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Fishing

New Browning Boot’s A Winner

Browning Footwear, which is returning to the market with force, has announced the arrival of the signature boot in its new hunting line, the Buck Shadow. Browning describes the Buck Shadow as, “Our signature big game hunting boot with a lightweight construction and welded overlays. The Buck Shadow is built for spot-and-stalk hunting in demanding…

Wild In The Kitchen: Beer-Battered Freshwater Drum

Don’t laugh. The freshwater drum is a close relative to the saltwater redfish, which is considered a delicacy. I tried this and told everyone it was redfish, and everybody thought it was pretty danged good! 2 lbs. drum filets 2 qts. peanut oil for frying 1/2 cup flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp salt…

The Freak: A Survivor’s Tale

By John Seginak and Brandon Adams The big doe and her two fawns were bedded in a thick privet patch on the very edge of a large beaver swamp. A thunderstorm had rolled through earlier, and now at sunset the heat and humidity were almost unbearable. It was early September, 2010, and if the damp,…

New Hunter Mentorship Competition Starts Aug. 15

For the first time in Georgia’s rich hunting history, a competition is being held to encourage licensed hunters to carry someone new to the woods. We are excited to roll out the inaugural “Georgia Mentor Competition” this year. The competition will run Aug. 15, 2017—May 15, 2018, and we will be selecting and awarding prizes…

UGA Student Shoots First Deer, Hooked For Life

Personally and professionally I have taken people of all ages hunting. However, one of my most rewarding experiences was when I was mentoring an adult from an urbanized background in our Field to Fork program last year. Evan Stout, an undergraduate student at the University of Georgia, and I were 20 feet up a cedar…

Fisherman Killed By Lightning Strike On Bartletts Ferry

An avid Chambers County, Alabama fisherman was killed on Bartletts Ferry Lake on Friday night, July 21, after being struck by lightning, authorities said. There were four others in the boat at the time of the lightning strike. Two required medical attention for minor injuries, and two others did not. Those who were not injured…

Atlanta Buckarama Closes Doors After 32-Year Run

If you have been a deer hunter who would count on spending a day in early August browsing the vendor booths at the Atlanta Buckarama, don’t make that trip around I-285 to Jonesboro Road this year. There won’t be a Buckarama in Atlanta for the first time in 32 years. Two Buckaramas have traditionally been…

Seminar Schedule For 2017 Outdoor Blast

Known as the No. 1 firearms legal defense program in the nation, U.S. Law Shield will be hosting a very special 90-minute seminar—with lots of question-and-answer time—on Saturday, July 29 GON’s Outdoor Blast. That seminar will begin at 3 p.m. If you are unclear on where you can carry a firearm or handgun with a…

Fawn Crashes Georgia Pool Party

Sherrie Joiner was hosting some friends and their kids for a pool party at her southern Dawson County home when a small deer fawn suddenly jumped into the pool. One of Sherrie’s friends, Heather Cox, just happened to be videoing the kids swimming when the fawn ran up, jumped through the iron bars of the fence, and…

Jigging Artificials For Georgia Flounder

Dale Earnhardt was born to drive a race car, as was Peyton Manning to throw a football, and for Jimmy Crews, of Waycross, well his niche is to put flounder in the boat by the dozens. Jimmy has spent the last 40-plus south Georgia summers chasing these tasty flatfish, and along the way, he has…

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