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Hunting season in Georgia is just beginning this year and we should note this beginning because this may be last time hunting season begins this way again. There is a House study committee holding hearings about whether hunting over feed carried to the field is legal for deer. If it is legal for deer, then…
The owner of one of Georgia’s most recognized deer coolers can add another feather to his cap. Bill Hilsman, who used to have an opening-day barbeque and a big-buck contest that made Hilsman’s Deer Cooler near McDonough a fixture to Piedmont hunters, began a program last year that provided venison and a cash donation to…
The first of three House Wildlife Management Study Committee meetings took place Aug. 19, 2005 in Perry. There were 102 people at the meeting, and they listened to speakers state their cases for and against the issue of hunting over bait/feed. This House Wildlife Management Study Committee was created because the subject of hunting over…
In late July, the United States Senate passed one of the most important bills for gun owners in recent times. By a vote of 65 to 31, The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, S397, was approved. This bill makes lawsuits against gun manufacturers and sellers illegal if their gun was used to commit…
Perry Meeting A Joke Dear GON, I attended the August 19 public meeting in Perry about the legalization of hunting deer over bait in Georgia. In attendance was the panel that was set up to study this issue, then make recommendations on legislation concerning baiting. I figured these representatives were chosen because they could keep…
On the Saturday afternoon of the opening day of archery season, Tyler Wood was fifteen feet up in a tree on the Ogeechee River side of the hayfield below Asbury Manor. Tylerʼs lock-on was chained to the side of a massive sweetgum thirty feet inside the treeline. From his vantage he could watch a heavily…
Features: Tackling Lake Tobesofkee Late Summer Bass Lighted docks before daylight, combined with a variety of daytime patterns, produce well on this little Macon lake that offers good September bassing. Brooke! 13-Year-Old Wins 2005 Truck-Buck Shoot-Out Brooke Tomlin shocked the crowd and out-shot the field to win a brand new pickup truck in GON’s big-buck…
The sun was still below the eastern treeline as we chunked topwater lures in Newton County’s Lake Varner. We were hoping one of the lake’s notorious big largemouths, or an aggressive hybrid, would strike. The reservoir was slicked out — bad conditions for topwater strikes — but it sure made for a peaceful beginning to…
Are you one of those hunters sitting around the house waiting impatiently for deer-hunting season to begin? If you are, get up and go get yourself a copy of the new Georgia hunting seasons and regulations booklet and study it closely. You will find that there is an animal you can hunt during small-game season,…
Folks who had been on an alligator hunt said it would be intense, unlike anything we had ever experienced. This time, folks were right. Releasing an arrow at a gator 10 feet from the jonboat at 1 a.m. was an adrenaline rush, to say the least. But that was only the beginning of an adventure…
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