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By Donnie Price On Nov. 3, 2016, my son Jeremy got off the school bus with a larger-than-normal smile on his face. He and his little brother Jesse were headed to deer camp on the Talbot/Harris county line for a weekend hunt with me and their PaPaw. My goal for the weekend was to get…
Your DNA is different from my DNA. Go ahead. Gloat. I’ll explain momentarily why we’re having this discussion. But before we deeply delve, know that the subject was actually researched, and that it would require 37 minutes to type and three edits to spellcheck before I could get the DN part properly in print. If…
As the canoe pushed through some reeds in this coastal river marsh, birds exploded in all directions. “Shoot!” I yelled. “There’s another one. Fire! One stayed in the reeds. Here he comes. Shoot again.” In seconds, my son Steven pumped out three rounds from his Remington Model 870 20 gauge. More birds flushed from the…
Even though GON Truck-Buck entries come from all corners of the Peach State, many of the really giant bucks seem to have some common denominators that lead to their harvest. Proper nutrition, intensive management, and plain old being in the right place at the right time are a few. On Oct. 28, all of the…
By John Seginak and Brandon Adams The cool nights of spring seemed like a distant memory. The summer of 2013 was typical for Oglethorpe County—hot and humid days and little relief as the sun began to set. The soybeans were now 6 inches tall and growing daily. At least those that were not being eaten…
I’m sure the actual attack was something similar to what you see on The Discovery Channel when a Nile crocodile glides smoothly just under the water toward a slurping gazelle as it enjoys a cool drink in the late-afternoon sun. As the animal drinks the moving river water, an explosion of white water and set of…
The 2017-2018 Georgia deer season began with a flurry of good bucks—the Truck-Buck contest saw an all-time record for the first week of bow season—but the action seemed to cool as the air temperatures warmed. During late September and the first of October, it was warm to hot, especially during the evenings, which is typically…
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Ricky Boles, a DNR Law Enforcement Ranger First Class, spent Monday morning, Oct. 16, waiting for an accused violator to show up at the Putnam County courthouse. The man was late for his court appearance, and when he did show, a relative had to interpret for the man because he spoke no English. Unfortunately, communication…
Each month we turn back the clock to see what was being reported in the pages of GON, 30, 20 and 10 years ago. Here’s a look back at what appeared in GON. 30 Years Ago: November 1987 Buck Rattling Tactics With Ben Lee: GON was taking a look at a “revolutionary new tool that…
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