GON May Issue 2025

GON Staff | May 5, 2025

Vol. 39, No. 5

May isn’t the easiest month to hunt a coyote, but now is when fawns and turkey poults are most at risk.

Photo By Tommy Kirkland

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May Feature Articles

Coyote Hunting Options In May… Day Or Night
For the sake of making a difference, this is the best time to kill a coyote. But no doubt, it is a tough time to get a yote.

Small Lake Profile: Ocmulgee Public Fishing Area
This PFA has a reputation for huge largemouth bass.

Turkey Fever: Sultans Of The Glade
Conclusion to Duncan Dobie’s turkey-hunting fiction series.

Lake Eufaula Postspawn Bass In May
The best bite can vary by the day this month. Carson Maddux offers a variety of patterns to try and marks a map with 10 GPS locations.

Canoochee River Redbreast And Bream
Field Editor Craig James floats and fishes the blackwater.

Georgia Gobbling Reports & Picture Gallery
Hunt Advisors give turkey-hunting updates from across the state, and we show off gobbler pictures from the GON community.

Hike-In Trout In The Cohutta Wilderness
The harder you work, the greater the satisfaction… certainly true for the wild Cohutta trout in the Jacks and Conasauga rivers.

Jig-Head Minnows And FFS
A big screen and a few simple lures dominate the bass catching on many lakes these days. Here’s how anglers do it.

Possums, My Pants And Pure Panic
A chicken-coop raider caused quite the ruckus.

Truck-Buck Contest Scoring Results
See who’s headed to the Shoot-Out at the Outdoor Blast in July.