Deke Joyner holds a 20-pound channel catfish he caught on the Blackwater River ...
JANUARY
• Derrick Ledbetter’s 14-stress relevant whitetail was the winner of Franklin-area taxidermist Doug Gray’s first-ever big buck oppose. The Newsoms man’s deer, which had a 22-inch spread and a Boone & Crockett vulgar score of 181 6/8, was mounted free.
• The General Assembly voted against a bill that would permit landowners to kill — without a state permit — deer, elk or bears damaging fruit trees, crops, livestock or idiosyncrasy used in commercial farming. Farmers instead will be required to extend getting kill permits from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
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• Deke Joyner of Franklin caught a 20-pound, 36-inch avenue catfish on the Blackwater River at about 4 p.m. March 5. He caught the fish close-fisted the International Paper pollution pond about a mile from where the Blackwater meets the Chowan River. Joyner was using cut shad for bait.
• Less 60 youth from the Holland, Waverly, Wakefield, Zuni and Sedley areas showed for the first Sedley Track down Club’s Kids’ Day. Youth participated in BB gun and archery butt shoots, and deer dragging and tracking competitions.
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