Posts by Brad Gill
Win A Dream Turkey Hunt With Realtree And Colosseum Outdoors
Realtree’s Phillip Culpepper is used to making hunting dreams come true. He spent the 2020 Georgia youth turkey opener in Troup County taking kids hunting during the 30-30 Ministries’ Turkey Camp in conjunction with the Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Home. Phillip and cameraman Drake Lamb led two young men to longbeards on camera, where they already…
Read MorePublic Land Turkey Harvest Soars During First Week Of Season
Whether it’s a perfect storm of factors, or a result mostly brought on by COVID-19, there’s no telling, but the fact is that WMA turkey hunter participation and public-land turkey harvest is noticeably up when compared to last year’s season opener. “Overall public-land harvest is up 43% compared to last year’s first six days,” said…
Read MoreGeorgia Weapons Carry License Apps And Renewals Still On Hold
If you currently have a Georgia weapons carry license (GWL) and it’s set for renewal between now and April 13, you’re getting an extension on that deadline, according to a recent statement by GeorgiaCarry.org. Currently, probate courts across the state have temporarily suspended acceptance of new applications and renewals for Georgia weapons carry licenses after…
Read MoreDonald Jarrett Shares His Latest Turkey Hunting Strategy
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/13630337/height/360/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard-mini/tdest_id/1553768″ height=”360″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Meet GON turkey hunting freelance writer Donald Devereux Jarrett as he talks about his latest turkey-hunting article, When Turkey Calling, Sometimes Less Is More. From Overcalling to a game of Cat-and-Mouse, sometimes just learning to shut up and be patient is what’ll kill that Georgia longbeard.…
Read More63 Pound Blue Cat From Goat Rock Caught On 8-lb. Test
Gene Fleming, of Phenix City, Ala., set a pretty serious benchmark for the blue catfish record on Goat Rock Lake on the Chattahoochee River above Columbus. On Feb. 23, at just about dark, Gene was able to put a 63-lb. blue catfish in the boat that he caught on just 8-lb. test while fishing a…
Read MoreLowe’s Donates 265 Christmas Trees To WRD Fisheries
Russell Barber, a Lowe’s department supervisor in Waycross, had a dilemma on his hands after Christmas. He looked around and counted 265 leftover Christmas trees that had to be hauled off somewhere. He a thought to put those trees to good use, and his move was to call WRD Fisheries in Waycross—a decision that would…
Read MoreOglethorpe County Buck Demonstrates Grunt Snort Wheeze Over Dead Doe
Mark Malueg, of Jefferson, was out for some meat collection on Nov. 13 while hunting in Oglethorpe County, but he ended up filming a buck make the grunt-snort-wheeze sound it sometimes makes during the rut. “I killed a doe early in the morning hunt as she entered a food plot,” said Mark. “About 30 seconds…
Read MoreWMA Turkey Special 2020
Your last chance to apply for a quota turkey hunt on a Georgia WMA is Feb. 15. Before you make your quota-hunt choice and maybe burn some priority points, you should check out the latest harvest and hunting pressure data on these WMAs. The charts included below in this article show a long list of…
Read MoreBest “Excellent” Deer Season Rating In VOTES Response Since 1997
Of the 1,232 Rate Your Season ballots sent to GON, 24.3% of respondents ranked their deer season as “Excellent,” which is the highest percentage of excellent rankings GON has on record since the 1997-98 deer hunting season. Only 12.3% of hunters rated their 2019-20 deer seasons as “Poor.” This is the lowest percentage of hunters…
Read MoreGlen Solomon’s “Hunting On The Fly” Book Now Available
The legacy of GON writer Glen Solomon will march on with the release of his book, “Hunting On The Fly.” After a very successful freelance writing career with GON that spanned 15 years, Glen sadly passed away at just 52 years of age on Friday, Aug. 16. After a successful hog hunt at Big Hammock…
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