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Mentor Background: Stacey Scarboro: “Born and raised in Georgia, hunting and fishing while growing up. I have started hunting again to make sure my children can have the same experiences I did enjoying the outdoors.” Mentee Background: Thomas Scarboro: Stacey says, “Safe firearms training at home and recently completed his hunter-education certification.” By Stacey Scarboro…
Mentor Background: David Kidd: “I am a Lifetime member of QDMA and a Level 2 Deer Steward through their certification program. I began hunting in my late 20s and enjoy taking others hunting especially first time hunters. Mentee Background: Edwin Louis: “I have been interested in deer hunting for a long time and did not know…
After he killed an 11-point buck he’d been watching for about two months, 16-year-old Garrett McCarty, of Rutledge, would say that all good things are worth the wait. This buck would ultimately gross 171 5/8 inches, and once it is officially measured, Garrett could have the No. 5 buck of all-time in Morgan County. It…
From a very early age, Kenny Johnson dreamed of winning bass fishing championships. His grandfather worked as a guide on West Point Lake in the late 1970s and competed in some of the first tournaments held there. Kenny’s father followed in the same footsteps, fishing tournaments in the lakes of west Georgia and east Alabama.…
November 10 became a day that Valdosta State student Jeff McKinney would never forget when he killed a 17-point, non-typical Worth County buck. With a gross score of 185 4/8 inches, the buck was the biggest deer that Jeff had ever harvested. Amazingly, Jeff missed the buck that morning, before connecting on his afternoon hunt.…
As Saturday approaches, duck hunters across the state are busy preparing boats and decoys for the upcoming early duck season that will take place from Nov. 18-26. Georgia’s WRD waterfowl biologist Greg Balcom was enthusiastic about the upcoming season as a whole. “The numbers of birds we’re seeing right now is a little on the…
Brett Morrison, of Chatsworth, was hoping to simply put a little meat in the freezer on Saturday, Nov. 4 on his hunting club in Warren County. Brett wasn’t the only hunter on the club looking for venison. His buddy, Robbie, was in the stand with Jerry Ingram, of Johnson City, Tenn. Jerry, 52, has been…
You may have seen a flurry of articles and news releases floating around lately referencing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s latest national survey. The survey reported a 16 percent decrease in hunting participation over the past five years, which is a monumental issue for wildlife conservation and the future of our hunting heritage. This…
In the early 1990s, GON wrote an article profiling the deer hunting in Heard County that was titled “Land of the Giants.” It’s been a while since a true giant buck has been recorded from Heard County, but that changed last week. Michael Selman, 39, took the buck of a lifetime on Nov. 10 at…
On Saturday Oct. 7,, 2017, 39 kayak anglers descended on middle Georgia for the final competition of their respective tournament-trail seasons. For these anglers, it had been a long, tough campaign, their battles being waged on lakes and rivers across the state with one goal in mind—win the 2017 Georgia Kayak Bass Fishing State Championship.…
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