2009 FL - GA Game Management Update Series

A program for landowners, managers, outdoors men and women and others interested in game habitat management, hunting, fishing, outdoor first aid and best natural resource management practices.

Please see the Game Management Update Series brochure for the full details.

A map to the upcoming event can be found here.


Deer

8 May: Bobwhite quail management. Sunnyhill Plantation, Miccosukee, FL.

  1. Developing a management plan for quail on your property.
  2. Aggressive rehab for timber, abused, and ignored lands in No. FL/So. GA.
  3. Fire and grassland birds
  4. Benefits of quail management to non-target wildlife.
  5. Best native plants and vegetation for quail.
  6. National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative

21 August: Dove and waterfowl management. Pinckney Hill Plantation, Ashville, FL.

  1. Federal and state laws/requirements and interpretation for dove field and pond/wetland management for legal hunting
  2. Population trends and variability in dove and waterfowl numbers in Atlantic and miss. flyways. And, potential indices of annual pop. numbers and change.
  3. Evaluating and inventorying wood duck habitat and carrying capacity; natural cavities vs. boxes: when are boxes needed and how many.
  4. Wetland and pond management for waterfowl.
  5. Upland management, especially fire, for managing waterfowl and doves.

11 September: Fish pond management. Camp Piney Woods, Thomas County, GA.

  1. Management of ponds for recreational fishing and production

25 September: White-tailed deer management. Myrtlewood Plantation, Thomas County, GA.

  1. New food plot variety recommendations
  2. Deer exclusion and deterrent practices
  3. Protein, minerals, other feed and feeders
  4. Warm-season forages
  5. Cool-season forages
  6. Perennial peanut options
  7. FL deer management program

Turkeys

9 October: Wild turkey management. Rosemary Plantation, Grady County, GA.

  1. Importance and assessment of natural foods and cover
  2. Managing food plots, oak plantings, and native vegetation
  3. Making the management dollar go further
  4. Using poultry litter for fertilizer: potential problems
  5. Benefits of turkey management to non-target wildlife.

16 October: Hunting dog and human first aid. Remington EMS, Thomasville, GA.

  1. Preventative measures
  2. Basic first aid and treatment (Veterinarian, EMS staff, and dog trainer)

6 November: Soils, weeds, and herbicides in wildlife food plot and vegetation management. Aucilla Plantation, Thomas County, GA.

  1. Weed identification and importance
  2. Soil identification, basic soil science, and soil management
  3. Pesticides and Herbicides
  4. Weed management
  5. Food plot establishment with different soils and treatments
  6. Managing native vegetation based on soils, etc.


Please contact us for questions or more information.



IFAS Extension GA Extension