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Fishing
Georgia has seen three state-record fish in the past four months. Could another record fish have been caught last week? We will never know because the angler chose to release a huge yellow perch that based on measurements would have been close to state-record proportions. Patrick McCorkell was fishing below the Thurmond Dam in the…
When picking a deer stand to hunt this fall, you may be concerned about whether acorns will be falling to the ground due to a recent hard freeze that occurred across much of Georgia. On the weekend of March 12-13, 2022, the temperature got down to the mid to low 20s across much of Georgia,…
A tick-borne virus relatively new to Georgia has taken the life of a Baldwin County man, officials confirm. The officials did not identify the man. The virus, called the Heartland virus, hospitalizes many of those infected. Emory University Associate Professor Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, who has studied the virus since it was discovered in 2009, said that…
The measuring tapes have been pulled and the scores tallied. From the GON subscriber who entered bucks in during the 2021-22 deer season, we now have the numbers crunched and know which hunters are in line to make the prestigious trip to the Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast for the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out. And we also have…
The second of two scoring events for GON’s Truck-Buck and Youth Big-Buck contests was held in Madison on Saturday, March 19. We measured a number of racks from youth hunters, 15 and younger, who showed up to have their bucks scored in the hopes of moving on to the GON Youth Big-Buck Shoot-Out. The winner of that…
Week 7 (Oct. 23-29) Hunter, County, Score 1. Donald Peppers, Morgan, 147 4/8 2. Tyson Gilland (b), Wilkes, 138 0/8 3. Joe Chandler (b), Morgan, 137 1/8 4. Ricky Lee, Brantley, 136 5/8 5. Shannon Vaeth, Barrow, 130 3/8 6. Mark Milliken, Jackson, 138 3/8 non-typical 7. Joe Savage, Burke, 117 6/8 8. Sean Fitzgerald,…
Youth Wildcard Hunter, County, Score 1. Julianna Breeding, Coweta, 158 5/8 Already qualified for the Shoot-Out by winning Week 11. 2. Gavin King, Worth, 152 1/8 Since Julianna already qualified for the Shoot-Out, Gavin is the Youth Wildcard winner. 3. Holden Hines, Macon, 145 2/8 4. EJ Mullis, Worth, 165 1/8 non-typical 5. Burns Holton,…
Week 7 Results (Oct. 24-30) Hunter, County, Score 1. Brady Norton, Walton, 111 4/8 GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest Results For 2021-2022
Ladies Wildcard Hunter, County, Score 1. Julianna Breeding, Coweta, 158 5/8 Already qualified for the Shoot-Out by winning Week 11. 2. Debra Durden Sloan, Sumter, 145 4/8 Since Julianna already qualified for the Shoot-Out, Debra Sloan is the Ladies Wildcard winner. 3. Karla Chandler, Morgan, 135 3/8 4. Dawn Colvin, Meriwether, 133 0/8 5. Sarah…
Week 15 Results (Dec. 19-25) No Week 15 youth entries showed up at either of GON‘s two scoring events. Any antlered buck entered and officially scored would have earned a spot in the Youth Shoot-Out for a chance to win a $3,000 shopping spree at Adventure Outdoors and a three-day dream deer and hog hunt…
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