Scrapbook June 2020

Mike Dodd, of Acworth, got this Crawford County gobbler in April. It had a 10 1/4-inch beard and 1 1/8-inch spurs. Mike’s been a GON subscriber since there’s been a GON. Thank you!

Hunting a thick bedding area in planted pines produced this Crawford County 10-pointer last season on Oct. 26 for Andy Young, of McDonough.

Maeson Tanner, 17, with her opening-day gobbler from Warren County.

Bo Blanchard, 16, of Columbus, with his gobbler killed in Harris County.

GON member Chris Lofty with the 187-lb. bear he killed last season in Murray County.

Abbeville’s Trenton Jones with his Wilcox County 10-pointer killed last Nov. 10 when it came into a food plot.

Austin Brubaker, of Griffin, shot this Lamar County 8-point buck when it came into a food plot with another buck at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 27.

Longtime member Steve McEntire, of Chatsworth, got this gobbler in Murray County. It had two beards, the longest 11 1/2 inches. Spurs were 1 1/8 inches.

Bernard Kiser, of Gray, with his Crawford County 10-pointer killed on Nov. 1 when it stepped into a food plot.

GON member Kelley Beasley, of Oak Park, celebrates her Emanuel County gobbler with her husband Brandon and daughter Remi, then 4 months old.

David Kirkland, of Rome, caught this 5-lb., 8-oz., 23-inch rainbow trout on the Toccoa River in Blue Ridge using an ultralight rod and 4-lb. test line. “Want to give a big shout out to my brother Jason Cross in helping me land this catch of a lifetime, and to mention it was on my birthday weekend. What a birthday present, just turned 52,” David said.

Abigail Whalen, 17, of Winder, said the deer activity was crazy good the evening of Nov. 1 in the Clarke County woods when she got this 12-pointer. After the shot, the buck made a big loop and fell 5 yards from Abigail’s stand.

Check out this big Bartow County buck killed last season by Tony Pinyan, a GON member from White. Tony got the 12-pointer on Nov. 10.

That’s a big ol’ bass Kay Smith caught and released March 25 while fishing a Newton County pond.

This nice buck from Floyd County was taken by GON member Rickey Alford, of Lindale. The main-frame 8-pointer was in full rut and chasing a doe on Oct. 27. 2018 at 10 a.m.

Acworth’s Joey Kendall shot this 9-point buck while hunting in Washington County last season on Nov. 4.

Berry Hood, of Fayetteville, shows that sportsmen don’t need to wait for the annual Coyote Cull to take one out. Berry got this one in Coweta County while deer hunting.

Anna Herndon downed this big Baldwin County 10-point buck in December. It weighed 208 pounds.

Longtime GON member Max Green, of Temple, with his Haralson County buck killed on Nov. 18.

Keith Everson, of Midland, was hunting in Talbot County during the rut Nov. 8 last season when he shot this 8-pointer.

GON member Randall Portwood, of Rockmart, with his Polk County buck from opening week of gun season.

Janie Johnson, of Carrollton, with a big 12-pointer killed while hunting Carroll County on Dec. 1. with her husband, GON member Stephen Johnson.

After a two-year history, Meriwether County yielded this 11-point buck last season for Marty Ellis, of Thomaston.