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GON August Issue 2024

Vol. 38, No. 8 The No. 2 deer of the season in The Fab 40 is Austin Hill’s DeKalb County bow-buck. See all the Fab 40 bucks in the August issue of GON magazine. Photo by Brad Gill August 2024 Magazine Flipbook Edition August Feature Articles No hindsight ip unit displayed.   Deer Hunting From…

36th Season Of Truck-Buck, $75,000+ In Prizes! Subscribe To GON

It happened again last season… a longtime GON subscriber killed a huge buck that would have won a Truck-Buck week, only to find out his subscription had expired. Renew now! Truck-Buck is back for the 36th straight year—a testament to the GON community and the sponsors who again stepped up to provide Georgia deer hunters…

Southeast Georgia Fishing Reports With Capt. Bert Deener – Aug. 2 2024

It’s evident that the dog days of summer are here and kids are about to start back to school. The number of reports dropped this week, but the catching has still been good for those who went. The rains have blown out most rivers for this week, so concentrate on ponds, the Okefenokee Swamp and…

Spy Cam – August 2024

Email 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. Or mail to GON Spy-Cam, PO Box 1589, Watkinsville, GA 30677.            

Scrapbook – August 2024

Send photographs to [email protected] and please include name, subscriber number, hometown, county, date and details.                  

Tony Couch’s Lake Sinclair Summer Bass Pattern

Bass fishing can be tough everywhere in August, but anglers can head to Lake Sinclair and hit the right docks and points for some action. Tie on a couple of different baits, fish early and late to beat the heat, and enjoy a good catch of August bass. Lake Sinclair is an old Georgia Power…

Conservation Law Enforcement Corner – August 2024

Camden County: Several Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in Georgia have special antler restrictions. One of those WMAs with quality-buck antler minimums is the relatively new 27,000-acre Ceylon WMA in southeast Georgia south of Brunswick. Firearms deer hunting at Ceylon is by quota only, and a buck is only legal if it has four points on…

GON’s Trophy Room – August 2024

Since Georgia Outdoor News magazine started in 1987, we have continuously enjoyed sharing the accomplishments of others. Some months we’ll receive hundreds of pictures of happy hunters and anglers every year who just want to share their accomplishments. We are truly blessed that so many loyal Georgians think enough of GON to share with us about what they’ve accomplished.…

Ocmulgee River Shoal Bass, Summertime From A Kayak

The phrase “Dog Days” doesn’t quite describe what’s going on in Georgia this month. I just took a quick glance out of my kitchen window at the thermometer that hangs on the corner of my back porch, and at roughly 2 in the afternoon, it’s clocking in right at 97 degrees—in the shade! Even a…

Georgia’s Great Flood Of 1994

The year was 1994, and folks in middle and south Georgia still talk about it. Tropical Storm Alberto  stalled over Georgia, dumping incredible amounts of rain and causing destructive flooding. Here are a few examples of what the state looked like 30 years ago after the flood hit. Lake Blackshear: Nowhere did sportsmen see the…

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