Scrapbook November 2021

Matthew Tyler killed this 10-point with a recurve—first deer on his own Coweta County land. Joining the celebration is his wife Addy and their daughter Emma.

Beth Chapman, of Clarkesville, got her first-ever bear, and she did it with a crossbow. Beth was hunting in Rabun County on Sept. 12. Her bear weighed 161.8 pounds.

Some birds were flying in Lowndes County on opening day. Brittini Martin and 5-year-old Briggs Charles Martin with some doves on the tailgate.

Jeremy Leftwich, of Stockbridge, went striper fishing the morning of April 17 on the Ocmulgee River, and he ended up catching a 1-lb., 2-oz. bream.

Don’t see this everyday—a beautiful 2.67-lb. shoal bass caught from the main part of Lake Lanier. Hays Pickett boated the bass on July 18.

Brothers Cody and Charles Quirk with a huge 705-lb., 12 1/2-foot alligator they got during a Bartletts Ferry hunt.

After 50+ years of hunting, Byron Kidd, of Milledgeville, finally has his first full-velvet buck. Byron killed the 8-pointer opening evening of archery.

Zack Cagle and Kate Pope fished a Berry’s Friday night tournament April 30 and caught this 7.59-lb. bass.

Five-year-old Ryhl Wilmot saw an exciting Wilkes County hunt last Dec. 11 when his dad Jake shot this 12-point buck chasing a doe.

This big flounder hit a Berkley Gulp Swimming Mullet. GON subscriber Scott Callaway, of Collins, boated the doormat Oct. 1 at Shellman’s Bluff.

This 24-lb. Carroll County gobbler came in quiet on April 28 as Chad Folsom did some blind calling. Chad’s bird had 1 1/4-inch spurs and a 10 3/4-inch beard.

Just call him Curly. This Crisp County 13-pointer has some squiggly tines and beams. Clint Monaghan killed the unique-racked buck last season.

Niko DePofi, of Austell, with a Monroe County 9-point buck he killed last Nov. 21. That evening he killed an 8-pointer. Good day in the Monroe County woods!

Macon County produced this big 8-point buck last season on Nov. 25 for Matthew Griggs, of Americus.

This 5.45-lb. spotted bass was caught by Jonathon Smith, of Chatsworth, while he was fishing the 1,000-acre re-regulation pool below Carters Lake.

Steven Neely was about to go home after no luck on Sinclair the night of Aug. 28 when his pole slammed down and the drag screamed. Steven said his 38-lb. catfish shows when things ain’t looking good, hang tight… anything can happen.

Kenai Castillo, of Tifton, caught this bass on Lake Eufuala while fishing with guide Joe Dudewitz.

Colton LeMaster and his uncle Grant LeMaster, of Rocky Ford, with Colton’s first blue catfish from the Savannah River in Screven County. The big blue, caught May 30, weighed 35 pounds and was 40 inches long.

Three generations of Rahn men celebrated Troy Rahn’s Tattnall County gobbler. Troy, 78, hadn’t killed a turkey in 20 years. Pictured left to right are Troy’s son Jim Rahn, Troy and grandson Hunter Rahn.