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By Briana Gerrin I began my morning going to meet my dad for our usual Saturday morning hunt. We loaded up the truck carrying the same 30-30 Marlin rifle my dad shot his first deer with in 1984. This same gun was stolen along with every gun Dad owned in 1997. In 2013, Dad got a…
Join Your Local HISSSS Club Dear GON, Based on the snake article in the June issue of GON, I am requesting membership to the Evans, Georgia Chapter of HISSSS. Years ago, my parents took my brother and I to a creek to cool off. We spent the time trying to catch the minnows and crawdads.…
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: August 1996 You Might Be A Slob Hunter If…: As a result of GON’s increasingly popular Hall of Shame…
We may be a bunch of dumb rednecks, at least in the eyes of some of the establishment elitists. Yes, apparently there are those in the wildlife world, too. But at least hunters can recognize the obvious, that coyotes are hammering the deer in Georgia. The new normal this time of year is a flood…
From DNR Release On July 20, DNR Commissioner Mark Williams announced the appointment of Rusty Garrison as the new Director of the Wildlife Resources Division of DNR. Rusty has been with DNR for 18 years, having served most recently as the manager of the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Mansfield. Rusty has served in numerous…
With the Sept. 1 WMA quota-hunt deadline weeks away, it’s GON’s duty to get its subscribers ready for which public-land hunts best suit their needs. Last season’s WMA hunt stats are on pages 47-53. For each WMA, we list overall hunter, harvest and success data, along with that same information for particular hunts. These pages…
Georgia is due… this could be the year for a magical season. Calm down UGA football fans. We’re talking about the potential for a stellar Georgia deer season that produces lots of big, high-scoring bucks. So why the optimism? Here’s the theory. This could be an exceptional season for big Georgia bucks because we’ve had…
Vol. 30, No. 8 You know they are out there… you know Georgia has some giant bucks. It’s time to start getting pumped for deer season! Photo by Tommy Kirkland Articles available to paid GON subscribers August Feature Articles No hindsight ip unit displayed. FAB 40: Georgia’s Top Bucks See what it took to…
The members of Crockett Creek Trophy Club were optimistically approaching another hunting season on their club, located in famous Dooly County. Nestled between Crockett Creek and the Flint River, the land consisted of 1,000 acres of the most intensely managed property in the entire state of Georgia. Through years of hard work, sweat equity and…
West Point: Level: 3.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Lightly stained; clear on the south end. Bass: Fair at best. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “A few of the largemouth have finally shown up on some of the deeper structure as the water temps heated up over the last few weeks. Zoom Ol’…
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