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It wasn’t the biggest deer I had ever seen. It wasn’t even close. But the regret of missing my shot opportunity haunted me and grew more painful as time went on. When the 2018 deer season came to an end, I still had two buck tags unused. It was the first season in a long…
Jennifer Fields has done what most hunters will never do after she killed a buck with baseball-bat bases that measured 7 5/8 inches. The 7 1/2-year-old 10-pointer was taken in Macon County on Nov. 15 and weighed 240 pounds. “I am still in shock that I shot his deer, a true deer of a lifetime,”…
Happy New Year, everyone! The whole key right now is to find fish and fish slowly. During winter, there are usually lots of fish in small areas and lots of areas with no fish. I have personally had great and tough trips so far this week. Rivers are running hard, but a few folks reported…
Two retired 72-foot subway cars and 1,000 tons of discarded concrete culvert pipe are the latest additions to Georgia’s marine artificial reefs. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) partnered to deploy the railcars to Artificial Reef L in about 60 feet of water approximately 23 nautical miles east of Ossabaw…
The bass fishing on Lake Seminole has been extremely productive this winter! The water temperatures have fallen down to the mid 50s and the Flint and Chattahoochee River arms of the lake have good stain. Spring Creek remains clear. We have been catching bass on a variety of lures from vibrating jigs, jerkbaits and lipless…
A high-school senior from Ellijay drowned when he tumbled overboard while duck hunting on Lake Chatuge just across the Georgia-North Carolina border on Nov. 18. Authorities said 18-year-old Trenton Daniel Johnson, a student at Gilmer High School, was attempting to retrieve a downed duck when he toppled headfirst into the water. His hunting partner, Carson…
Since Georgia Outdoor News magazine started in 1987, we have continuously enjoyed sharing the accomplishments of others. Some months we’ll receive hundreds of pictures of happy hunters and anglers every year who just want to share their accomplishments. We are truly blessed that so many loyal Georgians think enough of GON to share with us about what they’ve accomplished.…
By Austin Michel My buddy Parker and I went down to Hannahatchee Creek WMA on the weekend of Christmas to hunt the feral hogs there. We figured that most hunters would be home during the holidays. Thankfully we were right. Leaving early on Sunday the 24th, we got to Hannahatchee at around 9 a.m. Shortly…
Vol. 38, No. 1 Smisson Ridgon was just 14 when he arrowed this Houston County 13-point buck this season. Photo By Scott Hodges January 2024 Magazine Flipbook Edition January Feature Articles No hindsight ip unit displayed. Red Oaks Plantation Is A Worth County Gem Traveling across the country to hunt big bucks? Some of…
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