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Hunting
Nicole Holland As a little girl, I looked forward to each hunting season. It was a joyous occasion for me to watch my dad and younger brother drive away for the weekend because I knew I would have girl time with Mama. I treasured each hunting season, and as the years passed by and I…
Another Georgia deer hunter will soon drive away from the Outdoor Blast in a new pickup truck as the grand prize winner in GON’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out. We met the first half of the prestigious 2016 Shoot-Out field last month in the June issue of GON. This month we meet the winners from Weeks 9-17, plus…
For the third summer, GON’s Coyote Cull effort has provided incentive for hunters and trappers to get after coyotes during the fawning and turkey nesting seasons. The generous support of Coyote Cull sponsors combined with some elbow grease from GON staffers again brought awareness to the damaging impact this non-native, invasive species is having across…
Question to idiotic, inept, would-be thieves: Just how do you plan to tote out that big ol’ tower stand considering the fact that you ain’t gonna have no kneecaps? Call or text when you come up with an answer. Assuming you are left with enough fingers and/or thumbs to punch buttons. If that’s so, it’s…
The Posse Comitatus Act is a federal law signed in 1878. The purpose of the act is to limit using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States. Its primary purpose is to prevent a U.S. President—the Commander in Chief—from using federal troops against the U.S. citizenry. And so we come 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. Walton County: On Nov. 29, 2015 at 6:20 a.m., Cpl. Eddie Tompkins received a call from a hunter who leases property…
Deer Hunting Prep Well, the Fourth of July is usually the turning point of the summer for me. I bowhunt deer through January in Forsyth County and then prepare for turkey season, which runs until May 15. I shoot my bow a little in June but really start thinking about deer after the Fourth of…
In 2008, Beau Turner created the Beau Turner Youth Conservation Center (BTYCC) in north Florida for young people to have a place to go and discover and enjoy the outdoors. The center hosts several programs throughout the year that allow kids to learn about northern Florida, wildlife management and renewable energy sources. They are given…
Twenty-four boys and girls ages 12 to 15 from all across Georgia recently participated in the 13th annual Georgia Trout Camp, sponsored by Georgia Trout Unlimited (TU). The camp took place at the Rabun Gap Nacoochee School in Clayton. Kids learned and practiced the sport of fly fishing, studied sound conservation practices and enjoyed a…
Vol. 30, No. 7 Small food plots, planted and hunted right, can be the piece of the hunting puzzle that puts a mature buck in your sights. Blaine Burley shares what he’s learned at https://gon.com/hunting/big-bucks-on-small-food-plots. July Feature Articles No hindsight ip unit displayed. Summer Hotspots For Weiss Bass Wayne Boyd marks 10 locations for July…
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