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By Vinny Himes I hadn’t picked up a bow in 12 years due to a compound fracture of my left shoulder blade and a fractured and severely dislocated right shoulder. My buddy Jordan McGee came by the house in July for a cookout and had his bow in the truck. We got to messing around, and I asked…
Giving A Helping Hand At Piedmont NWR Dear GON, In the October GON, I saw the article about the wheelchair hunt that was going to happen at Piedmont NWR. I saw they needed volunteers, so I contacted their office and signed up. What a great experience it was! I was able to get hooked up…
Each month we turn back the clock to see what was being reported in the pages of GON, both 20 and 10 years ago. Here’s a look back at what appeared in GON. 20 Years Ago: December 1996 Deer Decoy Nabbed!: An opening weekend deer decoy detail in Lincoln County—aimed at catching night hunters—instead caught…
You know it’s a bad drought when water is your best deer-hunting “food source.” GON reader Jimmy Arnold sent some great trail-cam pictures of a water source he created with a plastic pool. “After reading the article on tips for hunting small tracts (November issue of GON), I would like to share with you…
Peachtree Corners, a city in Gwinnett County, voted down an ordinance that would have required anyone bowhunting inside the city limits to first obtain a city permit. This was the second attempt to pass a city ordinance that would have created a hurdle for bowhunters. The city’s first attempt—which came at the October meeting—tried to…
The calls just keep coming in at the GON office this deer season—another giant buck from another Georgia county. We’ve seen top-end bucks killed from one end of the state to the other. Official scores can’t been done for 60 days after a buck is killed, so we haven’t even begun to compile all of…
Vol. 30, No. 12 Before the season, GON predicted this would be a great year for top-end Georgia bucks. Shannon Sledge’s 195-inch Worth County giant is one of many we’ve seen so far. December Feature Articles No hindsight ip unit displayed. Wood Ducks Key For Georgia Waterfowlers Drought conditions make remaining duck holes super good. Record-Class…
Although I well know that scenarios of the following sort happen to no one else on the planet besides me, attempt, if you will, to wrap your thinker around this… It’s been a long day, having left middle Georgia before first light and driving nearly 300 miles round trip back to my driveway—in which sits…
I am old enough to recall the assassination of John Kennedy. I know exactly where I was when I heard the news. I was in a classroom in North Cobb High School. Officials at the school chose to withhold the news until just at the end of the day, when they made the announcement to…
The Hall of Shame column is designed to highlight the efforts of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officers who, among their many duties, protect Georgia’s wildlife, sportsmen and natural resources from game-law violators Irwin County: On Nov. 20, 2015, Cpl. John Stokes received a call about someone shooting at night off Black Gum Road…
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