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Saturday, Nov. 6 started out as a typical deer hunt and ended with the biggest kill of my life. I set out with hunting partner Josh Cannon, and we headed for our private tract of land in south Bibb County. We were going deer hunting and knew it would be a good morning with the…
There is strong discontent between the field staff in Game Management and the WRD/Game Management headquarters in Social Circle. In July, the field staff vented annomoulsy via an employee survey. As these comments attest, game management programs, wildlife and sportsmen are suffering, and the staff that implements those programs consider themselves poorly led. Each number…
It was a typical late Tuesday afternoon for Rhonda Peppers, of Bostwick. It was Nov. 2, and she had come home from work and planned to do some afternoon housework. Her son, Dylan, was 3 miles away in a deer stand, and her husband, Donald, was getting in his truck to head off to work.…
Dozens of middle Georgia landowners joined volunteers at Crossroads Baptist Church in Eatonton to host the second-annual “Sights Set On Jesus” youth deer hunt. Forty-eight kids from all over Georgia attended the Oct. 30 hunt. They killed 13 deer. Sights Set on Jesus is part of a youth ministry that began at Crossroads in March…
It truly was a dream trip for Grayson York, of Martin. The 10-year-old was the 2009 SEEDS Big-Buck Contest winner, and in late October he cashed in on his grand prize, a dream deer hunt with Woods-N-Water in Johnson County. Blaine Burley, of Wrightsville, has been president of Woods-N-Water for 15 years. Blaine has a…
West Point: Level: 3.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Stained up the river; clear on the main lake. Bass: Tough. Tim Peek said if you find a few good fish, you better sit on them, because the bite has been pretty tough recently. You can catch a ton of spotted…
Weiss: Level: 4.0 feet below full pool. Temp: 67-69 degrees. Clarity: Lightly stained. Bass: Very good. Guide Mark Collins said, “The fish are going wild chasing and feeding up on shad before winter sets in. Look for shad in shallow flats, on secondary points and at the mouths of any shallow cove or pocket. In…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 60-62 degrees. Clarity: Clear to slight stain. Bass: Very good. Clayton Batts reports, “There are a lot of fish up shallow right now chasing bait in the pockets. Throw a Spro Aruku Shad Jr. in chrome blue or a Little John in nasty shad around any bait you see in…
Sinclair: Level: Drawdown has the lake about 5 feet low, but it is scheduled to be back at full pool by Dec. 1. Temp: Mid 50s to low 60s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Aaron Batson reports, “Fish are holding on rocky banks with the water at lower levels. The rip-rap bridges up Little River have…
Seminole: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Slightly stained. Bass: Good. Matt Baty reports, “The fish are biting on grass flats and grasslines adjacent to grass flats on the main lake. Fish a Spro Aruku Shad 75 in Old Glory on 20-lb. Sunline Flourocarbon. Throw the bait right up in the…
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