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In addition to the weekly winners, there are four wildcard categories, with winners in each category for the Northern and Southern zones. The wildcard spots in the Shoot-Out are for the best bucks taken by Youth, Ladies, Public-Land and Runner-Up. New this year, thanks to Havalon Knives, those eight wildcard winners will each receive a…
The scoring results for the 2016-17 GON Youth Big-Buck Contest are listed below. Congratulations to all of the youngsters who killed nice bucks last season. Links are provided so everyone can view multiples pictures and read the hunt stories from all of these successful young hunters. The highest-scoring buck each weeks earns the youngster a Strike Force Elite HD…
WRD’s Game Check will receive a partial face-lift prior to Georgia’s spring gobbler season, a change that will help streamline the “Recording” and “Reporting” process for hunters who use DNR’s smartphone app “Outdoors Georgia.” This change will carry over into the 2017-18 deer season and be a welcome assistance to hunters wishing to drop their…
Silent Legion announces the unveiling of a full line of unique, high-performance suppressors. Silent Legion is a veteran-owned business dedicated to premium suppressors that exceed the performance demands of uncompromising shooters. With suppressor ownership now legal in 42 states including Alabama, the popularity and demand for high-quality suppressors has never been greater. Silent Legion offers…
After having no luck catching bait the morning of Feb. 2 and having to use bait that had been on ice for two days, Jake Herman, of Acworth, finally got that one special bite and reeled in a 43-lb., 9.6-oz. Lake Allatoona blue catfish. Jake’s blue catfish broke the existing Allatoona record by more than 7 1/2 pounds.…
Turkey hunters should expect to hear more of those half-gobbling jakes rattling the woods this spring, according to WRD’s annual poult survey. In fact, with a statewide average of “1.7 poults/hen,” it’s the best hatch success WRD has recorded since 2011. “I’m certainly glad to see poult numbers up again this year,” said GON turkey freelance…
When the Ravin R9 Crossbow with HeliCoil technology debuted in the fall of 2016, it set a new standard for downrange accuracy by shooting 3-inch groups from 100 yards. To deliver even more velocity and shooting precision to hunters, Ravin has now introduced the new R15. The R15 zips arrows through the chronograph at a…
Legislation that would increase hunting and fishing license fees in Georgia was expected this year during the 2017 Georgia Legislative Session, but a proposal to again change Georgia’s deer season dates comes as a surprise. House Bill 186 would change the statewide closing date for firearms deer season to the third Monday in January, and it…
Many of our readers are familiar with the article that GON Editor Brad Gill wrote in the January issue regarding Chip Madren and his upcoming fundraiser. Chip, now 20, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2010 and has withstood numerous radiation treatments, surgeries and chemotherapy. After an uphill fight, Chip’s MRI scans were reported clear in June 2016. Still, Chip…
The crappie will start moving up to spawn in Alabama this month but will move back to deeper water as spring fades away. In Alabama’s large reservoirs, crappie tend to avoid the deepest areas, preferring flats, humps and sloughs ranging from 20 foot or even deeper. Crappie are notorious for suspending and can be found…
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