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My name is Bryson Edwards, better known as “Spanky.” I’m 16 years old and from Maysville, Georgia. I’ve been an avid fisherman and white-tail hunter my whole life. My Dad would take me with him when I was still in diapers. We have always hunted in Jackson County. After my first spike, each year afterwards,…
Final Classic Spot On The Line At Bassmaster Team Championship On Lake Hartwell ANDERSON, S.C. — Late fall/early winter is a fun time to fish Lake Hartwell, according to Bassmaster Elite Series pro Todd Auten of Lake Wylie, S.C. But anglers who want a chance at winning the 2022 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Team Championship—being held Dec. 7-10…
December 2022: Vol. 36, No. 12 Imagine this giant 16-point at 7 yards! Terry Hollis made the chip shot count on this Gwinnett County buck. Photo By Chandler White Articles available to paid GON subscribers December Feature Articles No hindsight ip unit displayed. Time To Move For Late Season Deer As the rut…
“The furthest thing from William H. Gudger’s mind on that winter day in 1946 was that his fresh kill would one day be classified in any kind of publication.” The above words were penned by Ron Gudger, of Dunwoody, not too many months ago. I met Ron through an email in November 2020. He’s a…
GON’s team of Hunt Advisors is spread out across the state. That’s pretty important when you consider Georgia’s widely varying rut. Depending on what part of the state you’re hunting, you could be experiencing anything from the post-rut doldrums to pre-rut cruising. Not to mention the secondary rut… Fingers are always crossed for that bonus…
Creating live creatures in a laboratory may seem like a dastardly scheme out of some B horror movie, but it’s a process that many Georgia fishermen live for. For many of those fishermen, the lineage of their biggest fish ever can’t be traced back to Mother Nature.Those fish got their beginnings in WRD Fisheries hatching…
By Mark Malueg Both of my kids, William and Hannah, started to show an interest in 2020 to hunt with me and try and get their first deer. On the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 24, William was sitting in a buddy stand with my father about 250 yards from where I was sitting in my…
If you’re like me, you have been scrolling through social media every day of deer season to see all of the posts of deer taken. You probably saw the 150-inch, 14-point velvet monster taken on the opening day of bow season in Harris County in the October’s GON. Well, if that didn’t make your eyes…
As I am beginning to type this story, what seems to be the last few drops of rain from Tropical Storm Nicole can be heard as they splatter on my roof. Originally forecasted to receive huge amounts of rainfall, my old trusty rain gauge says we only got a little more than 2 inches at…
I don’t think of cars when I see one. I don’t think of engines. I don’t think of anything to do with land. To this day, over 30 years later, I still see water when I look at a quart oil jug. I see the stained brown water of Lake Oconee. I see the 12-foot…
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