Posts by Brad Gill
Pumpkin Head Used To Kill Mature Georgia Whitetail
When it comes to killing a mature whitetail, sometimes you have to think outside the box. It certainly worked for Brent Purvis, of Fortson, when he took a 130-class Muscogee County buck during Week 3 of Truck-Buck. “It’s a hilarious hunt that may end up being a top-5 bow-kill in my county,” said Brent. The…
Read MoreFlat Sets For Coyotes
I looked down in the sand and there was exactly what I was looking for—a coyote track. The location of the track had the brainbox smoking. It was made along a hunt-club road at the end of a blowdown that had fallen across most of the road. There was no where for that song dog…
Read MoreIGFA Awards New Junior World Record Redfish To Brunswick Boy
Graham Lewis, a 10-year-old from Brunswick, recently caught a youth-division,world-record redfish from the surf on Saint Simons Island. The catch took place Sept. 24 and was just processed by the International Game Fish Association. The fished measured 105 cm (41.3 inches) to the fork. “A bunch of people at school have been asking me if I…
Read MoreGON’s Trophy Room – December 2023
Since Georgia Outdoor News magazine started in 1987, we have continuously enjoyed sharing the accomplishments of others. Some months we’ll receive hundreds of pictures of happy hunters and anglers every year who just want to share their accomplishments. We are truly blessed that so many loyal Georgians think enough of GON to share with us about what they’ve accomplished.…
Read MoreTrap Prep: From Box To Dirt
If only you could open that box of traps from the UPS man and have them ready to deploy for duty in the dirt. In a phrase coined by a wise man many years ago, “it just don’t work that way.” To be successful in trapping coyotes, foxes and bobcats using foot-hold traps, there are…
Read MoreSign Up For GTA Annual Youth Trapping State Championship Field Trials
It’s once again time to sign up for the Georgia Trappers Association Youth Trapping State Championship Field Trials. The weekend format is simple. Kids and parents pair up with experienced trappers and spend two days on big chunks of private properties while kids get their feet wet in the art of trapping. Trap lines are…
Read More168-inch “Mufasa” Taken In Lamar County
Christy Nash, of Gay, is one of those blessed hunters able to hunt a piece of property that hasn’t been hunted in more than two decades. It’s a 275-acre piece of Lamar County dirt that’s been in her daddy’s family for more than 100 years. Her daddy is 88 years old, and he now gets…
Read MoreCoyotes Attack And Kill Perfectly Healthy Buck
Stan Mask, of Woodbury, was hunting 3 miles from his home on opening morning of rifle season when he heard at least two coyotes attack and kill a perfectly healthy buck that he just watched feed on acorns and ease out of sight. “At 9:50 a.m. a 6-point buck shows up feeding on acorns and…
Read MoreCody Gay Spends $3,000 At Adventure Outdoors After Winning GON Youth Shoot-Out
Cody Gay, 16, of Nicholls, recently made his trip to Adventure Outdoors after winning GON’s 2023 Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out at GON’s Outdoor Blast at the end of July. Cody’s highlight from his grand-prize $3,000 shopping spree was a Browning .270 deer rifle topped with a Leupold scope. In addition to his new deer rifle, Cody…
Read MoreGON’s Trophy Room – November 2023
Since Georgia Outdoor News magazine started in 1987, we have continuously enjoyed sharing the accomplishments of others. Some months we’ll receive hundreds of pictures of happy hunters and anglers every year who just want to share their accomplishments. We are truly blessed that so many loyal Georgians think enough of GON to share with us about what they’ve accomplished.…
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