Posts by Brad Gill
2018 Georgia Bowhunting WMA Special
Michael Davidson, of Bethlehem, was up a tree on Oct. 3 at Cedar Creek WMA in Jones County. He was looking out over a grown-up field full of tall grasses when a 9-pointer showed up. “He came out of some thick stuff into that little field, and 47 yards was as close as he would…
Read MoreGeorgia’s Best Bow Bucks For 2017-18 Season
Georgia seems to be in a rut, of sorts, when it comes to the number of record-class bow-killed deer that are being taken each season. Last year’s 53 bucks sits right on average when you consider that since the 2013 season, bow-kills have averaged 53.8 deer per year. For the 2007-2012 seasons, bowhunters averaged 69.3…
Read MoreAlex Warr Wins GON’s Youth Shoot-Out
Alex Warr, 16, of Blakely, won a $3,000 shopping spree after winning GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out on July 27 at GON’s Outdoor Blast. In addition, Alex won a dream deer and hog hunting trip with Woods-N-Water outfitters in Wrightsville. Alex and his dad get to hunt, stay at a remote lodge, will be well…
Read MoreWMA Dove Fields & Forecasts
If rainfall totals are any indication, dove fields across the state should be in good shape. “Given the recent rains, we are expecting good production on our dove fields. If the rains continue, we should get good seed production and plenty of food availability on the fields,” said Greg Balkcom, WRD’s migratory game bird coordinator.…
Read MoreWMA 2018 Dove Field Forecasts
If rainfall totals are any indication, dove fields across the state should be in good shape. “Given the recent rains, we are expecting good production on our dove fields. If the rains continue, we should get good seed production and plenty of food availability on the fields,” said Greg Balkcom, WRD’s migratory game bird coordinator.…
Read MoreGeorgia 2018 Pay Dove Shoots List
I’m pretty sure I haven’t heard the first complaint this summer that it’s been too dry to plant a dove field. In fact, I was talking to an old country farmer the other day who actually had to wait a few weeks past his normal time of planting because it’s been too wet in his…
Read MoreGeorgia WMA Deer Hunting Special 2018
I’m thankful for Charlie Killmaster, head deer guru for WRD, and all the Game Management region biologists and supervisors who keep up with WMA check-in and sign-in data. Without those numbers, which are also used to gather important information to help manage WMA deer herds, hunters would be left in the dark about which WMAs…
Read MoreYouth Big-Buck Contest 2018 Shoot-Out Qualifiers
Twelve youth will be shooting BBs to see who wins a $3,000 shopping spree from Adventure Outdoors in the GON Youth Big-Buck contest Shoot-Out on Friday, July 27 at the Outdoor Blast. The winning youth will also win a deer and hog hunt from our good friends at Woods-N-Water in Wrightsville. All 12 of our…
Read MoreTournament Reports May 2018
Students Release 200 Stocked Trout Through TU Program
Forty students from St. Pius X Catholic High School in Atlanta recently released trout into a stretch of the Chattahoochee River in Fulton County as part of the Trout in the Classroom project. This program is sponsored nationally by Trout Unlimited and supported locally by the Upper Chattahoochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited. This environmental education…
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