Posts by Brad Gill
Tyler Meeks Wins 2017 GON Youth Shoot-Out
Tyler Meeks, 14, of Hawkinsville, won a $3,000 shopping spree after winning GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out on July 28 at GON’s Outdoor Blast. In addition, Tyler won a dream deer and hog hunting trip with Woods-N-Water outfitters in Wrightsville. Tyler and his dad will be staying at a remote lodge, will be well fed,…
Read MoreGeorgia’s Public Dove Fields
If rainfall totals are any indication, dove fields across the state should be stellar. “Based on what I’ve heard from the field staff, our dove fields are looking really good. Everything was planted on time, and we’ve had a good bit of rain. I’m hoping for good seed production on all our fields,” said Greg…
Read MoreTactics For Taking Coyotes In May And June
When it’s cold, coyotes get hungry. Long about January, blow on a squealing rabbit call, and a coyote won’t waste much time checking out the scene before another predator slides in for the free meal. Or, put a leg-hold trap in the ground and make a dirt-hole set above it. Drop a spoonful of smelly…
Read More2017 Georgia WMA Turkey Hunting Special
On paper, WMA turkey harvest numbers took a nosedive during the 2016 spring gobbler season. However, in reality, news of the lowest-recorded WMA hunter-success rate (5.3 percent) in the last 12 years may not be so bleak. “We expect WMA hunter success to go down some because of the overall declining trends we’ve seen in…
Read MoreWRD Hunt Meetings Discuss Either-Sex Deer Days, Bears, Doves & WMAs
WRD hosted eight hunt-regulations meetings last month to discuss the 2017-2019 hunting regulations. Attendance ranged from 18 to 68 at these meetings. Hunters were able to make comments after a WRD Powerpoint presentation. WRD’s presentation included four main topics. They are as follows but can be viewed at www.georgiawildlife.com. Scroll to the bottom to see…
Read MoreHunting, Fishing, Praying For A Cure
I met a young man by the name of Chip Madren on a Franklin County dove field in September 2015. Even though Chip, of Sandy Springs, was confined to a wheelchair during that afternoon of wing-shooting, his attitude didn’t match his physical limitation. Chip was talkative, passionate about hunting and had a very humble and…
Read MoreTournament Reports January 2017
The team of Brian Jamison, of Greensboro, and Charlie Kemp, of Jefferson, won the Dec. 10, 2016 Berry’s tournament on Lake Oconee with an impressive limit of five bass that pulled the scales to 22.96 pounds. Their catch was anchored by Big Fish of the tourney, a 6.47-lb. largemouth that earned them an addition $1,020…
Read MoreGON Kids – December 2016
While most Georgia hunters were hanging out in the deer woods the weekend of Nov. 11-13 looking for a rutting buck, DNR didn’t let the weekend go by without hosting another one of its Hunt and Learn programs designed to engage youth and their parents in hunting. The Nov. 11-13 program was for rabbit hunting.…
Read MoreGON Kids – October 2016
I’ll never forget meeting Brandon Key. He was one of four youth campers at a 30-30 Ministries’ DEER CAMP with Dr. Don Spillers in Perry. When the 13-year-old from Morgan County showed up, it wasn’t long before the two of us connected on something we both had a passion for—rabbit hunting with beagles. I remember…
Read MoreGriffin Gravitt Wins GON’s Youth Shoot-Out
Griffin Gravitt, 15, of Ashburn, wasted little time going to Adventure Outdoors in Smyrna with $3,000 in his pocket. Griffin was enjoying his big shopping spree less than 24 hours after winning GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out on July 29 at GON’s Outdoor Blast. “I got a new Browning A5 12-gauge shotgun, a Yeti Roadie…
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