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Truck-Buck is back for the 35th straight year! The Truck-Buck sponsors have once again stepped up to provide Georgia deer hunters with the best, most unique—and most rewarding—deer contest ever. Please don’t take this amazing contest for granted. Take a few minutes to thank the Truck-Buck sponsors. And when you do business, please do so…
The slow light of the new morning was just beginning to reveal the close-cropped openness of the three-acre field planted in bright green winter wheat. Continuous wind gusts were causing colorful poplar and maple leaves to rain down along the edge of the field like odd yellow snowflakes. The day was cold and blustery in…
We never came up with the Coyote Cull effort to be about numbers, but a record is a record… The purpose and goal of GON’s Coyote Cull effort is to bring awareness to the impacts of coyotes on fawn and turkey poult survival rates, which have plummeted since non-native, invasive coyotes became established across Georgia.…
• Only qualified, paid subscribers of Georgia Outdoor News, or their qualified spouse (legal husband or wife), or dependents (as defined by IRS rules for federal tax-filing purposes) are eligible to enter a deer in the Truck-Buck Contest (hereinafter “Contest”). To be a qualified, paid subscriber, Georgia Outdoor News (hereinafter “GON”) must have received payment…
If you are one of the many sportsmen who have walked through the doors of an Outdoor Blast in the past two and half decades, you probably met or at least noticed a group of men and women in hunter-orange t-shirts. They volunteered at the Kids Zone, at the venue doors, or they met folks…
The Fab 40 is GON’s annual compilation of Georgia’s best bucks from the previous season. This exclusive list includes only bucks measured by certified scorers. The Fab 40 provides a great way to compare our deer seasons. The chart on page 47 includes a 20-year average of how many bucks cracked the 150-class benchmark, the…
The state of Georgia has plentiful opportunities for the public-land hunter, with 110 Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), 11 state parks that allow some deer hunts, seven public fishing areas (PFAs), in addition to the federal lands including National Forests, National Wildlife Refuges (NWR), corps lands, and many other public lands to hunt on. One category…
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The Conservation LE Corner is designed to highlight the efforts of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officers who, among their many duties, protect Georgia’s wildlife, sportsmen and natural resources from game-law violators. The following account is provided from DNR LED. Bacon County: On Nov. 24, 2022, Game Warden First Class Luke Rabun was patrolling…
Hartwell: Level: 0.7 below 660. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Clear, maybe a little stain in backs of creeks after a heavy rain. Bass: Guide Jason Burroughs reports that bass are suspended over brush in 25 feet on humps on the creek and river sides of them and on long points that run out to the…
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