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The declining turkey population in the southeastern United States made front page news after almost 20 years of data collection and scientific research backing the claim. If you spend any time at all looking into possible causes, you’ll find a hundred different theories. The most common to blame being predation, habitat loss, increased use of…
Published Feb. 10, 2022 Travis “T-Bone” Turner still needs those prayers. On Feb. 1, the beloved Bone Collector T.V. personality from Hogansville announced publicly that he is fighting cancer. One part of Travis’s battle was the amputation of part of his right leg above the knee. That surgery took place on Feb. 7. Two days…
Tim Wood lives in Hendersonville, N.C., but Warren County Georgia will always be home to him. During deer season, he tries to return to the family home at least once or twice a month to hunt. When he saw the biggest buck that he has ever seen on the 100-acre property on opening weekend, he…
The 2022 session of the Georgia General Assembly is in full swing as state senators and representatives mull proposed law changes. There are several bills and resolutions on the radar for sportsmen. GON encourages all sportsmen to learn about legislation that could affect them, and to know of and be in contact with your state…
Last October, a film crew followed Christopher Coppola, a United States Fish and Wildlife Service field biologist from Georgia, and two of his colleagues onto the black waters of the Suwannee River to capture footage of the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle (M. Suwanniensis), a newly recognized species of alligator snapping turtle found only in the…
Cameron Johnson missed most of the Georgia deer season because he was out of the state. When he finally got home and got to hunt, the only thing on his mind was getting a doe and putting some meat in the freezer. Luckily for Cameron, his plan didn’t work out. “I was in Montana for…
Travis “T-Bone” Turner needs prayers. The beloved Bone Collector T.V. personality from Hogansville just announced publicly that he is fighting cancer, which will result in his right leg being amputated above the knee next week. According to a post on Travis’s Facebook page yesterday, it all started in July 2021 when he asked a doctor…
By John Henry Spann I wanted to take a moment and sing the praises of the Georgia Trappers Association (GTA) and the Youth Competition they put on this year. I was fortunate enough to run into representatives of the GTA at the GON 2021 Outdoor Blast last year and learned that they sponsored an annual…
It was awesome to get our Fishers of Men Georgia South Division season started on Jan. 29. After rescheduling from the prior weekend as a result of COVID and a potential winter storm, it was good to get the season going. We had a great Friday night with Brent Janney being the speaker. I had…
Some great fishing gets cranked up this month. West Point guide Ken Bearden caught this bass during a trip for an article. Photo by Ronnie Garrison February 2022: Vol. 36, No. 2 February Feature Articles Redlands WMA Site Of Special Squirrel Hunt A group called 1025 Sportsmen hosted 80 hunters. Primary Points For…
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