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Hunting
When I first called Aaron Harrison, excited to get a clear grasp on his experience with the massive Harris County buck he named “Showtime,” he picked up on the fourth or fifth ring in a whisper. The man was up in the deer stand, back at it again! We did our introductions, and I asked…
The County-by-County rankings that appear in the magazine each year include the Top-10 bucks ever recorded from each of Georgia’s 159 counties. The rankings were first published in 1994. But the process began in 1991 by compiling official scores from old big-buck contests, getting scores sheets from certified measurers, and by crisscrossing the state to…
A fishing trip on Lake Allatoona for striped bass and hybrids yielded a big-fish surprise—and a spot in the records for angler Arturo Medina. Arturo, who lives in Acworth, was fishing with guide Steve Mark of First Bite Guide Service on Sunday morning when their first bite was from a fish hit that caused mayhem…
BRUNSWICK, Georgia — Participants in Georgia’s marine fisheries industry have until Thursday to apply for federal COVID-relief aid. Congress in March appropriated nearly $2 million to supplement Georgia’s marine industry’s’ pandemic-related revenue losses, and applications must be postmarked by Thursday, Oct. 15 the Georgia Department of Natural Resources reminded the public Friday. Eligible industry members…
With cooler than normal temperatures and hunters apparently getting serious about putting some venison in the freezer, it’s been a productive four weeks of archery season for Georgia deer hunters. In GON’s Truck-Buck contest, hunters started out the season by recording the best first week of bow season in 32 years of the contest. Then…
I can’t say I ever recall getting a photo of a coyote off the ground in hot pursuit of any sort of game animal, but I guess I can scratch that off my list. Kaylee Seabolt, of Dahlonega, reached out to GON through our Instagram account with a trail-camera photo of a coyote chasing a…
Matt Rivers, of Newnan, killed a gnarly looking 16-point buck with his bow in Lamar County on Oct. 3. “We don’t have any idea how to score him,” said Matt. “I’ve had people tell me 180, 190, 200.” Matt is talking about gross inches of antler, but when it comes to a net score, there’s…
I’m over it. I’m over the nonsense, the nastiness and the folks in the outdoor community who are just plain rude and lack good raising. A couple days ago, I’m scrolling through Facebook and I come across a GON story about Travis “T-Bone” Turner of the Bone Collector TV show killing a big Georgia buck…
I’ve heard some say that a coyote won’t mess with a healthy, big-bodied buck. That’s might true for about 99% of coyotes, but then there’s that 1%… The below series of 11 trail-camera photos of a Talbot County coyote getting after a buck on the afternoon of Sept. 1. The photos were sent in by…
We’ve said it a thousand times since GON started in 1987: Weird things happen in the woods. The latest crazy story that rolled into our [email protected] email box was several photos of a Cobb County buck with what appears to be a pumpkin stuck on its head. GON subscriber Phil Crane, of Powder Springs, was…
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