Richard Simms
ARTICLES BY RICHARD SIMMS
Portions of North Chickamauga WMA closed to nonhunters during duck season
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency biologists are hoping a new regulation will improve waterfowl hunting on two units of the North Chickamauga Wildlife Management Area this winter.…
Can we avoid a dual invasion of exotic fish?
So far, so good—our section of the Tennessee River has avoided invasion by a pair of exotic marauders.…
Drowning may not look like drowning
If you've seen somebody drowning on TV or in the movies ... forget it. It doesn't work that way. The truth is, drowning doesn't usually look like drowning at all. The vision of someone splashing around, screaming for help and flailing the water to a froth is a media myth. Drowning is all too often a very quiet affair, and it can happen mere feet away from you, and you'll never know it.…
"Hook n' Look" TV show films in North Georgia
The popular outdoor fishing show "Hook n' Look" has just wrapped up filming a segment on North Georgia's Carters Lake.…
Feds consider status of eastern diamondback rattlesnakes
Should the largest poisonous snake in the eastern United States be considered a threatened or endangered species ... and if it is, do you care?…
Long shot on video: Mountain goat down at 943 yards
Military sharpshooters often brag about "1,000-yard kills." However, in the hunting community, some would argue that this is unethical, that no one should take such a long shot out of concern of not making a clean kill.…
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