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Fishing
Want to get your string stretched this summer? Fight the type of fish that makes the biceps bulge as you begin to wonder who is really in charge of this head-to-head battle between angler and fish? If so, then catfishing below Georgiaʼs dams may be for you, especially if you like to do battle with…
The final shot of last deer season was fired on August 17, and Keith Hardy, of Winder, pulled the trigger. More than a thousand people saw him do it. Once again, a standing-room crowd at the Perry Buckarama was treated to a tense, exciting Truck-Buck Shoot-Out, courtesy of a group of contestants who were well…
The Oostanaula River is new to the GON record-fish list in 2003, and David Harrison, of Calhoun, set the blue-cat record twice. On August 6, 2003 David set the river record with a 24-lb., 6-oz. blue cat. Then on August 14, David topped his own record with a 40-lb., 8-oz. blue catfish.
During some August days, Clarks Hill’s 72,000 acres of water seem devoid of bass. The heat shimmering off the water makes you miserable, and catching a bass to improve your mood seems impossible. But, if you wait until late afternoon and nighttime to fish, you will be more comfortable and the bass will magically appear…
Coming this month is the most thrilling, most anticipated event in Georgia deer hunting except for opening day of gun season — the Truck- Buck Shoot-Out. If we awarded our new Z71 pickup to the highest-scoring buck of the year, all we’d have is a deer contest. Truck-Buck is about hunters as much as it…
As deer seasons go, last year was just a tad out of whack. Throughout the fall, GON reported on lower numbers of deer being brought to the coolers, lower numbers of Truck-Buck entries, and hunters repeating the same themes… too wet, too hot, too many acorns — all excuses for why they weren’t seeing as…
Each September I drive to northern Wisconsin for a two-week fishing trip. I never leave home without a pistol, and I have a valid Georgia Firearms License. During that trip I go through several states and have worried about the legality of having a pistol with me. Many states have reciprocal agreements with Georgia and…
GON August 2003 Volume 17, No. 8 On The Cover: Ronnie Bates of Rentz won Week 7 of the GON Truck Buck Contest last season with this Laurens Co. 12-pointer that scored 157 6/8. Photo By Brad Bailey August 2003 Feature Articles Two Booners In Best Bucks Of 2002-2003 Georgia Deer Season…
Editor’s Note: The following information was taken from DNR Law Enforcement incident reports. On Friday, November 1, 2002 at about 11:30 p.m., Cpl. Jim Bradfield was notified by telephone by the Troup County Sheriff’s Department that Cpl. Brent Railey was working a night-hunting complaint on Hwy 18 at Dennis Smith Road and that he required…
“Deer tracks makes mighty thin soup.” You’ve seen this old joke cross-stitched and framed or painted on plaques in country homes, but you don’t hear it much anymore. Honestly, when was the last time you came home from the woods unsuccessful but reported with enthusiasm that you had seen some deer tracks? But there was…
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