Posts by Brad Gill
South Georgia WMA Giant Shows At Truck-Buck Tifton Scoring
When a deer grossing in the upper 160s shows up at a GON Truck-Buck scoring event, drool forms on the mouths of most hunters standing nearby. However, when you tell them that the buck came from a Georgia WMA, jaws drop, and the antlers become an immediate conversation starter. Will Matchett, of Hawthorne, Fla., spent…
Read MoreGame Check Improvement Starts By Turkey Opener
WRD’s Game Check will receive a partial face-lift prior to Georgia’s spring gobbler season, a change that will help streamline the “Recording” and “Reporting” process for hunters who use DNR’s smartphone app “Outdoors Georgia.” This change will carry over into the 2017-18 deer season and be a welcome assistance to hunters wishing to drop their…
Read MoreBest Georgia Turkey Hatch Since 2011
Turkey hunters should expect to hear more of those half-gobbling jakes rattling the woods this spring, according to WRD’s annual poult survey. In fact, with a statewide average of “1.7 poults/hen,” it’s the best hatch success WRD has recorded since 2011. “I’m certainly glad to see poult numbers up again this year,” said GON turkey freelance…
Read More1 Confirmed Dead, Search Continues For Missing Boater After Lake Allatoona Boat Accident
Boating accidents can be deadly, evidenced by the latest horrific crash on Lake Allatoona on Thursday, Feb. 2. Two boats and three unidentified boaters, reported to all be older-aged men, were in “fishing boats,” according to authorities. All three were thrown from the boats. One angler was confirmed dead, and one was rescued and taken to a…
Read MoreFebruary 15 Deadline To Sign Up For WMA Turkey Quota Hunts
Feb. 15 is the last day for hunters to apply for 2017 WMA turkey quota hunts—both the general quota hunts and adult/child hunts. A listing of this year’s quota-hunt choices are on page 38 of the February 2017 issue of GON. These are the same choices you’ll see when applying online at www.gooutdoorsgeorgia.com. While a few…
Read MoreFLW College Boating Accident Caused By Hydraulic Steering Issue
The GoPro video of two University of Florida college tournament anglers being thrown from their bass boat on Lake Seminole has gone viral. The two young men were competing in the 2017 YETI FLW College Fishing tournament on Jan. 14 when they were flung out of their boat while running at 60 mph toward their first fishing…
Read More2016-17 Georgia Hunting Seasons
For the second consecutive Georgia hunting season, more than half the state will experience periods of buck-only hunting during firearms deer season. Make sure to always check the date and the regulations prior to pulling the trigger on an antlerless deer. The change to buck-only days was brought on by hunters complaining of seeing fewer…
Read MoreHunting Ban Proposed In Peachtree Corners
A ban on all hunting and recreational archery shooting could come as a result of a proposed ordinance that will be discussed at a Peachtree Corners City Council meeting tonight, Oct. 18. In addition to hunters, the proposed ordinance apparently would affect archers who like to target practice in their own yards. The wording of the Peachtree Corners proposal states,…
Read MoreGeorgia Teen Self-Films Hunt For Public Land Mountain Buck
It’s challenging enough to kill a public-land buck, but when you do it with a bow, while self-filming your hunt, on the Chattahoochee National Forest—an area not known for a lot of deer—it’s downright impressive. GON freelance writer Hunter Galloway, 17, of Dallas, accomplished this newsworthy task on Saturday morning, Oct. 1 while hunting a newly…
Read MoreThe 2016 WMA Deer Special
With the Sept. 1 WMA quota-hunt deadline weeks away, it’s GON’s duty to get its subscribers ready for which public-land hunts best suit their needs. Last season’s WMA hunt stats are on pages 47-53. For each WMA, we list overall hunter, harvest and success data, along with that same information for particular hunts. These pages…
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