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What happened to the kingfish bite? That was the question many were asking as they prepared for the 11th annual Golden Isles Kingfish Classic last month, Georgia’s largest saltwater tournament. Early season tropical weather and abundant rainfall seemed to have put the kingfish off the feed. Mid-July is normally the peak of the kingfish run,…
Folks are getting blown up in London, our young men and women face bullets and bombs every day in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, there is a report of crab abuse in California. Crabs? The horrors in this world must stop. Please send money and please write letters. Civil disobedience may be needed, and if so,…
On Jan. 30, 2005, the last day of the 2004-05 duck season, DNR Conservation Ranger First Class Mike Binion was on patrol in Grady County. At about 7:30 a.m. he heard the sound of shotguns being fired in the distance. He homed in on the location of the shooting, and contacted DNR Law Enforcement Sgt.…
Thanks Hunting Land Special Dear GON, I put an ad in the July issue of GON in the “Hunting Land Special.” My old lease was sold to developers, and they did not want hunters on the property. After leasing the same tract for many years I was left out in the cold. I worded my…
There has been a small earthquake in northwest Georgia that may have a significant impact on deer hunting all over Georgia. The old Inland and Bowater timber lands are now under management by Timberland Investment Resources. They are leaseing the tracts to the highest bidder. This is a new and very unsettling change to Georgia…
Psychiatrists, doctors, fortune tellers and the like will back me up when I tell you that man experiences a series of phases throughout his lifetime. Truth be told, my phases are not apt to be exactly the same as your phases, and they may not even overlap. One thing’s pretty sure: we start and end…
No, you didn’t accidentally pick up a copy of Lake Michigan Angler. Yes, there’s an article in GON about hair jigs. Before you tear out these pages for the whelping box, trust this angler-of-the-south when I tell you there’s something about this old-fashioned lure that flat out catches fish. Around these parts, few anglers are…
Scott Ellis and I had been trying to get together to go on our catfishing trip for a couple of weeks. When I would be able to go, he would be tied up, and vice-versa. My deadline was fast approaching, and I knew we had to set a date and stick to it. I called…
For the second year in a row, Lee County is No. 1 in Georgia in the 2005 rankings when it comes to producing high-scoring bucks. GON has rated the big-buck production of counties for 12 years. In nine of those years Macon County was No. 1, every year except in 2000 when Dooly County slipped…
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