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Wildlife officials: 157 doves confiscated after illegal hunt

Georgia game wardens confiscated 157 doves from an illegal hunt in the southeast part of the state, state wildlife officials said. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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Georgia game wardens confiscated 157 doves from an illegal hunt in the southeast part of the state, state wildlife officials said. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
By The Associated Press
Sept 20, 2021

REIDSVILLE — Georgia game wardens confiscated 157 doves from an illegal hunt in the southeast part of the state, state wildlife officials said.

The doves had being hunted at an illegally baited field in Tattnall County, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said.

It’s illegal in Georgia to bait a field in order to lure the doves or to knowingly hunt on one, WMAZ-TV reported.

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