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Hunting Land Series – When The Call Comes

The family had just sat down for a big evening meal. It had become less common to have the whole family together since so many had moved away from the farm. Bill and Eva had bought the land when Bill came home from World War II in the 40s. It was all woods when Bill…

The Christmas Gift

I went to see Ducky the other day to borrow his .22 rifle cleaning kit and, the weather being unseasonably warm, found him lounging by his little backyard pool. I’ve never actually seen him in the pool, but it does serve in his exercise regimen. His reclining lawn chair is on one side and he…

Conservation Law Enforcement Corner – December 2021

Bleckley County: Wild hogs have been deemed public enemy No. 1. Efforts to reduce their numbers range from federal invasive species dollars being spent on helicopter snipers to hunters using high-dollar night-vision weapons. If you’re going after hogs at night in bear country, be careful, as a pair of hunters in Bleckley County found out…

Scrapbook – December 2021

See yourself in the next issue of GON! Send photographs to [email protected]. Please include caption information including name, hometown, county, date and details.

Georgia Hunter Gored By Buck

Taking a trophy buck is a dream of every hunter. For Jonathan Stevens, that dream quickly turned into a nightmare. Jonathan was hunting a food plot behind his Swainsboro home in Emanuel County when a routine situation suddenly turned into a life-and-death struggle. “I was hunting a food plot behind my house and two does…

A Gun Named ‘Meat In The Pot’

My dad died the day after I wrote last month’s column, a rambling piece about outdoor memories I titled First Deer, Last Deer.  We knew his passing was coming, and it seemed to be coming on quick that week. And I’m sure that’s why last month I was so sentimental about outdoor memories and how…

Spy-Cam Trail Camera Images – December 2021

Email your favorite trail-camera pictures to [email protected]. Please include your name, GON subscriber number, hometown, county where the picture was taken, date, time and any interesting details for a caption.          

Clarks Hill Lake Live-Bait Linesides In December

Live-bait fishing for hybrids and stripers can be crazy good this time of year on Clarks Hill, with limits in minutes when the fish are bunched on points and humps feeding on herring—if you’re there at the right time. If you’d like to see proof, take a look at fishing guide Eddie Mason’s Facebook page…

Timberdoodle Quest – Georgia Woodcock Hunting

In the Southeast, when a person mentions upland hunting, the bobwhite quail is usually the first, and sometimes only game bird that people think about. The late Charlie Elliott named the bobwhite the “prince of game birds.”  When you go into the Appalachians, the ruffed grouse enters into the conversation, but the lack of timber…

Art Riling And His Game Ranch Detailed In New Duncan Dobie Book

Duncan Dobie’s new book, Art Rilling and his Game Ranch, 50 Years an Atlanta Tradition, will be available in mid December for $29.95. The 400-page softbound book, complete with 200 photos, tells the story of Art Rilling’s Stone Mountain Game (1962-1982), and later the Yellow River Game Ranch (1983-2012), during the 50 years that he…

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