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“Occasionally,” Eddie Biggers says with a smile, “my wife will tell me that I just need to go to my room. That’s not altogether a bad thing.” He’s been married to his bride, Melinda, for 41 years now; long enough for her to know what a place of peace that room is. Walk into it,…
By Steve Platek After completing the morning chores—cooking breakfast, tending to the dog and getting the wife and kids off to their respective destinations, I packed the truck with my hang-on stand, my longbow and my rifle. I was hoping to cross paths with a nice 8-point mountain buck I had on trail camera but…
They say when it comes to whitetail deer that you can’t hunt ’em from the couch. Well, this past month, I sure put it to the test. My son Jared and I have enjoyed many hunts together over the years, but lately jobs and obligations have taken up a substantial amount of our time. We…
Gator season officially closed on Oct. 3, and it was just about a record-setting year. According to WRD, 389 gators were harvested during the 2022 season. The only season that tops this year was the 2021 season when 391 gators were taken. The 2020 season witnessed 372 hunter-taken gators. DNR doesn’t have the staff to…
As with most things in life, when you ask a question you can get multiple answers that are promised to be the best way to go about getting things done. Each situation, location and even desired results can be different. This makes it so that there is more than one way to go about things,…
If you are looking for an outdoor activity to get you feeling truly immersed into the autumn season, try your luck in wetting a line in the scenic, dark waters of the often-overlooked Alapaha River of south Georgia. What do you want to fish for? You name it. The fish diversity is quite impressive. Pretty…
Vote Red On Nov. 8 Dear GON, This next election could decide if we stay a country that honors our Constitution, or we continue down the path of socialism that we are on currently. Tucker Carlson said on Sept. 14 that democrats want a one-party system, that’s totalitarianism. You either agree with them, or they…
I think I’ve mentioned before about the inordinate number of times Ducky Jones has been married. Suffice to say, you can’t walk into a local grocery store, church or bar without running into one of his ex-wives. So it should not have been a surprise when we were sitting on my porch a few months…
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No one expected nearly three inches of snow on the ground on the morning of Nov. 29, 1976, but in the Cohuttas, anything goes. Gary Hall, of Ringgold, along with his two companions, Jim Alsobrook and Daniel Atwood, were spaced out across a steep wooded ridge that had been clearcut on two sides. The three…
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