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Chatuge: Level: 7.3 feet below full pool 1925. Temp: 56-58 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service, reports, “Fishing is good. We’ve got a lot of rain the past couple of weeks, which has brought the lake up some. But the rain we’ve been having has not really been a cold rain, so…
On Dec. 9, Jeremy Barnes managed to take down a massive 19-point Hart County buck, but the road to success was anything but easy. “Me and my good buddy Kevin Jordan had been hunting the buck on a 30-acre Hart County property that Kevin’s boss owns that he was generous enough to let us hunt,…
Jeff Reynolds, of Snellville, sent some trail-cam pictures of an unfortunate buck in Monroe County. Jeff emailed Dr. Gino D’Angelo, Assistant Professor of Deer Ecology and Management at UGA about the buck’s condition. Dr. G’s response: “I would not enjoy being that deer, but he seems to be faring pretty well considering his burden. My…
If you hunt northeast Georgia, the chances of killing your target buck go way down by mid December. If you’re hunting with a bow, those chances dwindle much more. Kyle Bona, of Royston, beat the odds with a 140-class Franklin County 10-pointer taken on Sunday, Dec. 18. The deer was certainly a target buck that…
Jeff Smith is not one of those people who moved to Georgia and talks about how much better things were where he came from. The Cleveland, Ga. resident can’t brag enough about the state where he moved to four years ago. Now, he has something else to brag about. Jeff’s 1.88-lb. yellow perch caught on…
USA Shooting athletes earned a total of six medals at the 2022 ISSF President’s Cup in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 28 – Dec. 4, and two of those athletes are Georgia natives with ties to GON. Vincent Hancock, who is ranked No. 1 in the world for Men’s Skeet, earned bronze after competing in the semifinals…
Another “giant” on my list. When talking to a hunting and fishing crowd, the word “giant” conjures thoughts of trophy-sized game animals and fish. It’s what we all dream of… another “giant” on our list of sportsman goals. But I have another type of “giant” list. I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to…
Most of those who have taken monstrous bucks will tell you that doing your homework and patience are the keys. A much smaller number will admit that luck and timing were the secrets to their success. Wade Severson says timing and a little luck led to him to taking a 12-point Wilcox County buck that…
When Lane Rhodes, 12, isn’t on John Milledge Academy’s football field or basketball court, he enjoys being in the deer woods. It was a break from sports on Tuesday, Nov. 22 that put a 145-inch buck on the ground at his family’s farm in Greene County. Lane was in a two-man ladder stand with his…
When Josh Bray, of Cumming, headed to the Forsyth County woods with his youngest son, Judah, 6, on the afternoon of Nov. 13 he had no idea of the events that would soon unfold. “Judah is my youngest of five children, and he’s always trying to keep up with his siblings. He was bound and…
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