Posts by Brad Gill
Georgia’s First Official African Pompano Now Pending State-Record Status
An African pompano caught 54 miles off the Georgia coast by a lady angler is pending state-record approval from DNR’s Coastal Resources Division. To date, there’s never been an African pompano submitted for a Georgia state record. “We were just fishing for fun, for kings, mahi and stuff like that,” said Capt. Danny Johnson, of…
Read MoreSteve Burch, O’Neill Williams Inducted Into Hall Of Fame
Steve Burch, creator and publisher of GON, was inducted into the Georgia Hunting and Fishing Hall of Fame on April 23, 2016 at the Georgia Outdoor Writers Association (GOWA) annual conference held at Jekyll Island. Steve graduated from North Georgia College with a biology degree. After some time as an industrial water chemist, in 1982…
Read MoreVideo Of Buck Attacking Dead Buck
Editor’s Note: GON received the following letter and video from Eddie Munn, of Red Rock. Dear GON, I got a strange tale to tell. I’ve been hunting deer since 1967 and never seen or heard of this. Just shows you can’t trust ’em. Opening morning I dropped a 180-lb. 7-point 40 yards away. A couple…
Read MoreIntroducing Georgia’s Game Check
Any person harvesting a Georgia gobbler this spring will have to take an extra step when the bird stops flopping. The same rules will apply for any deer that hits the ground this coming fall. For years, a segment of Georgia hunters have asked for a way to record and report turkeys and deer that…
Read MoreWMA Quota Turkey Hunt Deadline Is Feb. 15
Feb. 15 is the last day for hunters to apply for a 2016 WMA turkey quota hunt—both the general quota hunts and the adult/child quota hunts. You’ll need to apply online at www.gohuntgeorgia.org. Just click “Hunting,” and scroll down to “Quota Hunts.” It’s a simple process. If you just want to earn a priority point…
Read MoreChickasawhatchee Deer Hunt More Than Memorable
I really like happy endings. Such was the case for Jonathan Newsome, of Brunswick, during the Dec. 3-5 quota deer hunt at Chickasawhatchee WMA. “We had been planing this trip for months, but when it got down to leaving, it seemed as if we could not catch a break,” said Jonathan. “First, I took off…
Read MoreOconee Lake Record Longnose Gar
Keith Hoston holds the current longnose gar record with an 18-lb., 13-oz. fish he caught on Nov. 10, 2015.
Read MoreFirearms Deer Season Opens To Buck-Only Regs For Many Georgia Hunters
Nearly half of Georgia’s deer hunters will have to check for antlers before they pull the trigger when firearms season begins this Saturday, Oct. 17. Verifying that a deer has some headgear on opening day is something many hunters haven’t had to do in a number of years. WRD cut the number of either-sex deer…
Read MoreNew GON Website Launch Experiencing Registration & Truck-Buck Issues
Over the weekend, GON launched the first stage of its new website, which is expected to be completed in the coming year. The new site requires all web users to create brand-new online registrations. This initial step has created a few early hiccups—including issues with entering deer into the Truck-Buck contest. “For those trying to…
Read MoreHawk Crashes Dove Field Party
Crazy things can happen when you’re hunting, but when they happen twice, in the same location, exactly one year apart, it goes beyond crazy. On the opening day of the 2014 dove season, R.L. Wingo, of Loganville, was hunting in Walton County. “It was early afternoon, and there had not been a whole lot of…
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