Posts by Brad Gill
WMA Coyote Season Runs May 16-31
One more crack at it! If you rely on public land to fill that inner desire to hunt, the last two weeks of May will be your final chance until Aug. 15, when squirrel season opens and the hunting cycle begins anew. WRD in recent years has allowed WMA hunting for coyotes and hogs from…
Read MoreGON Youth Shoot-Out Kicks Off Outdoor Blast
Shortly after the 2024 Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast kicks off on Friday, July 26, GON will host its annual Youth Shoot-Out BB gun competition. These young shooters each qualified by having the best-scoring youth (15 and younger) buck during a week of deer season. These weekly youth winners will compete for a chance to win a…
Read MoreOhoopee River Bream Fishing On Fire—New Bluegill Record Set
A record is a record, whether you catch it on a cricket or some new-fangled bladed bait. “I like to watch that cork,” said Dylan Durrence, the angler who just broke the new Ohoopee River bluegill record with a fish that weighed 1-lb. 7.52-ozs. on certified scales at Layne’s Sport Shop on Highway 280 in…
Read MoreLake Oconee Lineside Fishing Report — April 12, 2024
Level: Full pool Temp.: 62-66 degrees. Clarity: Up the river is stained. Down the lake it’s clearing from Highway 44 and south. Linesides: Guide Mark Smith with Reel Time Guide Services reports that the lineside dam run is not really happening this year. It’s actually gotten worse and worse over the last five years. Instead,…
Read MoreYouth Big-Buck Contest Week 15 Results 2023-24
1. Caleb Hughes, Carroll, 122 2/8 2. Rhett Smith, Dooly, 104 1/8 Key: (l) ladies, (b) bow, (c) crossbow, (pl) public land Return to Main Scoring Results Page
Read MoreYouth Big-Buck Contest Week 11 Results 2023-24
1. Morgan Rae Walker (l), Dodge, 154 4/8 2. Bubba Brannen (c), Tift, 151 7/8 3. Savanna Davis (l), Dooly, 145 2/8 4. Wyatt Blackston, Cook, 108 7/8 5. Kalli Rose Montford (l), Bibb, 105 2/8 6. Bentley Bowlden, Pike, 103 3/8 Key: (l) ladies, (b) bow, (c) crossbow, (pl) public land Return to…
Read MoreYouth Big-Buck Contest Week 12 Results 2023-24
1. Woodson Daniel (y), Thomas, 137 0/8 (already qualified for Shoot-Out in Week 6) Key: (l) ladies, (b) bow, (c) crossbow, (pl) public land Return to Main Scoring Results Page
Read MoreYouth Big-Buck Contest Week 16 Results 2023-24
1. Hunter Corley, Grady, 136 2/8 2. Noah Stanfill, Colquitt, 105 1/8 Key: (l) ladies, (b) bow, (c) crossbow, (pl) public land Return to Main Scoring Results Page
Read MoreYouth Big-Buck Contest Week 17 Results 2023-24
1. Tanner Phillips, Wilkes, 137 2/8 2. Riles Riner, Worth, 126 1/8 3. Jet Thrasher, Morgan, 118 5/8 4. Noah Stanfill, Colquitt, 106 4/8 5. Gage Peppers, Monroe, 105 7/8 6. Anna Lowery (l), Meriwether, 100 3/8 Key: (l) ladies, (b) bow, (c) crossbow, (pl) public land Return to Main Scoring Results Page
Read MoreYouth Big-Buck Contest Week 7 Results 2023-24
1. Ganon Goodman, Wilcox, 149 4/8 2. Carson Etheridge, Barrow, 141 7/8 3. Wyatt Holton, Lee, 129 6/8 4. Kye Tinsley (c), Meriwether, 127 1/8 5. Jase Cepuran, Putnam, 120 6/8 Key: (c) crossbow Return to Main Scoring Results Page
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