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Sightmark Makes their Mark With Improved LoPro Series

Sightmark makes their mark by offering their redesigned LoPro family in Dark Earth finish. LoPro’s are a compact laser and laser-light combo attachment for your firearm, helping you with precision accuracy and rock-solid reliability. LoPro’s are the perfect attachment for accuracy while training, hunting, self-defense and even in low-light shooting. Sightmark will add three models…

Screven County Bow Buck Grosses 174 Inches

Rusty Robbins, of Sylvania, should have the new No. 1 bow-kill from Screven County after knocking down a main-frame 10-pointer that grosses 173 4/8 inches. A number of kicker points will bring the net score down some, but they add character to the buck’s remarkable rack. Rusty has been hunting since he was a young…

The Bone-Crusher Buck From Coweta

It had been a slow morning for Douglas Freeman. After several hours in his portable stand, he decided to climb down and do a little walking.  “I reached the edge of a large corn field that had been cut several weeks earlier. A lot of scattered corn was still on the ground, and some deer…

Cedar Creek Buck Confiscated, Hunter Bought License After Kill

UPDATED Oct. 10, 6 p.m. The 154-inch Cedar Creek WMA buck that was reportedly killed on Saturday, Sept. 22 by Alan Rudolph, of Eatonton, was confiscated earlier today after a joint agency investigation between Georgia DNR Law Enforcement and the U.S. Forest Service on charges of hunting without a license. Rudolph told GON in a story…

Smoke Yourself For Deer Cover Scent

Most whitetail hunters recognize that the single greatest obstacle in whitetail hunting is fooling a deer’s nose.  Like many, I rely heavily on the wind direction and well-planned entry and exit routes to try and not spook deer. However, this is not foolproof. The terrain in Georgia is highly conducive to swirling wind, and deer…

Fall Is Flounder Time On The Georgia Coast

As you read this October 2018 issue of GON, it’s safe to say that the sweltering days of summer are nearly behind us. As the leaves begin to change and temperatures drop, it signals the beginning of fall in our great state. For south Georgia though, the cold weather will be sporadic at best as…

Georgia Counties Ranked For Big Bucks 2018

How does Fulton County produce two Fab 40 bucks last season, yet still see one of the sharpest drops in big-buck production of any county in the state? Fulton County fell from the No. 4 county in the state last year with a score of 153 down to No. 6 with a score of 116…

Coyote-Takers Calender: OCTOBER

By Martin W. Duke and Renee Nolan Fall is here, and the excitement wards off any chill that may greet us when we first step from our homes in the predawn darkness. The challenge of getting an arrow through Mr. Wile E. was memorable while combining our fawn distress calls to also attract a nanny…

You Owe It To The Deer

I gave it my best on the opening day of the archery season, but I got eaten up by skeeters and had beads of sweat rolling down my face after the walk to my stand. The temperatures across Georgia swelled in most places to the high 80s or low 90s. The result? No deer brought…

Realtree Kids Scrapbook – October 2018

Send us a picture of your GON Realtree Outdoor kid. Email image and caption details (name, hometown, age, and county where critter or fish was taken) to [email protected].            

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