State DNR adds another tool to outdoors toolboxes
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ALBANY ‒ The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division has created another tool to help those hunting and fishing in Georgia. The Go Outdoors GA App can be downloaded free on a mobile device through the Apple or Google Play stores.
The Game Check button allows hunters to store proof of current licenses as well as the opportunity to purchase any other licenses online as required. It also allows the hunter to complete the deer, turkey, bear, and alligator harvest forms, at the same time updating the personal harvest history. It also allows hunters to access real-time harvest interactive maps showing real-time harvest data broken down by state totals and county totals. These totals also shows the harvest numbers for bucks vs. does.
This information is also available for the same harvest data on the state’s Wildlife Management Areas both in total and by individual WMA sites.
The Toolbox button provides access to solar/lunar tables, providing daily sunrise and sunset, helping the hunter not only plan a hunt but ensure that all shots are taken during legal hunting hours. These times are determined by location using zip code or current GPS location. It also provides moonrise and moonset, using the same manner and helping the hunter calculate lunar impact. It also provides access to the current hunting regulations and seasons.
There is a tab for viewing and applying for quota hunts, as well as updating applications and hunt choices online. That tab allows hunters to sign in online to WMAs.
A hunting blog covers a wide range of topics from recipes to Chronic Wasting Disease. The Toolbox also provides anglers with solar/lunar information as well as major and minor feeding times, tidal information and water conditions, including wind, currents, and water temperatures. Boating regulations, rules, and boat ramp information also is available.
A button on the App to the Ranger Hotline or the Hunt Regs App allows individuals to report poaching and other illegal hunting and fishing activities. The Merch Store button provides the outdoor enthusiast a way to buy outdoor gear ranging from insulated tumblers and caps to packs, gun cases and duffle bags.
For help with the apps, individuals may call 1-800-366-2661, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. through 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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