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Opening day of dove season is like a cant-miss holiday for many Georgia hunters. For the 2000 opener, GON-TV joined Cliff Goodson of the Georgia Waterfowl Association for a shoot on Cliff’s Hancock County field. Stuart Richardson hosted the episode, which also featured professional dog trainer Rick Nudd of White Oak Kennels, and GON editor…
The Truck-Buck Shoot-Out in August of 2000 was held when GON had a weekly television show that aired nationally on The Outdoor Channel and on dozens of local stations across Georgia. GON recently found an old tape of this GON-TV episode, and although the color had faded on our master tape, we were able to…
It was a little after 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 11 when Brent McCarty of Ellaville finally settled down in his 14-foot box stand and prepared to hunt until dark. Brent was dead tired. He had covered a lot of miles during the past 24 hours. Now that he was finally in the woods, the…
Wilbur “Buddy” Jones, sitting in the shade of a huge pecan tree in his front yard, still laughed at the thought of having to chase turkey poachers in a wild foot race through the swamps along the Ocmulgee River. As one of the last surviving graduates of the state’s first class of game wardens, Buddy…
Editor’s Note: We all know that every year, some deer are “lost” to potential hunter harvest through other factors, most notably highways, poachers, and even lethal buck fights. But if you think that Nature’s list of deer hazards ends there, think again. Dear GON, I was deer hunting near Shellman Bluff in McIntosh County on…
Next to the shark, few denizens of the deep inspire as much fear and loathing as do barracuda. Like sharks, they have done little to deserve their reputation. Looking like a freshwater pike on steroids, the barracuda can make short work of other fishes, particularly those struggling on a hook. It’s this nasty habit of…
When Michael Stefanick finally got the fish to the boat, he knew it was good one. But he didn’t know the 123-lb., 3-oz. wahoo would be a new state record and worth $100,000. Michael was fishing with four friends in the 3-day Bull River Yacht Club Billfish Tournament on June 24, when they hooked the…
You just know August bass fishing after a long, hot, dry summer is going to be tough. You probably don’t think of Sinclair as a good place to go, unless you are planning a night trip to fish lighted docks. But Sinclair may surprise you. Mike Blackshear and Rick Compton brought six bass weighing 16.7…
A makeshift lab for producing methamphetamines was busted recently on Ocmulgee WMA. On Saturday, April 8, Ocmulgee WMA Area Manager Randy Wood noticed tire tracks leading to a gated road. He investigated and found that the cable blocking the road had been cut and then hung to look like the road leading to a food…
November 15 was the first day of Leon McDonald’s week-long hunting vacation, and so far things were going about par for a Monday. It was just after noon and Leon had come from trimming small limbs around some of his stands when he approached his truck and saw the flat tire. He was stuck 4…
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