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“Let’s hunt ‘Crabdaddy’ on opening morning,” said Charles, owner of a tract of Morgan County land I hunt often. This was the name he had bestowed on a 150-class buck with forked G-2s and a distinct crab claw on his right main beam. Charles had taken dozens of game camera photos of this buck in…
An average season for giant bucks in Georgia is pretty awesome, especially when compared to other Southern states. The Fab 40, GON’s annual compilation of Georgia’s best bucks from the previous season, includes only those measured by certified scorers. The Fab 40 provides a great way to compare our deer seasons. The chart on page…
I can’t watch the news anymore. Every story is maddening on some level, whether it’s simply what is being shown—how people are behaving—or it’s how the ‘reporter’ spins the story. Both drive up the blood pressure. Very frustrating times. You know what’s also maddening and frustrating? This stinking virus. Do the kids go to school,…
There’s some very good public deer hunting—and hunting for other game animals—available on National Wildlife Refuge property in Georgia. Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge is 34,000 acres of excellent woods in Jones and Jasper counties. Here are the 2020 season deer hunts scheduled for Piedmont NWR: Archery: Sept. 12 – Oct. 4; either-sex, no quota, refuge…
With the last pops of Fourth of July fireworks, my thoughts turn to the upcoming deer season. As a bowhunter, I usually spend time in the summer heat slinging arrows at a variety of targets and distances. That’s one of the biggest keys to bowhunting. Practice, practice, practice. However, this year will be slightly different.…
The annual GON Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out will take place on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Infinite Energy Center in Gwinnett County as part of the Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast. Here’s the second half of the field of those who will be shooting for a chance to win a $3,000 shopping spree at Adventure Outdoors and…
Ware County: On the night of Thursday, Jan. 1, 2020, Game Warden Luke Rabun and Game Warden First Class Sam Williams were observing an area off of Old Nichols Road in Ware County known for a high amount of night deer hunting activity. At approximately 9:30 that night both wardens heard the sound of a…
Hunt Near A Deer Club Member Leads To Practical Jokes Dear GON, The other day I was headed home and a deer ran across the road, and I got to thinking. What were some memorable things that happened or that I caused to happen back over a long career in the deer woods? I won’t…
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I was watching a school of menhaden, also called pogies, getting attacked from big fish on all sides. I had a client with a rod ready to throw a hooked pogie into the fray. A perfect cast, and we had a tarpon 6 feet in the air peeling line off a reel like a hooked…
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