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Chunk Rock, Ditches For Lanier Bass

November is a great time to go bass fishing. Fish are feeding up for winter, they are on predictable patterns and boat traffic is way down. That last one may be the most important factor at Lanier. Magnum spots are feeding heavily, and you can fish all day without getting washed off the lake by…

New 93-pound Georgia State Record Blue Catfish

Ricky Barrett just caught not only the biggest blue catfish he’s ever seen, but the monster turned out to be a brand-new rod-and-reel state-record blue cat, crushing the old state record by 13 pounds. Caught from the Altamaha River on Oct. 14, the behemoth catfish weighed 93 pounds on certified scales. While having fished all…

Browning Trail Cameras Adds To Strike Force Line

From the time that Browning Trail Cameras introduced the Strike Force series of cameras, they have been one of the most popular game camera series on the market. So it makes sense that as the company has grown, so would the line of Strike Force sub-micro cameras. So for 2017, they have introduced the impressive…

Hunter Survives 22-Foot Fall From Tree Stand

My birthdays qualify me as “middle age.” I’ve been fortunate to spend nearly 40 years doing my two favorite things: deer hunting and flying airplanes. As a pilot, we have many safety-mined adages. For example, we pilots say, “There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there aren’t many old, bold pilots.” Another…

The Story Of Arthur Woody And His Deer

Arthur Woody was the most famous forest ranger ever to refuse to wear a uniform. Born in 1884 near Suches, in the heart of Georgia’s “high country,” legend tells us that he witnessed his father kill the last living deer in Fannin County around 1895, when Arthur was 10 years old. In 1912, Arthur was…

Kinchafoonee Creek Float And Fish

One of the greatest challenges faced by modern man is a lack of free time to explore, learn and grow. Too often we are bogged down in routine tasks, leaving little time to try something new. As a fisherman and outdoorsman, I have tremendous natural resources and diverse habitats to explore in my native Georgia.…

Blackshear Flathead Record Broken

The 7-year-old Lake Blackshear flathead catfish was broken on Friday, Sept. 15 by Shannen Kitchens, of Americus. Shannen’s Appaloosa weighed 39-lbs., 15.04-ozs, beating the old record by nearly a half pound. “Friday was just like pretty much every day for me, I was working and wishing I was fishing,” said Shannen. “I was counting the minutes…

Georgia Rut Hunting Tactics With Glen Solomon

GON’s annual Rut Map could be the most popular article that comes out every fall. Hunters plan way in advance of when they need to take a week off work in order catch a bruiser buck on its feet. This map proves its accuracy time and time again by hunter testimonies each season. Keep in…

Spy-Cam October 2017

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Scrapbook October 2017

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