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Tommy Kirkland Photos Inspire Dear GON, Although I see wildlife photos in every GON, I have rarely thought about what it takes to capture the image of a turkey gobbling, a bass jumping out of the water or a mature buck making a rub. Two things I know it takes is time and someone devoted…
I have driven by this body of water numerous times and admired its unique beauty from Highway 122, but I was unprepared for the amazing view from the water. Banks Lake is a 4,049-acre National Wildlife Refuge in Lanier County outside of Lakeland, and it is loaded with fish and wildlife. The place is full…
Flip backwards amongst all these pages and somewhere you’ll trip across what I writ concerning Sam Muzayen. Which is about half of what I wanted to write, but other folks hereabouts is better at this than I is so they has to have their pages, too. Editorial Capacity Supervisory Specialist (I just made that up!)…
Ten-year-old Simon Hart had an incredible pair of hunts in Sumter County over Thanksgiving week. On an afternoon hunt, he killed a white deer and followed it up with a beautiful 10-point the very next morning. The two hunts took place at his family’s farm. Simon, an avid reader of GON and lover of the…
Slow Cooked Cajun Venison Hindquarter Here’s a great recipe for your hindquarter roasts that will produce a fantastic venison meal and save lots of time cutting those roasts down and running a grinder. • 1 hindquarter deboned • Louisiana Cajun seasoning • Vegetable Oil • McCormick Au jus Gravy Seasoning (1-oz. dry pack) • Hidden…
Normally, this is a period fraught with chaos. Never mind the ever-present and who-knows-how-deep black water, claustrophobic brush, vines and briers clawing and ripping; just hurry as best you can. Hounds are roaring out of their minds, hunters sloshing, tripping, bleeding, pushing on… Because some 987 interminable yards into the Okefenokee Swamp, a bear is…
Deer season isn’t quite over, especially if you hunt in one of the counties with the extended archery-only hunting until Jan. 31. A food plot or feeder where the deer haven’t been pressured is tough to beat for some late-season freezer meat. And if you don’t have a food source to hunt, thick planted pines,…
Cold-water cranking is one of the best ways to get bit in the dead of winter. As the water cools, bass become increasingly lethargic and reluctant to eat. Their metabolism slows and they don’t need as much food to survive as they do in the warmer months. On account of their inactivity, catching bass when…
VOTES, which stands for Voice Of The Educated Sportsman, is a GON survey that has been around for more than two decades. A question on the survey each and every year is Rate Your Deer Season, which gives us county-specific ratings that can be compared to historical trends. We’d like to hear how your deer…
Blue Ridge: Level: 11.5 feet below 1681. Temp: 51-58 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service reports, “Fishing has been good. We’ve received a lot of rain the past couple weeks, which has brought the lake up some, but the rain we’ve been having has not really been a cold rain, so…
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