Scrapbook – September 2019

The Buck family loves the Georgia outdoors! Madison Buck (left) caught a 20-inch rainbow trout at Lake Seed on June 17, 2018. Cayden Buck (center) got a 3-pointer last season in Elbert County. And grandpa shot a 9-pointer, then followed up 15 minutes later with an 8-pointer, from Elbert County.

Brantley Yu, of Evans, sent this picture of a giant Clarks Hill flathead. He said he caught the 66-lb. catfish while noodling on June 24.

This 10-point buck was killed in Heard County last November by Robert Stickland, of Rockmart.

Eatonton’s Randy McMahan with his Putnam County 8-pointer from last season.

Cody Patrick downed this 15-point buck in Greene County last Nov. 17.

Brian Hulett, of Hazlehurst, shot this Telfair County 10-pointer on Thanksgiving.

Brent Gunter, of Byron, said his patience and common sense paid off with this Crawford County 8-pointer.

Kevin Churchwell caught this 10 1/2-lb. bass at one of the Piedmont Refuge ponds. It hit a shaky head on July 28.

Jerry Ryan worked these birds for an hour—what a great way to spend a Georgia spring morning! Jerry was hunting in Meriwether County.

Don Osborne, of Macon, shot this 10-point buck last November in Jones County.

Don Durr, of Waycross, established a new St. Marys river record for largemouth bass with this 11-lb., 4-oz. hawg he caught during a tournament on April 4. Read the full story online at gon.com.

Dustin Stansell, of Calhoun, with a super brown trout that weighed 4.7 pounds.

This was coyote No. 12 this year for Terry Ball in Habersham County, who added, “We saw a hen with two poults, so efforts are starting to pay off.”

Tyler Butler, of Douglasville, got this Fulton County 11-pointer with his bow last Nov. 18.

A 20 gauge shotgun put this Forsyth County 8-pointer down for T.Y. Yarbrough, of Dawsonville.

A Candler County hunt in late November produced this big 9-pointer for Ricky Jones, of Metter.

Michael Francis, of Cochran, dropped this Bleckley County 10-pointer when it ran out and chased a smaller buck from a food plot on Nov. 18.

Danny Kincaid, of Colbert, was hoping for a Chattachoochee WMA bear when this 8-point buck showed.

A hunt at Bullard Creek WMA in Jeff Davis County last Nov. 21 paid off for Dane Lancaster, of Nashville. Dane caught this 8-point buck slipping through a thicket.

“Found this guy swimming around downtown Helen on June 16,” said Nick Curtis, of Jefferson. The Chattahoochee River rainbow trout weighed 4-lbs., 2-ozs. and was 22 inches long. “It goes to show, you never know what is lurking beneath!” said Nick.