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Hunting
Thirty minutes after fly-down time, and we hadn’t heard a gobble. This is crazy, I thought. Thomas Holcombe, 14, of Royston and I were the very first public turkey hunters on the newly purchased River Creek WMA in Thomas County. I’d heard the place was filthy with turkeys, but at this point I wasn’t so…
Justin Sapp, of Cochran, is one patient bear hunter. Two previous years, he was on the stand many hours but never saw a bear. His luck changed Dec. 14. He was hunting his family property in Twiggs County, arriving well before daylight and prepared to spend the day on the stand. The morning was slow.…
Oconee WMA in Greene and Hancock counties had an additional 1,390 acres in three tracts of land added to the already 4,800 acres available to hunters. According to WRD, the tracts are populated with a variety of wildlife inhabiting a mixture of hardwoods and planted pine stands, along with some large pasture areas. Hunters can…
When it’s too cold outside to do much of anything else, make plans to spend the weekend of Jan. 10-11, 2014 at The Dillard House for the Georgia Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation State Convention and Trade Show. Hosted just a few months before Georgia’s spring turkey season, there will be no better place for…
Each January, GON offers the chance to voice opinions on issues that affect sportsmen. This year the questions center around the future of deer hunting in Georgia as WRD prepares a 10-year deer-management plan. In addition to the annual Rate Your Season survey, other questions on this year’s January cover ballot center on important deer-management…
A $1,000 reward is being offered with hopes to catch the lowlifes who stole five deer stands in Crawford County from a group that puts on hunts for wounded veterans. The stands were stolen near Lizella from the non-profit group Americans Helping Wounded Veterans—which uses 100 percent of all funds to put on hunts, with…
The month of January can be pretty darn lackluster for an outdoorsman, to be honest. Deer season has come and gone, all of that delicious, heart-clogging holiday food is a distant memory, and the end of another highly anticipated duck season is looming in the back of your mind. If I was really cruel, I…
Two of the most common questions I am asked are: “What should I fish for this weekend?” and “Where should I fish?” While these are great questions throughout the year, the most important question this time of year is “Should I fish this weekend?” Timing is tantamount to success during mid-winter, and recognizing the variables…
The smell of cedar shavings and sawdust, the cool black diamond stitched lining, and the soft warmth of the old worn cotton plaid jacket… What we oftentimes do, as sportsmen, is forget to appreciate the simplest aspects of the outdoors that we once fell in love with in our youth. We also don’t stop to…
West Point: Level: 4.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 50 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear with slight stain up the lake. Bass: Good. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “As we move into the winter fishing season, most people are content to sit home and wait on spring. A few hardy anglers are willing to brave the elements…
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