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Pandemics, Governors, And Online Deer Records

The past two months were interesting. A tip of the cap to GON’s staff—there’s just seven of them—who did what was asked and needed. Like lots of small businesses, we knew it would take extraordinary effort during an extraordinary time, and it is because of them you are reading the June 2020 issue of Georgia…

Truck-Buck 2019-20: Week 3 Winner, Darrell Hudson

Week 3: Darrell Hudson, 147 0/8 typical County: Upson Date: Oct. 4 To know there’s a huge buck on your property, but you don’t hunt him for weeks because the wind is wrong— that takes resolve and patience many hunters just don’t possess. Darrell Hudson faced it last season. “I’ve been a longtime GON guy,”…

Special Plates Help Fund DNR Efforts

Specialty license plates are a way for Georgians to show their passion for a particular interest—everything from your favorite college team to military veteran status.  These speciality plates, also known as prestige tags, are also a way to help support particular DNR programs. A standard Georgia license plate or tag renewal costs $20.  A WRD…

Turkey Triple In Peach County

By Adam Reas This story starts way before the 2020 turkey season. It’s years in the making leading up to opening day March 21, 2020 and tagging out by 8:30 in the morning. May 2014 is when I first gained access to the property. It was close to the end of turkey season when a…

Grassy Pond: June Bass With Finesse Tackle

Another summer is upon us down in Georgia, and as you’re reading this, I’m willing to bet one of two things. Either you’re sitting in the air conditioning somewhere or you are wiping sweat from your brow in the heat. It’s hot in Georgia, and summer is just getting started.  But the good news for…

The Shallow June Bass Bite On Eufaula

Bass in the grass, and bass feeding on channel drops. Eufaula is full of 3- to 5-lb. bass, and they have been on fire this year. In June, you can catch Eufaula bass both shallow or deep—it really just depends on the way you prefer to fish. Eufaula is known as “The Bass Capitol of…

Canoochee River Gains Another Record Bream Species

On May 16, Richard Driggers Jr. added a shellcracker to the growing list of river records for the Canoochee River. GON began keeping river records on the Canoochee one year ago after Glen Solomon turned in a 12.48-oz. warmouth. Richard’s shellcracker weighed 12.96 ounces, which is slightly above the GON benchmark for that species, which…

Truck-Buck 2019-20: Week 2 Winner, Kevin Carnes

Week 2: Kevin Carnes, 140 7/8 typical County: Cobb Date: Sept. 22 Kevin Carnes, of Atlanta, already had some awesome suburban bucks to his credit before the 2019-2020 season, including a 2015 buck that netted 195 2/8 non-typical. That’s one of only eight Georgia bow-bucks to ever score high enough to qualify for the all-time…

Girl Turkey Hunter Continues Cancer Fight, Seeks Prayers

A few weeks ago we released a story at gon.com about an 8-year-old girl from Washington County who is in the middle of a fight with cancer. In the midst of that storm, she recently found time to show her 28-year-old brother how things are done when she rolled three turkeys with one shot.  “I…

Georgia State Park Trout

As I’m starting to type this story, we’ve officially had our first string of 90-degree days down here in south Georgia. Yes-sir it’s getting hot and in a hurry. If you’re looking to beat the heat, and wouldn’t mind a few nights in a tent, grab the poles, the kids and load up the truck.…

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