Posts by Brad Gill
Where My Story Starts
Her name is Lauren. And that’s where my story starts. In October 2002, she was 11 years old. The little girl from Morgan County grew up on a farm but had never done any hunting. I spent a lot of time in my high school and college years on that same farm so I had…
Read MoreCoyote With Fawn On Georgia WMA
Samuel Pruitt, of Sautee, had a video cam strapped to a tree on a Hart County WMA trying to gain some intel for the upcoming 2023 bow season. We’re not sure how the deer scouting is going, but he did discover what looks to be one less fawn in his hunting grounds this fall. He…
Read MoreYellow-Legged Hornet Discovered In Georgia: Hunters Asked To Report Sightings
As deer hunters begin their usual late-summer chores of trimming lanes, securing stands and filling feeders, they could play a part in putting a stop to the spread of a brand-new species of hornet that has been discovered in Georgia, the first sighting in the United States. According to a press release this week from…
Read MoreRattlesnake In Tree!
Next time you’re hunting On The Ground and decide to stop and take a relaxing lean against a tree, you may want to first investigate your surroundings very carefully. Very carefully! You never know what may be lurking behind, around, nearby or inside a tree. Josh Rogers, of Statesboro, was out scouting around in…
Read MoreYoder Converts WMA Bow-Buck Into New Truck
With a fully loaded Chevy pickup from John Megel Chevrolet on the line, there was still that sense of GON Community in the air. As Public-Land Wildcard winner Gerald Yoder and Week 10 winner Sy Crumley competed in a head-to-head duel from 60 feet in Rounds 7-10 shooting at raw eggs, there were hand shakes and…
Read MoreCody Gay Wins GON’s Youth Shoot-Out
Cody Gay, 16, of Nicholls, collected a $3,000 shopping spree from Adventure Outdoors after winning GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out on July 28 at GON’s Outdoor Blast. In addition, Cody won a dream deer and hog hunting trip with Woods-N-Water outfitters in Wilkinson County. Cody was the only one of 17 shooters who hit the…
Read MoreGON’s Trophy Room – August 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 More2023 Georgia WMA Deer-Hunting Special
I remember something the boss man once wrote about “what if there was no more GON?” We could certainly count thy ways where sportsmen would be hurt by the demise of this fine magazine and the crazy amount of content at GON.com. In particular, saying bye-bye to the August GON WMA Special would bring…
Read MoreParadise PFA Hosts 600 At Annual Kids’ Fishing Event
Paradise Public Fishing Area held the Tifton Kiwanis Kids Fishing Event on June 10, with 600 anglers turning out for the yearly event. A record number 36 youth anglers caught a WRD Angler Award channel catfish and will receive a personalized shirt and hat from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Everyone was given a…
Read MoreGON’s 2023 Pay Dove Shoots List
It’s getting real! The new hunting season is just around the corner as we print GON’s annual Pay Dove Shoots list. Dial these phone numbers, reserve your spots and shoot straight. Dove hunting will legally begin one-half hour before sunrise on opening day, Saturday, Sept. 2. Some of these shoots will wait until the traditional…
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