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Fishing
“Man, I love to catch them ole fish on topwater. You know the old timers didn’t fish with any of this underwater business. Except for a Hawaiian Wiggler, all they used were topwater baits. When you heard one of them say he ‘got a rise,’ that’s exactly what he meant. The fish had to rise…
When Willie Arnold, of Newnan, went crappie fishing at West Point two weeks ago, he didn’t catch a mess of fish. To be exact, he only caught one fish and went home. But a white crappie like what Willie caught is worth leaving the lake to find somebody so you can show off the fish.…
Recent hard times for waterfowl in Georgia may soon get a much-needed financial boost. Legislation before the Georgia General Assembly would require Georgia duck hunters to purchase a $5 Georgia duck stamp. The state stamp would be in addition to the $10 federal duck stamp that is already required. The bill making the state stamp mandatory…
Monday a week ago found me wandering the halls of the state capitol. Most folks don’t carry a suitcase to the state capitol, so the sight of me and my suitcase with a sign on it raised a few eyebrows. Given the fact that the first day of any legislative session is usually a confused…
It all started about three weeks ago. A photo from a GON reader came in the mail. According to the note with the picture, this was a 47-lb. striper from Lake Burton. Forty seven pounds? Lake Burton? Ha! Occasionally, someone will try to slip one past us, and this looked like one of those tricks. As far…
For Wade Patterson, 16, of Omega, a community just south of Tifton, the morning of Nov. 21 will certainly go down as the best deer hunting morning of his life. That Monday morning, Wade, his father and his friend Jeff Hartsfield slipped into the woods to do a little hunting before school on this father’s…
Phillip Flanders, of Adrian, has taken what is easily one of the best bucks to come out of Laurens County in some time. He had seen this deer the day before, but he couldn’t get a shot. So the next morning, he had moved his stand down into the bottom where the deer were passing.…
If there is any truth to the line about 10 percent of the hunters killing 90 percent of the big bucks, then Wallace Reeves is one of those in the top 10 percent. Wallace, who owns Wallace Printing Co. in Tucker, kills bucks—big bucks—consistently. Overall, he has killed 30 bucks, 8-point or better, with a…
The archery business is enjoying an unparalleled boom across Georgia and the nation. The lion’s share of this growth revolves around compound bows and their related equipment, But, there is a growing company of bowmen who have tried the wheeled bows and are reverting back toward traditional longbows. Perhaps the best known longbowman in the…
To hunt ducks in Georgia this fall, you’ll have to be a two-stamp hunter. Georgia’s new mandatory duck stamp is available, and just like the definition says, if you want to hunt waterfowl in Georgia, you must have the state stamp in your possession in addition to the federal duck stamp. The stamp is expected…
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