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Hunting
It would be accurate to call David Pope a suburban deer hunter, but it wouldn’t be accurate to define him as such. He hunts with his bow on about 10 different small pockets of land around Gwinnett and Fulton counties, but he also hunts some parcels pushing as much as 4,000 acres elsewhere. “I do…
After roughly six years of only deer hunting with a bow that included close encounters and a lot of frustrating moments, Jonathan Riordan, of Griffin, was able to take down a record-class Coweta County buck the morning of Nov. 14. On Nov. 6, Jonathan saw a big main-frame 8-point on his camera for the first…
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division is pleased to announce the promotion of Sergeant Mitch Oliver to Captain and Director of the DNR Training Unit effective today. He is filling the vacancy of Captain Bob Holley, who was recently promoted to Major of Special Operations. “Good training for our game wardens is…
Every November when the rut kicks in and either-sex days open in many counties, there are deer processors across Georgia that fill up and are not able to take any more deer. A deer hunter should know how to quarter a deer and get that meat in a cooler. Here, Scott Hodges shows us on…
Kristine Fisher, who is orginally from Nebraska but now lives on the road fishing tournaments and producing social-media content, became the first female to earn one of the most prestigious titles in professional tournament kayak fishing with a win at Lake Eufaula this weekend. The 2021 Hobie Bass Open Series (BOS) Tournament of Champions was…
Like many who take a once-in-a-lifetime buck, Pine Mountain’s Cory Croft played a years-long chess game with a monstrous buck that freely roamed on and off his property. On Nov. 12, Cory finally got to proclaim checkmate. Cory used a rifle to take an 18-point Harris County buck that rough-scored 199 inches. He was ecstatic…
After some tough luck in recent seasons, Skye Brack, of Eastman, was finally able to get back on the board when she had a successful hunt for a trophy buck on Halloween evening, Oct. 31, 2021. Skye got the buck with her compound bow, and a rough score indicates she’s going to make the bowhunting…
Scott Hodges gets to interview his 12-year-old son Ross after the young man downs a super 8-point buck in Crawford County, Georgia. Scott’s video blog Southern Reflections With Scott Hodges will appear regularly at gon.com. Scott Hodges, of Byron, owns Southern Reflections Taxidermy and has long been a GON contributor. If you have ever…
Ricky Lee, of Brantley County, has been an avid deer hunter his whole life, and he’s spent countless hours chasing bucks in the swamps and hardwood bottoms of south Georgia. He’s always hoped one day he’d cross paths with a monster buck, and on Oct. 29 that’s exactly what happened. The only thing…. Ricky wasn’t…
On a fishing trip when they were slap wearing out the white perch—known as crappie to anglers in some parts of Georgia—leave it to a record-sized warmouth to shake things up. Thomas Corbin is the Treutlen County Sheriff. He’s also an avid fisherman and GON subscriber who, particularly in the past 10 years, has been…
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