Posts by Brad Gill
Hunt Club Managers Needed For UGA Survey
We know that quite a few of our loyal GON readers lease land and then get a group together to form a hunting club. Being in this business for 15 years, I’ve seen hunting clubs from one end of the scale to the other—from two guys who lease 1,000 acres to 25 guys who lease…
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I had the privilege of attending this year’s Robert Veal Memorial Youth Coon Hunt in Deepstep on Jan. 25. This annual coon hunt is held in remembrance of Robert Veal, a local man known for his superb trapping skills. “Church, family and the outdoors is how he lived his life—in that order,” said Rusty Rhodes,…
Read MoreOssabaw Still The Place For Public Pigs
Despite a pro-active movement by DNR to cut back hog numbers on Ossabaw Island, the latest pair of hog-only hunts prove the hunting there is still fantastic. “The weather was good, and the animals were moving. We had a great time,” said Jay Rogers, of Senoia, who goes by “Rogers001,” on the GON web forum.…
Read MoreWeather Cooperating For The Final Two Days Of Rabbit Season
Thanks to a surge of cold air that blew through the state on Wednesday, Feb. 26, rabbit hunters will gladly take a pair of comfortable days to finish out rabbit season, which will close at dark on Friday, Feb. 28. GON Forum member “J Mitchell” pretty much sums up the feelings of all rabbit hunters…
Read MoreYouth Squirrel Hunts On Oconee, Big Hammock WMAs
A group of Georgia hunters spent Saturday, Feb. 1 making sure kids had plenty to smile about. Two youth squirrel hunts were hosted on that day, one at Big Hammock WMA and the other at Oconee WMA. Big Hammock WMA: This annual hunt began in 2010 with just a handful of kids and parents, but…
Read MoreApply For WMA Youth Turkey Hunts
Some of the best public turkey-hunting opportunity in the state occurs on WMA youth-only hunts. Trust me, I’ve been witness to some of these hunts. Think about it… you’ve got low numbers of youth/adult hunting teams on tons of land, and for the most part the turkeys haven’t been harassed by other hunters and are…
Read MoreRiver Creek WMA’s First Turkey Hunt
Thirty minutes after fly-down time, and we hadn’t heard a gobble. This is crazy, I thought. Thomas Holcombe, 14, of Royston and I were the very first public turkey hunters on the newly purchased River Creek WMA in Thomas County. I’d heard the place was filthy with turkeys, but at this point I wasn’t so…
Read MoreNWTF State Convention Coming To The Dillard House Jan. 10-11
When it’s too cold outside to do much of anything else, make plans to spend the weekend of Jan. 10-11, 2014 at The Dillard House for the Georgia Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation State Convention and Trade Show. Hosted just a few months before Georgia’s spring turkey season, there will be no better place for…
Read MoreWebster County Sheriff Adds Another Youth Hunt
Since 2003, the Webster County Sheriff’s Office has hosted an annual youth deer hunt for a few boys from the Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Home. The year’s event, which included hunting, fishing and skeet shooting, took place the second weekend of November. “Mr. and Mrs. Baker Alston, of Weston, have graciously let us use their beautiful…
Read MoreOconee National Forest 170-inch GIANT
With WMA and other public-land hunts happening all over the state this month, it should encourage hunters to remember the old deer-hunting adage, "You never know what may show up during the rut." If anyone believes this saying, it’s Chip Johnson, of Milledgeville. While hunting on Oconee National Forest property in Putnam County on Nov.…
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