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Allatoona: Level: 8.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 40s. Clarity: Lightly stained on the south end; heavy stain north. Bass: Fair. Matt Driver, host of Pro Angler Radio, said, “The month of March is moving time! No matter the weather and temps, the bass are in transition to shallower water, and the spawn will…
I had the privilege of attending this year’s Robert Veal Memorial Youth Coon Hunt in Deepstep on Jan. 25. This annual coon hunt is held in remembrance of Robert Veal, a local man known for his superb trapping skills. “Church, family and the outdoors is how he lived his life—in that order,” said Rusty Rhodes,…
Boom! The thunderous gobbling abruptly ends. It’s the perfect end to a perfect morning. Subduing the flopping bird, it’s time to head back to the truck. Easing back down the wide creek bottom that led to the roosted bird in the blackness before sunrise, a curious object under a dead elm catches your attention. Kneeling…
Randy Howell, of Springville, Ala., posted the biggest final-day comeback in Bassmaster Classic history on Feb. 23 as he won by just one pound over Bass Federation angler Paul Mueller. Randy entered Sunday in 11th place 10 pounds out of the lead. Randy had a three-day total of 67-lbs., 8-ozs. on Lake Guntersville. He received…
Having recently written a book about turkey hunting, “Native Turkeys and a Georgia Mountain Turkey Hunter,” I hoped to have a positive turkey season this past spring of 2013. Just killing a gobbler anywhere was not my desire. The book’s background is where I began hunting turkeys on the Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area (WMA)…
Watching Rob Abrams at the firing line demonstrate how it’s done with his Glock 34, I had three immediate thoughts. First, I was reminded of just how great it is to shoot guns. I’ve loved it since I was a kid and still do. Shooting is pure fun. Second, as I watched Rob show how…
March is one of our best bass fishing months, but where should you go? Would you like to head to a lake where you won’t be bothered by pleasure boaters, there are almost no tournaments and one of the best populations of bass more than 15 inches long among Georgia reservoirs? If so, plan a…
Despite a pro-active movement by DNR to cut back hog numbers on Ossabaw Island, the latest pair of hog-only hunts prove the hunting there is still fantastic. “The weather was good, and the animals were moving. We had a great time,” said Jay Rogers, of Senoia, who goes by “Rogers001,” on the GON web forum.…
Thanks to a surge of cold air that blew through the state on Wednesday, Feb. 26, rabbit hunters will gladly take a pair of comfortable days to finish out rabbit season, which will close at dark on Friday, Feb. 28. GON Forum member “J Mitchell” pretty much sums up the feelings of all rabbit hunters…
It is a frigid, pitch-black two o’clock in the morning as DNR Ranger Micheal Crawley calls instructions across the rolling Ogeechee River, flooded out of its banks and a mile wide in places throughout the dense surrounding swamp. After tense hours of searching, Crawley and a friend, Justin Tanner, have finally located four desperate hunters,…
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