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Hunting

Nesbit Bedingfield’s Fulton County 15-Pointer

“Come on, honey, time to get up.” Vicki Bedingfield shook her husband’s shoulder, but he showed little interest in getting out of bed. “Leave me alone,” Nesbit Bedingfield grumbled. “But it’s time for you to go hunting,” Vicki insisted. It was 4 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, 1999. After getting home from work the evening…

Yellow Raincoat Booner

Thanksgiving Day of 1983 Jack Garrison, of Lithia Springs, was in Hahira visiting his parents on his grandmother’s 100-acre Lowndes County farm. A day earlier his dad had showed him a massive deer trail crossing a soybean field. A big water oak with limbs hanging down stood where the deer had been crossing a fence…

860 Pound Hog Killed In Telfair County

Believe it or not, Adam, Daniel and Tyler Williamson and Ernest Padgett caught this 860-lb. feral hog alive in Telfair County. The hog was throwing catch-dogs in the air before the men somehow tackled and tied the pig, which later died, apparently from heat stress. The dog in the foreground, Wiley, was cut under the…

Travis “T-Bone” Turner Involved In Button Buck Chase

On Thursday September 14, a Heard County button buck wandered into downtown Franklin and into the gate of the fenced parking lot at the public library. Though it was having a hard day, its luck was on the upswing — a meeting of hunters who are trying to bring Quality Deer Management regulations to Heard…

Dove Shoot In Hancock County

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…

2000 Truck-Buck Shoot-Out

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…

Brent McCarty’s Macon County Monster

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…

The Last Ranger: The Wilbur Jones Story

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…

Deer Hazards: Add Vines To The List

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…

Fun With Barracuda Using Spanish For Bait

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…

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