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Denver Hill has a freezer full of elk—and he saved the cost of a trip to Colorado—he shot the cow elk in Cherokee County last Saturday. Denver, who lives in the Macedonia community on Highway 20 east of Canton, was heading out Saturday morning about 10:30 a.m. to check the sights on his deer rifle…
The Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Section is reeling over the loss of one of their own. On Thursday, Aug. 19, a conservation ranger was killed in the line of duty. According to DNR, Conservation Cpl. Rocky Wainwright, 36, of Meansville in Pike County, was killed in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident around 10:30…
For the second time in the history of the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out, a young hunter, an underdog among determined, grown-up competitors, has left the Perry Buckarama with the keys to a shiny new 4-wheel-drive pickup. Aug. 22, 1999 was another unbelievable chapter in the Shoot-Out saga. To begin with, it was the most attended Shoot-Out in…
On May 22, on an 80-mile run off St. Simons to the Gulf Stream, Fred McGinty and the crew of the Dunn Workin’ hooked the biggest wahoo any of them had ever seen, and it was Fred’s 15-year-old son Ty who was manning the rods at the time. On shore the fish weighed in at…
After nearly two months of effort to recapture them, seven of 10 escaped cow elk roaming free in Cherokee County are still on the loose, but state wildlife officials are taking steps to bring the elk roundup to an end. On April 29, 10 Rocky Mountain elk being held in a barn near Woodstock escaped…
The tarpon fishing off the Georgia coast is fantastic during the summer months. Capt. Mark Nobles of Golden Isles Charter Fishing Association took GON-TV out on July 9, 1999, for an exciting day catching tarpon and shark. This segment originally aired nationally on The Outdoor Channel and dozens of local Georgia television stations as Episode…
After walking the woods for 28 years as a timber cruiser, Jackie Bailey, of Harrison, has found his share of racks and shed antlers. But nothing compares to the rack and skull he stumbled upon March 4, 1999. Jackie was marking trees in a stand of big pines about 3 1/2 miles northeast of Kite…
GON editor Brad Gill joins Augusta’s Tim Rupert for a day of topwater fishing for Clarks Hill bass. The trip took place on June 9, 1999 as most of the largemouth bass were in a postspawn mode, but the blueback herring spawn was just getting started. Tim and Brad fished a Sammy and buzzbait for…
Dale and Blaine Burley of Woods-N-Water show GON editor Brad Gill how they catch trophy largemouth bass during the dog days of summer on small, trophy-managed, catch-and-release lakes in south Georgia. This episode originally aired in July, 1999 nationally on The Outdoor Channel and on dozens of local Georgia television stations. GON Videos Page
When a guy shows up to trout fish and his only “equipment” consists of a pair of old Nike tennis shoes that he calls wading shoes, the Orvis guys better wade for safer environs. My guide, Chris Scalley, poked fun at my wading shoes, made me put my baitcasting outfit back in the truck and…
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