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Scrapbook Bonus – January 2025

Send photographs to [email protected] or mail to PO Box 1589, Watkinsville, GA 30677.  Include name, subscriber number, hometown, county, date and details.                                        

Scrapbook – January 2025

Send photographs to [email protected] or mail to PO Box 1589, Watkinsville, GA 30677.  Include name, subscriber number, hometown, county, date and details.                  

Spy Cam – January 2025

Email pictures to [email protected]. Please include your name, GON subscriber number, hometown, county where the picture was taken, date, time and any interesting details for a caption. Or mail to GON Spy-Cam, PO Box 1589, Watkinsville, GA 30677.          

Central GA Bear Hunters Kill 4

Four bears­—two males and two females­—were killed during the one-day central Georgia bear season, which took place on Saturday, Dec. 21. With only two females taken, a second season will be hosted on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.  Central Georgia bear hunting is only offered on private lands in Twiggs, Houston, Bibb and Bleckley counties. No…

Homemade C Trap For Wild Hogs

Many years ago I went on a hog hunt in south Georgia where the hunting group was chasing them with dogs. We killed two big boars, and after the hunt, the dog handlers skinned and gutted those big boar hogs. I brought one home and took it to my deer processor. Although the boar was…

Buffalo In Georgia

Talk about nearly any phase of western history, and sooner or later the word “buffalo” is almost certain to enter into the conversation. Usually it’s surrounded with an air of romance and adventure. Definitely considered an animal of the plains, the buffalo is firmly imprinted in our minds as an integral part of the colorful…

Bucks, Ducks, And… Big Bass? You Bet

I totally get it—it’s tough to get motivated to hook up the bass boat this time of year. It’s cold, the water likely looks like ketchup, and those runs across the lake can inject a chill into your bones that only a steaming-hot shower and maybe a bowl of Brunswick stew can fix. But I…

J.Y. Jones: Seeing The World, Rifle In Hand

“It started with a .22 rifle my dad brought back from World War II,” Dr. J.Y. Jones is saying. “I killed my first squirrel and rabbit with it.” No one could have known at the time that a rifle from the other side of the world would prove instrumental in the life of a man…

The Hilsman Legacy

“We used Hilsman’s Deer Cooler for the first time this year. They are by far the best processor we’ve EVER used!!! The meat is absolutely amazing!!! I made country fried steak tonight and it was so tender I could cut it with a fork!!! I can’t wait to use them in the future!!! Lifelong customers…

Lake Seminole Bass Early To Bed

The typical Georgia bass angler isn’t thinking about prespawn patterns for January fishing. But Lake Seminole bass are well ahead of other Georgia lakes, and as the New Year begins, they are already in a hungry, prespawn mood. You can take advantage of this early prespawn mode to catch numbers and quality bass on Georgia’s…

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