NEWS RELEASE
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
2700 Suwannee Canal Road
Folkston, GA 31537
http://www.fws.gov/okefenokee
Release at Will Contact: Art Webster (912) 496-7366 ext. 233 Arthur_Webster@fws.gov
Date: October 17, 2012
Annual Wild Hog and Deer Hunt at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge October 26 and 27
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge will be conducting its annual wild hog and quota deer hunt on Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27 inside the east entrance located 11 miles southwest of Folkston, Georgia, off Highway 121/23. Swamp Island Drive, Canal Diggers, Upland Discovery and Ridley's Island trails plus the Chesser Island Homestead will be open only to permitted hunters from 5:30 a.m. until noon. The Swamp Island Drive gate will remain closed while the hunt is in progress to ensure the safety of non-hunting visitors and will re-open at noon.
A total of 40 permits will be awarded for this hunt, 10 of which will be reserved for disabled hunters in wheelchairs. The hunt is for deer (either sex, limit 2 per day) and feral hogs (either sex, no limit). Hunters are required to use shotgun slugs or muzzleloaders only. Use of buckshot is not permitted. Deer taken do not count against the state limit, and a special refuge tag will be provided upon check-out for each deer taken. All hunters must possess a valid Georgia hunting license.
Permits will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Check-in at the Okefenokee Shop Area commences at 5 a.m. each day of the hunt. Follow signs from entrance road to sign-in area. Hunters may line up for check-in no earlier than 4 a.m. and vehicles may not be left unattended. Stand-by hunters may be selected on the second day of the hunt when first-day selected hunters do not return and/or check-in by 5:30 a.m. Hunters must be prepared to pay $12.50 for a hunt permit. Checks, money-orders, or cash will be accepted.
There are many things for non-hunters to see and do while the hunt is in progress. Visitors may view exhibits and an award-winning movie about the refuge at the Richard S. Bolt Visitor Center, take a guided boat tour or rent canoes and kayaks from Okefenokee Adventures, walk the Cane Pole Trail, Phernetton Trail, and Longleaf Pine Trail, and fish in the Okefenokee Swamp. For more information on the hunt or other visitor activities, please call (912) 496-7836.
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