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CR Palmer is serious about his bowhunting. He has hunted all over the Midwest in hopes of taking that buck of a lifetime. When not on those trips, he hunts on 260 acres of leased land in Meriwether County. He never dreamed his buck-of-a-lifetime would come so close to home. “The funny thing is that…
Despite losing more than 17,000 trout in a Labor Day Weekend flood at its Summerville Trout Hatchery, WRD is making good on its promise that it will not let the near disaster affect trout stockings in 2023. The hatchery just received 220,000 rainbow trout eggs from Ennis, Montana. It is the first of four egg…
Carly Patterson Brooks, of Tifton, recently arrowed a Pope & Young class buck from Tift County that grossed 150 inches and should land her in the top-5 best-ever bow bucks from the south Georgia county. Since the passing of her parents in 2014, Carly said her brother, Clint, has stepped in to help when it…
Goose season is now in full swing, and if you are like me, your freezer is filling up with goose meat. I have found many ways to prepare goose over the years, and many people are surprised at how delicious it can be. I firmly believe that if I’m going to harvest an animal, I…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announces the opening of a 12-day fall red snapper season for private recreational anglers and state for-hire operations in the Gulf of Mexico on the following weekends: Oct. 8-9 Oct. 15-16 Oct. 22-23 Nov. 11-13 Nov. 25-27 During this season, private recreational anglers may harvest red snapper…
The No. 1 organization focused on fighting for the rights of sportsmen in Georgia is holding its annual fundraising raffle. The Georgia Hunting And Fishing Federation (GHFF) will conduct a 31-day raffle with a winner each day during December. One $30 ticket enters you in all 31 raffle drawings. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold.…
The Tinsleys watched a white-tailed buck grow for several years on a 3,000-acre tract punctuated by more than 110 acres of food plots in Meriwether County. Leaseholders manage the property to produce big deer. Each year, the future forest lord’s antlers grew more impressive. Finally, they decided that the big buck had grown large enough.…
Limestone Creek has a new look thanks to WRD’s Gainesville and Burton Fisheries’ staff. Crews planted 775 maidencane plants and 10 bald cypress trees that will prevent bank erosion, provide areas for spawning, hiding places for juvenile fish and foraging habitat. The new additions are also expected to provide nutrients to the water. “With the…
October 2022: Vol. 36, No. 9 Clay Johnson with his 150-inch velvet 14-point buck killed on opening day of bow season in Harris County. Photo By Scott Hodges Articles available only to paid GON subscribers No hindsight ip unit displayed. October Feature Articles The GON Rut Map Guide to the traditional timing for the…
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