe, Ga., was on routine patrol in the area about 11 p.m. Two individuals were hunting coyote with a high-powered rifle equipped with night vision and apparently mistook the officer for game. After the shooting, the hunters dialed 911 and reported a hunting incident.

Two Watts Bar duck hunters are probably dreading their day in court after wildlife officers say they caught them duck hunting over bait, using illegal ammunition and hunting without appropriate licenses. Officers say the two men also had a case of beer in their blind. Officer Matt Majors says it was last Saturday when he and Officer Philip Earhart headed out on routine patrol to check duck hunters on Watts Bar Lake. He says shortly after daylight they noticed ducks working near a permanent blind built just upstream from Watts Bar Dam. He says as he and Officer Earhart approached the blind they saw one of the men throwing something toward the water. Add a comment Read more...