Posts by Brad Gill
New Georgia WMAs Added To Turkey Quota Hunt Lineup
Three new Georgia WMAs will offer turkey quota hunt options to the general public this spring. The deadline to apply for for all WMA turkey hunts is Feb. 15, and all applications must be done through www.gooutdoorsgeorgia.com. The three new areas are outlined below. • CFL Hilliard: The Hilliard Tract in Marion County is the newest addition…
Read MoreRabun County Buck Grosses 176 Inches
A late season hunt for Brandon Hunnicutt, of Clayton, will likely land him in the No. 1 spot for the best buck ever recorded from Rabun County, located in the mountains in the extreme northeast corner of Georgia. Brandon killed a 12-pointer on Dec. 31 that is expected to gross 176 inches. After side-to-side deductions and…
Read MoreOklahoma Game Warden Busts Lady Poacher On Dating App
GON has recently reported that Georgia game wardens are now using all kinds of social media to look for game-related violations. However, a new form of social media from an Oklahoma game warden is one we haven’t heard yet. According to the Oklahoma Game Wardens Facebook page, Game Warden Cannon Harrison was on a dating app…
Read MoreWork Sabbatical Does A Hunter Good
My sabbatical away from a GON desk and the 9-5 Monday-Friday grind has come to a close. When I came to work for GON in 1998, I was a single man and hunted or fished pretty much every weekend of the year. But then came the wife in 2002, the first kid in 2004, the second…
Read MoreGiant Bass Caught Near LaGrange
A Spartanburg, S.C. teenager caught a largemouth bass the day after Christmas that will stand as the family’s personal best. In a story released last week from lakerecord.net, the bass reportedly weighed 18 pounds on a Moultrie scale, one used more commonly for weighing deer. Hayden Lee, 16, was on a hunting trip outside…
Read MoreTeen Deer Hunter Has Holy Spirit Moment
I experienced something on Sunday, Dec. 16 that I bet most deer hunters have never seen before. There was a group of 20 or so of us winding down from a weekend of deer and hog hunting with 30-30 Ministries in Houston County. Our five Camper kids had done well, taking two bucks, three does…
Read MoreWMA Turkey Hunters Asked To Comment On Hilliard Plantation Tract
Some WMA turkey hunting regulations are being proposed on a newly acquired 7,000-acre tract of dirt in Marion County. The Hilliard Plantation Tract is part of the Chattahoochee Fall Line (CFL) WMA, which includes three other tracts: Almo (6,700 acres), Fort Perry (2,100 acres) and Blackjack Crossing (1,600 acres). The Hilliard Plantation Tract was brand new…
Read MoreSaying Goodbye To The Blazer
On Sunday, I had to say goodbye, not to a pet or even worse a friend or family member. This was just a monetary thing, but it was still sad to say goodbye. A man from Summerville, who was accompanied by his 44-year-old son, left Putnam County the proud new owner of my dad’s 1974…
Read MoreMad Dash To Certified Scales Yields Etowah River Striper Record Set At 33 Pounds
Joe Frank Harris Jr., of Cartersville, was spending a late-summer evening on the Etowah River on Aug. 21 when he successfully boated a 33-lb. striper and became the river’s new record holder. Joe was in the boat with his father-in-law Tom Gurley and fishing guide Nathan Cooper. “It is a memory that plays slowly over…
Read MoreTracking Dog Call Leads To Hunter Morality Lesson
It was just past sunset on Monday, Nov. 26 when a call came in from my associate pastor Josh about a Putnam County deer he couldn’t find. I started in on my usual line of questioning when someone calls in need of my little tracking dog, Lilly. “Gun or bow? In a stand or on the…
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