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Guide To Fantastic Fishing At Fort Stewart

Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield (FS/HAAF) is located near the city of Savannah and serves as home to the United States Army’s 3rd Infantry Division. However, it is also home to some great fishing opportunities, and it is open to the public. This 285,000-acre installation hosts a variety of managed recreational fishing ponds, two rivers and…

Georgia Bowhunter Films Hunt For 150-inch Buck

Garrett Yates, 19, of Ringgold, arrowed a 150-inch Meriwether County buck on Nov. 14 while self-filming the hunt. Garrett usually spends his time deer hunting in Kentucky, but since he killed a buck on opening day of this past Kentucky deer season, he had the opportunity to hunt Georgia more. Garrett had three shooter bucks he knew about on the Meriwether…

Lake Oconee Pocket Bass

Everybody gets excited about March Madness, but for bass fishermen it has nothing to do with basketball. Big bass move shallow this month, and March is an excellent time to catch a lot of bass with a good chance at a personal best. Lake Oconee is one of your best bets in the state for…

The Perfect Cushion For Chasing Those Wild Turkeys

Don’t put up with foam pads that easily flatten out and lose their cushion and are uncomfortable. The Ol’ Gobbler and the Ol’ Mallard seats are equipped with air cushions that are extremely lightweight, easy to carry, very comfortable and durable. These seats are perfect for not only hunting, but also any activity where sitting…

Offshore For Giant Reds

Wassaw Sound is grumpy. Its muttering is clearly audible as the boat sloshes slowly and heavily eastward toward the rising sun and open water. From the looks of things, we’re not going to be seeing much of that sun. Beyond the headland, its trees swaying, the sea and dull gray clouds appear, somewhere far, far…

Fishing Lanier For Striped Bass In March

There are five things this article is going to do for you. And improving on an increasing trend here at GON, this article will be enhanced with supporting video. This article is about catching stripers on Lake Lanier in March. Much of what you find here applies in one way or another to stripers in…

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Wild In The Kitchen: Roast Duck & Wild Rice

Roast Duck With Wild Rice Dressing No hindsight ip unit displayed. 1 wood duck, dressed giblets 1 cup cooked wild rice 4 tbsp. butter black pepper seasoning salt 2 oz. jar pimentos 2 oz. jar mushrooms 2 tbsp. chopped bell pepper 1 celery stalk, washed 1 medium onion, chopped 1/4 cup chicken broth 1 apple…

Johnson County Gobbler Earns A Ph.D.

“Brock! Get up! It’s time to get ready,” said my dad. It was March 22, 2014, and I was just getting up to go turkey hunting. I put my clothes on and stood by the heater for a little bit before going to the cabin to get an early morning glass of milk. We run…

Catch Satilla River’s Coastal White Catfish

When you think of the most popular fish to catch in Georgia, I doubt a white catfish will be high on your list. In fact, you would probably have to dig deep to even describe what the species looks like… if you know. That is a shame, as the lesser-known whiskerfish is extremely abundant in…

Introducing Georgia’s Game Check

Any person harvesting a Georgia gobbler this spring will have to take an extra step when the bird stops flopping. The same rules will apply for any deer that hits the ground this coming fall. For years, a segment of Georgia hunters have asked for a way to record and report turkeys and deer that…

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