Posts by Brad Gill
Youth Turkey Hunters Hear Gospel… And Some Pretty Good Gobblin’
Five turkeys — four longbeards and a jake — hit the dirt opening day, thanks to a youth turkey hunt outside of Eatonton. Hosted by Crossroads Baptist Church and God’s Great Outdoors Ministries, the Youth Turkey Hunt hosted 24 young turkey hunters for opening weekend. Many of the young, camo-clad hunters said the birds were…
Read MoreArrest Made In Fayette County Horse Shooting
A Fayette County horse shot on Jan. 3 with three broadhead-tipped arrows is recovering, according to Nancy Padovano, the horses’ owner. On Jan. 7, Jeremy Ryan Richardson, 17, of Fayette County, was arrested on an aggravated cruelty to animals charge, in addition to 14 counts of game-and-fish violations. “He actually came in to speak to…
Read More33 Hogs Shot In One Hour
Thirty-three dead hogs in less than an hour of effort on the evening of Dec. 8, 2009 resulted in 3,789 pounds of bacon, sausage and ribs. Talk about filling the freezer fast! A group of Sumter County hunters — William Webb, Mark Israel, Aaron Cosby, Alan Johnson and Ricky Crook — were fed up with…
Read MoreArrest Made In Fayette County Horse Shooting Includes Game Violations
An arrest has been made in the Fayette County horse shooting. Jeremy Ryan Richardson, 17, of Fayette County, was arrested Jan. 7 on 14 counts of game-and-fish violations, in addition to an aggravated cruelty to animals charge for shooting a Fayette County horse on Jan. 3 with three arrows. “He actually came in to speak…
Read MoreSportsmen Seek Justice After Fayette County Horse Shot
The Georgia Outdoor Network (GONetwork) is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for shooting a south Fayette County horse on Jan. 3 with three arrows. The horse belongs to Ralph and Nancy Padovano. “A passerby observed a horse with arrows sticking out of its…
Read MoreBuck Rescued From 40-Foot Well
Ricky Aaron and his son, Skip, both from Conyers, will never forget what happened in the Putnam County deer woods on Friday, Nov. 6. They were doing some mid-morning scouting on their 485-acre lease when Skip found an old well and could hear something splashing at the bottom of it. “We knew it was an…
Read MoreSEEDS Big-Buck Contest Winner Hunts Wyoming
Hunting isn’t just about the killing — but it sure is fun trying everything in your power to get in position to let an arrow fly. Just ask Jake Meyer. Jake, 14, of Neptune Beach, Fla. was the 2008 SEEDS Big-Buck Contest winner. He won the grand prize big-game hunt to Wyoming, where he spent…
Read More103-lb. Flathead Catfish Pulled From Ocmulgee River
An Ocmulgee River flathead catfish weighing 103 pounds on certified scales was caught the morning of Aug. 19. The giant Appaloosa, taken above the Highway 96 bridge in Bonaire, would have swamped the current 83-lb. state record. However, the fish was caught on a trot line, meaning it’s not eligible for WRD’s state-record status. When…
Read MoreWinning The Hog Wars
Deer season had only been out 10 days. Many hunters were taking advantage of the two-month break between chasing whitetails and calling turkeys, but not Blaine Burley, of Wrightsville. On this cool January afternoon, he had a post-hole digger in his hands, slamming it 2 feet deep in the Johnson County soil, where he had…
Read MoreBream Beds, Mayfly Hatches Keep Sinclair Bass Shallow In June
It was an overcast morning a few weeks ago as Will Sizer and I left the boat ramp in Beaverdam Creek. In short order we were fishing spinnerbaits on a rocky bank just off a main-lake point. Threadfin shad began to flicker on the surface. “Shad are spawning,” said Will. Indeed they were. One of…
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