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See yourself — or your favorite hunter or angler — in an upcoming issue of GON. Send photographs to [email protected], and please include name, subscriber number, hometown, county, date and details.
Have you heard about the new “National Park & Preserve” that might run from Macon to Hawkinsville along the Ocmulgee River? If so, you might be concerned because hunting is prohibited in most National Parks—it is only allowed, and tightly controlled and very limited, on 59 of 390 National Parks, normally for one or just…
The five men had just finished their camp dinner. They began pulling their chairs closer to the fire pit where they had enjoyed conversations for years. The fire began to blaze a little higher. It was a cool evening for the end of an April turkey hunting trip. The fire felt good, and it kept…
October cracks the deer season wide open with archery, primitive weapons and firearm seasons going on through these weeks. It’s traditionally been the time when many DNR hunter safety classes are taught by dedicated instructors across the state. Hunters born on or after Jan. 1, 1961 must complete this course. For some, it may be…
GON compiled list of upcoming tournament trails with the help of tournament directors and others hosting benefit tournaments. If you would like to have your tournament added please send an email with all the details to Brad Gill at [email protected]. Because of the coronavirus situation, please call ahead to verify tournaments will still be taking…
One of the most common debates among deer hunters is the stage of the rut occurring at a given point of the season. It’s not uncommon for one hunter to proclaim the rut is in full swing, while another contends it hasn’t yet begun, or even that it’s already over. Fact is, rut timing can…
Email your trail-cam 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. Print images can be mailed to GON Spy-Cam, 4331 Seven Islands Road, Madison, GA 30650.
First Oconee County Deer Hunt The very first day of deer hunting in Oconee County when a season re-opened in 1971 worked out fantastic for Mac Hayes, of Watkinsville. Here’s a photo of Mac with a 10-pointer and a huge 8-pointer from that 1971 inaugural hunt. Thank you to GON member David Hayes for sending…
The numbers have been crunched, and the Top-3 counties in Georgia for big-buck production remain the same—Worth, Lee and Dougherty are the best of the best. The No. 4 and 5 counties swapped spots, with Fulton edging past Macon County as the No. 4 ranked county in Georgia for big bucks recorded in the past…
By Zach Cole For someone who has never had the pleasure of filling an alligator tag, much less drawing one, the 2020 alligator season is going to be a hard one for me to beat. I have been applying for gator tags for five or six years now, and this year I wagered it all.…
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