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GON January 2022 Issue

Donald Peppers and his Morgan County 14-pointer are entered in Week 7 of Truck-Buck. See more Truck-Buck entries.  Photo by Brad Gill   January 2022: Vol. 36, No. 1 January Feature Articles Public-Land Squirrels With World Champ Dog Hunting squirrels with a dog is great fun for kids and adults, and as this hunt shows,…

Old-School Bow Takes Grady County’s First Record Bow Buck

In this era when archers gather to brag about arrow speed, Chip Wells likes to talk about arrow lethality. All that old-school thinking for the Cairo native made it possible for him to take what could prove to be the biggest bow-taken buck ever from Grady County. Rough measurements show that the buck will likely…

Lake Oconee Wintertime Spoon Fishing For Linesides

From the time I was old enough to crawl into a plywood boat on the Ocmulgee River, there’s one thing I was taught NOT to do: make noise. So why is this striper guide constantly rapping on the floor of his Ranger with the rubber-tipped butt end of a sawed-off walking cane? Because he’s learned…

Jake’s 2022 Resolution

“So, Jake, tell me about your resolutions.” Five. Four. Three. Two. One… “Wal, I jes’ ain’t peeved at nobody.” Five. Four. Three… “You ain’t peeved? What are you even talking about?” “Seems lak to me you gotta be at least a little peevish with a body to start one of them revolutions. An’ I jes’…

Kids Outdoor Outpost – January 2022

Late-Season Whitetails The technology available to today’s hunter has certainly changed the way we hunt. Want to know what time to be in your stand? Place a deer cam out on a well-used trail or area and have it set to send photos remotely to your phone. Some may set up an automatic spin feeder…

Realtree Kids Scrapbook – January 2022

Oaky Woods Squirrels With The World Champ

This is the way squirrel hunting ought to be—fast paced, lots of shooting opportunities and loads of excitement. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with sitting under a big oak and waiting for the squirrels to come out, but I’m telling you that hunting squirrels with a good dog is a boat load…

Hunter’s Journal – January 2022

By Den Holder Growing up in the time before the internet, without cable TV and before cell phones inspired me to find the outdoors as a place of enjoyment. I can’t remember my first fishing trip or first hunting trip because I was too young. I spent every moment I could outside. I have hunted…

Letters To The Editor – January 2022

Fiction Story A Great Tribute To Glen Solomon Dear GON, Just finished The Trembling in the December 2021 issue of GON. It was another great fall fiction series. At the end, Craig bumped my heart with his note that it was written in memory of the great outdoorsman writer Glen Solomon. I will never forget…

Georgia 2021 Deer Season Wrap-Up

There’s still some deer hunting left—quite a bit if your county has the extended archery-only hunting until Jan. 31. However, it’s time for our GON Hunt Advisors to wrap it up with their final deer season reports. We will hear from our Hunt Advisors again soon during turkey season.  NORTH GEORGIA Cherokee County: Tim Dangar, of…

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