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Hunting
A Pike County buck was found dead under a mature pine tree after a tornado ripped through parts of Pike County on Jan. 12. According to the National Weather Service, the Pike County twister was one of 12 that tore through parts of Georgia last month. “It looked like it had 6 points, some of …
You don’t see many GON articles about specific products, and this one about the OxCart pull-behind utility cart was a like a perfect storm of unlikely factors coming together with just-right timing. First, I got a call from Todd Dechant, the owner and inventor OxCart. Todd had a cart on display at an Atlanta-area retail…
On Wednesday Jan. 11, Kary Davis, of Jesup, managed to set a new crappie record on the Satilla River while fishing with his good friend, Bobby White. “We originally wanted to go to the Altamaha, but it was running too high. It had been a few years since I’d fished the Satilla, and I had…
This time of year as duck season ends and there is a bitter cold rain upon me, I think of my grandfather. I like to brag sometimes about cold weather that I have endured in my hunting quests, but I admit that I have never really experienced bone-chilling cold for any length of time. And…
The annual sporting clays event that benefits a scholarship fund in the memory of Seth Stapleton will take place Feb. 25 at Old Hudson Plantation near Sparta in Hancock County. The shoot was originally planned for Oct. 1 but had to be rescheduled due to Hurricane Ian. Seth was a senior football player at Morgan…
Many families maintain various types of holiday traditions. For the Dees Family of Fruitdale, Ala., Thanksgiving morning means fishing. “For years, we’ve had a tradition of fishing on Thanksgiving morning,” said Keith Dees. “My son and I have been fortunate to have a lot of great experiences in the outdoors with many of them on…
If you are a fan of old cowboy and Indian movies, you’ve probably noticed that there were no fat Indians. There is a reason for that. The Indians hunted with bows and arrows. To take any kind of white-tailed deer with a bow is an accomplishment, but to take two Pope and Young bucks…
A Midway man is now tied as a state record holder for sheepshead after the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) certified his catch today. Ben Golden III, 63, landed the 14-lb., 14.37-oz. sheepshead near the Sunbury community outside of Midway on Friday. His catch qualifies as a tie with the existing record of 14-lbs.,…
It is now legal to possess and use blueback herring as bait on Lake Allatoona. The new regulation went into effect earlier last month. DNR approved the change after a public comment period in which some fishermen expressed wishes for the change and others expressed concern, Lake Allatoona WRD Fisheries Biologist Jackson Sibley said. Blueback…
Why trap predators, what are the ethics of trapping, what are the tools of the trade, what sets are best and how do you best design them, how do you properly handle fur—these are just some of the questions that will be answered and discussed during an eight-hour trapping course that is coming to northwest…
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