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There is a huge dislocation of sportsmen going on in Georgia’s woods right now. GON has published articles about the facts of the selling of land that for years has been “industrial forest land” and hunting club or WMA land. Below is a first-person eulogy of just such change. It touched me. I am pleased…
That New Year’s resolution sure didn’t last long, did it? Hey, it’s only February, and you’ve already fallen off the “I’m gonna lose 50 pounds bandwagon” haven’t you? I know the feeling. But don’t fret; As always, I have a solution. What you need is to be purchased by an Old Cuss. Oh, they don’t…
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Each time I go to Lake Russell, I am impressed with its beautiful, clear green water, and good bass fishing. With undeveloped, tree-covered shorelines, steep banks and abundance of cover, it looks like bass-fishing heaven. And it is. Filled in 1994, Russell’s 26,650 acres sit between the upper end of Clarks Hill and the Hartwell…
From the phone calls, letters and comments on the Rate Your Deer Season VOTES card, you’d think there were no deer left in Georgia. Many deer hunters are complaining of the worst season in memory. But the Truck-Buck contest tells another story, one of high-quality bucks and numbers that are second only to the record-breaking…
The 2004-2005 deer season was like every other season of late in that lots of really nice bucks were taken in all areas of the state. However, a signficiant number of hunters were not satisfied with how the season played out. A variety of factors probably led to slow hunting. An outstanding mast crop kept…
Nathan Lewis holds the current largemouth bass record for Lake Blue Ridge with an 11-lb., 10.7-oz. fish he caught on Feb. 1, 2005. Nathan also hold the Blue Ridge record for brown trout with a 9-lb., 4.8-oz. fish. Click here to see all of the Lake Blue Ridge records.
Do you want the bag limit on does increased from 10 does per season (as it is now) up to 15 as is currently being planned? Do you want scopes on muzzleloaders? Do you want the Southern Zone deer season and the deer season in archery-only counties extended to January 15? Do you want to…
Robbie Sowash wanted to be on the water right at 7 o’clock. “Daylight,” I thought. “Is there an early bite on Oconee? It’s mid January.” I must confess. It had been quite a while since my feet were planted on the deck of a boat while I chunked bass lures into my home waters of…
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