Posts by Brad Gill
Lady Hunter Kicks-Off Deer Season With Big Main-Frame 8-pointer
It’s been a minute since the GON phone has rung with those familiar “I’ve killed a big ‘un,” words were on the other end of the line. That all changed this morning. Christina Blair, of Temple, called and reported that she had knocked down a good one in Fulton County on Sunday, Sept. 12. “People…
Read MoreDeer Season Is Here So Be Nice…
I was at a middle-school football game yesterday afternoon. Amazingly, when I sat down I was within earshot of a fellow who’s coached an NFL Super Bowl team, at least if his critique and criticism of every single play was any indication. By quarter two, my brain was full. I quietly grabbed my stadium chair…
Read MoreHunters Are A Generous Bunch
My seventh-grade daughter blacked out from the heat this week while cheering on those Putnam County War Eagles. I caught the tail end of it as four of her cheer sisters grabbed her before she toppled over. Her sideline coach and our athletic director were quick to get her to the shade with some water…
Read MoreGON’s Trophy Room – September 2021
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…
Read MoreGeorgia’s Best Bow Bucks For 2020-21
The 2020-21 season has tallied up 93 record-book bow bucks, the most ever recorded in a single season of Georgia hunting. There’s a chance that after GON’s Outdoor Blast scoring and a few late bucks that will trickle in this fall and winter that we could see triple digits in the number or record-class bow…
Read MoreRealtree Kids Scrapbook – September 2021
Seminole Gets New Bluegill Record
All Wendell Mathis wanted to do in his 45 years of fishing Lake Seminole was catch a bream that weighed at least a pound. Well, at almost 69 years of age, the angler from Colquitt sealed the deal on Aug. 24 with a bluegill bream that weighed 1-lb., 7.68-ozs. “I put in at Cummings Landing…
Read More2021 WMA Bow Special
Included in these three pages is a record number of bowhunting stats from Georgia WMAs, PFAs, Tracts, State Parks and VPAs. It’s shocking the number of places someone can take bow or crossbow and get after a deer. Every September we publish last year’s WMA bowhunting stat’s simply as a service to our readers. The…
Read MoreWMA Dove Fields Now Open All Day On Opener
In a late change, WRD will allow WMA dove fields to be open for shooting from one-half hour before sunrise until sunset. Prior to this decision, WMA dove fields were set to open 30 minutes before sunrise but close at 12 noon. “When surveyed, hunters have routinely asked for opening day of dove season to…
Read MoreHolden Hines Wins GON’s Youth Shoot-Out
Holden Hines, 14, of Macon, collected a $3,000 shopping spree from Adventure Outdoors after winning GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out on Aug. 21 at GON’s Outdoor Blast. In addition, Holden won a dream deer and hog hunting trip with Woods-N-Water outfitters in Wilkinson County. Holden and a parent get to hunt and stay at a…
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