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On Jan. 23, history was made on Lake Seminole as the Georgia High School Association held its first-ever bass tournament. The event drew an impressive 120 boats filled with two-man teams from every corner of the state as anglers battled for a chance to qualify for the state championship that will take place on May…
By Tony Peters I’m writing this on Feb. 1, 2021, one of the saddest days that will come during this year. It’s the day after duck season has ended and the first day of the long 305-day countdown until a new season begins. When I went outside this morning at daylight to retrieve a few…
GON February 2021 Volume 35, No. 2 Noah Campbell helps set your February bass pattern on Oconee by marking a map with 10 GPS locations. Cover Photo by Ronnie Garrison February 2021 Feature Articles Prespawn Oconee Bass On Docks And Rocks Georgia College angler Noah Campbell marks a map with 10 locations where anglers…
Preparing for opening day of rifle season in my household is very serious business. I spend practically all of the off season putting together the best equipment for the hunting ahead. A lightweight and comfortable Summit climber, Mossy Oak from head to toe, a fresh bottle of Tink’s 69—and of course my Air Venturi carbon…
February. Yep; it’s that time of year again. And, alas, my deer season has been taken from me once more. So what am I supposed to do now to replace piling out an hour and a half before first light, driving 30 miles to climb a tree, then watch fairly reasonable targets stroll past while…
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Biggest Fish Ever Puts Capper On 2020 For 73-Year-Old A good fish story never gets old, certainly not in GON. Jody Tucker told us this story about his 73-year-old mom, south Georgia resident Laverne Tucker, who ended her 2020 year with her largest fish ever. Laverne and her husband Joe, married for 54 years, decided…
In an effort to help hunters with their predator problems, GON will release its first-ever “Trappers For Hire” list in the May issue to go along with its annual Coyote Cull contest. GON is specifically looking for trappers who would like to be hired by landowners and hunting clubs. This idea is the brainchild of…
We’re starting to wonder how much better Georgia deer hunting can get. For the 2020-21 season, 356 of our 1447 respondents, or 24.6%, rated their seasons as excellent, the best excellent rating in at least 20 years. Only 10.1% said they had “poor” seasons. That’s the lowest percentage of folks with a poor rating in…
I started deer hunting when my family moved to Macon in 1970. The man who owned the company my father worked for leased 750 acres in Jones County. He allowed a club there, which was mostly employees, their families and a few customers. Jones County is just outside of Macon and close to the middle…
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