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GON October 2017 Issue

  October 2017 Feature Articles: Georgia’s Best Big-Buck Counties Every county ranked and mapped for big-buck production. Seminole’s Fall Bass With Matt Baty 10 locations for October bass on Lake Seminole. Hunt The Rut Peak For Georgia Bucks GON’s Rut Map shows the peak of the rut across the state, plus Glen Solomon shares tips…

Glynn County Bow Record Smashed

Dustin Collins, of Brunswick, finally killed his dream buck, “Shady,” on Monday, Sept.18, 2017. Not only was it his dream buck, but it was his first bow buck, as well. This Glynn County buck will take the new bow record and most likely stand for a while. Shady is a main-frame 8-point with kickers, an…

Georgia’s Heaviest Bear

Tim Watson, of Dillard, got settled in his stand around 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30 in hopes of killing a bear. He was hunting a private tract of land in Rabun County. “I had seen a big bear several times prior to hunting in this spot,” said Tim. “So, I decided to hunt Saturday…

Redfish At The Cumberland Jetties

October has to be one of my most favorite times of the year. With cooler temperatures, college football and hunting season upon us, it just doesn’t get better in the Peach State… or does it? I failed to mention my favorite species to chase this month. Whether you call them spots, reds, spottail bass or…

Georgia’s Best Big-Buck Counties 2017

No hindsight ip unit displayed. After several years of declining scores, the latest number-crunching shows a significant improvement in big-buck production for most Georgia counties. Counties are given a score based on official net scores of bucks killed in the past 10 years. We also factor in the size of a county into the equation.…

The Freak: A Survivor’s Tale Part 3

By John Seginak and Brandon Adams The trio of coyotes sensed the opportunity. The young buck had lost its front leg below the joint when the deflected bullet had hit him two months earlier. Their movements were instinctual, honed from centuries of a daily need to hunt and eat. One moved slowly and quietly around…

Days GON By – October 2017

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: October 1987 Deer Hunting in 1957: GON took a look back at the state of deer and deer hunting…

GON Gator Gallery 2017

Just a simple observation; the number of successful gator pictures GON has received for the 2017 season seems to be off. With the season not ending until Oct. 2, it’s still too early to know if we’re looking at a slower year or not. Those numbers will likely be published this fall at http://georgiawildlife.com. Turning…

Seminole’s Fall Bass With Matt Baty

Stumps, lily pads, grass and plenty of big largemouth bass—Seminole had it all. Seminole has so many quality 3- and 4-lb. largemouth, if you stick with the places bass live and work for them, you can catch a good limit in October. Seminole is a 37,500-acre U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake with its dam…

Reports From The Deer Woods

A tropical storm brought high winds, rain and knocked the power out for many Georgians for days, and then that was followed by summertime-like high temperatures. Didn’t slow us down… apparently it’s about impossible to stop Georgia’s 2017 deer season from getting off to a great start. A great benchmark for how the season is…

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