Posts by Brad Gill
First Hunt In A Ground Blind Produces 150-Inch Wheeler County Buck
Killing a 150-inch buck from Wheeler County wasn’t really what John Clark, of Alamo, was expecting in the mid-morning hours of Oct. 28. “This buck was on no camera, hadn’t been seen or anything. He was nowhere,” said John. John shot the buck from a brand-new ground blind that had only been purchased two days…
Read MoreLake Russell WMA Big Bucks Fall
Lake Russell WMA in northeast Georgia produced some big bucks over their annual Thanksgiving buck-only hunt. Both bucks were taken by GON subscriber and are entered in Truck-Buck, and both will end up near the top—if not in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions—on Lake Russell WMA’s official rankings. GON for years has been compiling…
Read MoreLost Rifle Found On Redlands WMA
Rob Williams, of Warner Robins, found a rifle in the woods on Redlands WMA on Friday, Nov. 2, and he wants to return it the the owner. “I was walking in the woods, and it was just leaning up against a tree,” said Rob. “It was about 50 feet off a road, right there at…
Read MoreWorth County 204-inch Giant, With A Bow!
Updated Tuesday, Nov. 20: GON spoke with DNR Law Enforcement Cpl. Greg Wade, the officer who confiscated the giant, 204-inch, Worth County bow-kill taken by Ragan Paramore, 17, of Doerun. Cpl. Wade seized the deer rack from Paramore’s home on Thursday, Nov. 15 after ticketing him for hunting without a hunting license and hunting without a…
Read More193-Inch Typical Buck From South Fulton County
Here’s the story of the typical-framed velvet 15-pointer with more than 190 inches of total antler from south Fulton County. GON had been aware of this amazing buck since soon after it was killed on opening day of bow season, and we were able to talk to the hunter this morning to get the story. …
Read MoreGwinnett Police Dispatch Buck Hung In Fence
Photos of a large buck stuck in a Gwinnett County residential fence went viral yesterday, Nov. 5, after they were posted on Facebook by an officer who works for the Gwinnett County Police Department. Officer J.K. Brown, a deer hunter and a GON subscriber, was dispatched to the call about 7:30 a.m. and discovered just…
Read MoreMagic First Deer Morning
Despite being wheelchair bound and having endured 34 surgeries, James McNeal, 12, of Kathleen, can mark “First Deer” off his bucket list. James tried killing a deer last year—which even included a hunting trip to Texas— but the magic moment happened this season on Saturday, Nov. 3 in Emanuel County while hunting with his father, Tom,…
Read MoreHancock County “Brutus” Falls
Quinton Burch, of Eatonton, may reside in Putnam County, but he’s interested in moving Hancock County up on GON’s Best Counties For A Big Buck list. Quinton certainly did his part after knocking down a typical, Hancock County 10-pointer on Oct. 27 that grossed 158 2/8 inches and won’t have much for side-to-side deductions. The unofficial…
Read MoreJones County Buck Grosses 182 Inches
Seth Daniels, 17, of Gray, is the talk of Jones County High School this week after killing a 182-inch non-typical buck off his family’s 300-acre farm. “There’s history behind this deer,” Keath Daniels, Seth’s dad, told us earlier today. “Seth actually shot this deer last year with a bow. When he shot the deer, it…
Read MorePublic Meetings To Discuss Georgia Bears
If you bear hunt in one of Georgia’s three Bear Zones, you will be interested in what’s coming for the next 10 years. WRD has just released it’s “Draft Strategic Management Plan for Black Bears in Georgia (2018-2027),” and hunters have the opportunity to make comment through one of three upcoming public meetings. “This long term strategic…
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