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Hunting

168-Inch Bow Buck Taken In Gwinnett County

Kevin Prescott killed a Gwinnett County buck on Oct. 11 that green scored 168 inches. The entire story for the 13-pointer can been viewed on the Unruly Outdoors  YouTube channel. Kevin had a close call with the buck in 2023, but not sealing the deal last year actually turned into a blessing since the antlers…

DNR Seeks Student Applicants For Career Academy

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting applications now through Nov. 15 for its 2025 Career Academy, a week-long summer camp for current 10th and 11th graders interested in exploring careers in natural resources management. The academy will take place July 20-26, 2025, at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Mansfield and the…

Bussey Point 2024 Deer Hunts Canceled Due To Storm Damage

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, J. Strom Thurmond, Forest, Fish, and Wildlife Section is cancelling the Bussey Point Corps Management Unit (CMU) 2024 deer hunts due to the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Helene. Hurricane Helene caused impassable roads due to fallen trees which makes Bussey Point CMU unsafe for hunting this…

Youth Season Kicks Off In Celebration With Buck Named Splinter

By Pete Cox On Oct. 13, 2024, at approximately 7:15 a.m., we both sat in an old cypress box blind. This is the beginning of year two of sitting in this Ware County box blind. We have had our eye on Splinter since the beginning of last year. Ashton had a chance last year to…

Seminole Fishing Report – Oct. 11, 2024

Seminole: Level: 0.3 feet below 77.5. Temp: 73-78 degrees. Clarity: Spring Clear has a slight stain, and the Chattahoochee arm has a heavy stain. Capt. Paul Tyre, with Lake Seminole Fishing Adventures, reports, “The bass fishing on Lake Seminole has been excellent this fall with the arrival of cooler weather and falling water temperatures. The bass, stripers…

Southeast Georgia Fishing Reports With Capt. Bert Deener – Oct. 11, 2024

I’m sure I’m not alone in the sentiment that I sure hope the storms are done for this year! Our area was spared through Milton, but keep the folks in central Florida in your prayers as they dig out and try to figure out normal again. Most river systems in southeast Georgia are too high…

Deer Season Primitive Weapons/Youth Week Opens This Saturday

After four weeks of archery deer hunting, Georgia’s 2024-2025 deer season makes a transition on Saturday morning, Oct. 12, as primitive-weapons hunting opens statewide. Also, kids 15 and younger can hunt with rifles as the Youth Week opens in conjunction with the primitive-weapons season. The general firearms deer season for all hunters opens next Saturday,…

Venison Donation Efforts Expand This Deer Season

Significant efforts are underway this season to expand venison donations efforts in Georgia. The longest-running program, Georgia Hunters For The Hungry (GHFTH), has been active for more than 30 years, and this deer season the number of participating processors has tripled. Last year there were 12 processors in the state for Hunters For The Hungry.…

GON October 2024 Flipbook Edition

Bainbridge’s Conley Pulls Oconee BFL Win

Boater Michael Conley, of Bainbridge, caught a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 25-lbs., 10-ozs., to win the Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine Super Tournament on Lake Oconee. The tournament, which concluded Sept. 22, was the fifth and final event of the season for the BFL Bulldog Division. Conley earned $4,869 for…

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