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“I’m sitting in my recliner smack-dab in the middle of south Georgia,” a friend was relating, “and there’s a feller with a microphone standing on a beach in South California talking to me live and in color. You know, I don’t even want to know how that’s possible.” Ahhh, good ol’ TV technology! That story…
By Andrew Litton Hunting in northern Georgia can be tough for chasing a giant whitetail. From pasture edges to thick hardwood hollers, north Georgia monster bucks are few and far between. It had finally come the time of year all hunters who chase trophy bucks dream of, the rut. I had been putting in my…
Deer Recovery My son, Jackson, and I had been getting a lot of hang time in the deer woods before his ship date to U.S. Army Basic Training at Fort Benning. During the pre-rut weeks of September and October, we try to bowhunt over food sources, and this season was no different. In an area…
The news is devastating, threatening and shocking, yet completely predictable. New World screwworm has appeared in the endangered Key deer population on Big Pine Key in Florida. Screwworm has already killed 5 to 10 percent of the estimated 1,000 Key deer, and endangered subspecies of white-tailed deer. But screwworms present equal-opportunity threats to all deer…
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Vol. 30, No. 11 November is go-time for Georgia deer hunters. Big bucks are on the move now more than ever in most parts of the state. Photo by Tommy Kirkland November Feature Articles No hindsight ip unit displayed. The John Roy Brackett Story A lifetime of hunting and fishing the north Georgia mountains.…
November – The Hour Glass November had finally arrived, and the hour glass was now running. A complete sense of urgency had taken over the thoughts and minds of both the bucks of Crockett Creek and the hunters that pursued them. Like a light switch being turned on, the madness had begun. The rut was…
Not every hunter is afforded the opportunity of thousands of acres of land to hunt. The rest of us have to do our best with what we have access to. Fortunately, this does not necessarily mean that we will have any less success than someone with more land. With hard work, patience and a little…
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