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2025 Florida Python Challenge Registration Opens

Are you looking to help raise awareness about nonnative species and remove invasive Burmese pythons from our treasured Everglades ecosystem, all while getting the chance to win a share of $25,000 in prizes? Register for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge! The event, hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South…

The Record Bow Buck Known As “Lucky”

Growing up as avid hunters, we all dream about getting a chance at a buck we saw on the cover of GON or on television shows like Buckmasters or Midwest Whitetails. I cant count the number of times I’ve sat in a deer stand dreaming about a giant buck stepping out of the woods resembling…

Savannah River Bluegill Benchmark Record Bumps Up

An angler went through the certification process and bumped up the benchmark record for Savannah River bluegill. Dustin Burton, of Newington, caught a big bluegill while fishing with a cricket during a May 9, 2025 trip on the Savannah River. Dustin took the bream to the Evans County Public Fishing Area, where WRD Fisheries staff…

Black Bear Kills Florida Man

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has concluded its initial investigation into what is confirmed to be the first fatal Florida black bear attack in state history this week in Jerome, Fla. The rural south Florida community is located on the edge of the Everglades just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management…

The Gopher Tortoise

I know you can find turkeys in almost any natural habitat in Georgia, but there is something special to me about turkey hunting in sandy soil. I can’t really define it, but those south Georgia sandy pines just make me think of longbeards. Maybe because I have a long string of relatives making a life…

Yamaha Marine Donates Three Boats To DNR

Boats are a critical need for an agency like the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), whether they are used for customer assistance, enforcement, education, inspection, emergency response or management efforts. Thanks to a generous donation from the Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit, the Georgia DNR now has three new boats for use on state…

Too Many Booths? Too Much Firepower? Never! NRA Convention 2025

Come along as GON Events Coordinator, Kimberly Lee, takes us through her trip to the 2025 NRA convention that was held in Atlanta on April 25, 2025.   Kimberly Lee is GON’s Event Coordinator… among her many talents. Hence her nickname the “Force Of Nature.” Kimberly’s Force Of Nature blog appears regularly at GON.com and in GON magazine.

Greenbrier High Wins Georgia Bass Fishing State Championship

State championships in Georgia high school sports bring pride and prestige to local communities and towns. The 2025 Georgia bass fishing state championship crown will reside in the city of Evans in Columbia County, as a team from Greenbrier High School took the win. The 2025 GHSA Bass Fishing State Championship, presented by Alfa Insurance,…

Southeast Georgia Fishing Reports With Capt. Bert Deener – May 9, 2025

There were some great reports this week, but now the off and on rains have set in for several days. The different sections of rivers will rise and fall differently and some will muddy up. Guess right and it will be a lot of fun, as the temperatures are in the peak feeding zone for…

The First Gobble

The woods were still dark when Ellie stepped out of the truck and pulled the old camo jacket tight around her shoulders. A chill hung in the early spring air, the kind that wrapped around your neck and settled in your boots. She’d worn that same jacket every season since she turned 16. It had…

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