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Altamaha River Tidal Bass

Some of the best bass fishing you probably have never heard of will occur today. The bad news is it will only last five hours, six if you’re lucky. On the bright side, though, it will happen again tomorrow. Welcome to the tidal section of the Altamaha River, where the bass don’t run as big,…

Flood Damage Impacts Dukes Creek Trout Fishing

Severe flooding the last week of May in White County created enough damage at Smithgall Woods State Park-Dukes Creek Conservation Area to force a temporary change to trout fishing access on the area’s 4 1/2 mile stretch. Because of flood damage, only Section 1 of Dukes Creek and a small part of Section 2 will…

Clean Garage, Find Deals At GON Classifieds

Whether you’re looking to earn some cash for items you just no longer use, or you’re searching for a bargain, you need to check out the GON Classifieds. There are pages of items put up for sale every day, and many are offered for sale by other GON subscribers. You can sort through 27 unique…

Truck-Buck Turns 30!

It’s hard to believe GON will give away our 30th new pickup truck after this season’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out. There’s no other contest like Truck-Buck, not anywhere, and that’s a testament to three groups of folks—our sponsors, our GON members, and the magazine staff who do all the work behind the scenes to pull this contest…

The Big-Buck Contest Just For Kids

GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest is back this deer season. Another youngster who deer hunts in Georgia will win a grand prize $3,000 shopping spree at Adventure Outdoors in Smyrna. Plus, that grand-prize winner will get to spend a weekend deer and hog hunting, fishing and spending time with the great folks at Woods-N-Water outfitters next…

Record Set For Longnose Gar On Etowah River

Kyle Williams, of Adairsville, isn’t a huge fan of gar when he’s fishing the Etowah River, but he recently caught a longnose gar that made the record books. “They’re predators. They’ll run the fish we’re trying to catch out of a hole, and it takes a while for the fish to settle back down and…

Spots On Darden Dove Field In Today’s Online Auction

Two hard-to-get spots on one of Georgia’s most famous dove fields are available to the highest-bidder in today’s online GON Online Auction. The annual Claibourne Darden dove shoot in Taliaferro County has a 30-year history. The previous year’s participants have guaranteed spots on the field each subsequent year. Most folks come back year after year, which…

Wild In The Kitchen: Venison Tater Grenades

Some folks obviously have more time on their hands than others. From that comes great things. A hunter told me about this clever recipe. I tried it, and it was incredible. He said it also works well with venison sausage instead of backstrap. No hindsight ip unit displayed. 4 Yukon Gold potatoes 1 venison backstrap…

WMA 2018 Dove Field Forecasts

If rainfall totals are any indication, dove fields across the state should be in good shape. “Given the recent rains, we are expecting good production on our dove fields. If the rains continue, we should get good seed production and plenty of food availability on the fields,” said Greg Balkcom, WRD’s migratory game bird coordinator.…

Georgia 2018 Pay Dove Shoots List

I’m pretty sure I haven’t heard the first complaint this summer that it’s been too dry to plant a dove field. In fact, I was talking to an old country farmer the other day who actually had to wait a few weeks past his normal time of planting because it’s been too wet in his…

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