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Letters To The Editor: September 2022

Prayers Answered At GON’s Outdoor Blast Dear GON, In 1985 I attended my first Buckarama at the Atlanta Civic Center close to downtown Atlanta. Everywhere the Buckarama and now the GON Blast have moved I’ve driven friends and family to attend these iconic hunting gatherings. From Atlanta, to Forest Park, to Perry, to Bass Pro…

Archery 3D Doesn’t Mimic Bowhunting Scenarios: Aim For The Exit

At the end of August last season, I grabbed my binoculars and headed out for some preseason scouting for soft and hard mast. It is imperative that every hunter learn his or her food sources. On this trip I was concentrating on soft mast such as muscadines, persimmons and in some areas, crab apples. A…

Whitetail Hunting At Its Simplest And Best

  (Odyssey: a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune.) The thought that one day I would hang up my guns and hunt no more has never presented itself. A man does not live long lacking the very essence of life; for me, the hunt is that essence. Hunt, mind you.…

Six Degrees Of Truck-Buck

Deer season is here. For GON, that means another year of the Truck-Buck contest. We love Truck-Buck entries because we get to see so many great Georgia bucks and so many familiar faces. Week 17 last season was extra special. As the entries rolled in, there were some familiar names.  There was Ritchie Sharian, who…

Georgia’s Best Bow Bucks For 2021-22

The 2021-22 deer season tallied up 83 record-book bow bucks, which continues a 4-year string of very impressive Georgia bow seasons with more than 80 record-book bucks in a season.  Last year at this time, the 2020-21 season was reporting 93 record-book bucks, but it’s since crawled up to 108 entries. Therefore, with future entries…

Food Source Updates For Georgia’s 2022 Archery Deer Season

The glorious season is upon us. It is time to hunt!  While the primary purpose for many of us is to put fresh, all-natural meat on the grill and stock the freezer, please remember that hunting is fun. Get out there as often as possible and take advantage of something that makes our country unique—abundant…

Bacon County Night-Hunting Case Nets Two Teens

The Conservation LE Corner is designed to highlight the efforts of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officers who, among their many duties, protect Georgia’s wildlife, sportsmen and natural resources from game-law violators. The following account is provided from DNR LED.  Bacon County: On Nov. 27, 2020, game warden Luke Rabun was surveilling an area…

Coming Of Age Part 2: Crockett Creek Confessions And The Quest For Creekzilla

September brings opening day of bow season and the launch of fall. Two young hunters eagerly await their chance at matching wits with a target buck. Does experience matter, or will good fortune win the day?   Jethro Jones eased down the shoulder of the dirt road, careful not to leave footprints. The sun dropped…

Spy Cam – September 2022

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First-Time WMA Hunter Gets It Done On West Point WMA

By Josh Smallwood Oct. 7, 2021 is a day I’ll likely never forget. I’ve always wanted to harvest a deer from a Georgia WMA, and due to private land being harder to get, that wish became a reality. Until that day I had never deer hunted on any type of public land. It’s always been…

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