Posts by Daryl Gay
Jae On Jackson: Slow & Steady
One of the things I love most about our state is variety. Especially when it comes to outdoor pursuits. Think Dahlonega. Then Savannah. See? For at least the first half of this year, I’ll be on impoundments, rivers, PFAs, ponds, creeks… and very possibly an oversized swamp. Those are the ones I know of. Three—Sinclair,…
Read MoreCatch Sinclair Bass Between The Fronts
It is a dreary, drizzly Monday morning as the throbbing Mercury idles its Ranger bass boat away from Little River Marina on Lake Sinclair. There is one other vehicle besides ours in the parking lot; no trailer behind it. Apparently, we have the lake to ourselves. This end, at least. So, where are we headed?…
Read More98—And Still At It
So, how did you ring in the fabulous New Year of 2025? Or is your head still too swollen to remember? Well, if this was your 98th—no misprint, and I ain’t expecting I got many takers out there—new year, maybe you were knocking down the latest in a very long line of whitetail bucks. Like…
Read MoreName Of The Game
Musing, in memoriam alas, as the season winds down, I find myself somewhat cheered by the windfall produced by being a charter member of the Equal Opportunity Whitetail Whackers organization. Don’t be saddened if you’ve never been asked to join, or alarmed upon never even having heard of this lowbrow consortium. From all accounts, I…
Read MoreJ.Y. Jones: Seeing The World, Rifle In Hand
“It started with a .22 rifle my dad brought back from World War II,” Dr. J.Y. Jones is saying. “I killed my first squirrel and rabbit with it.” No one could have known at the time that a rifle from the other side of the world would prove instrumental in the life of a man…
Read MoreGON Youth Big-Buck Contest Winner Collects At Adventure Outdoors, Woods-N-Water
FAQ: what does it take to harvest a whitetail big enough to qualify for GON’s Youth Big-Buck Shoot-Out? Well, you can always get lucky. But Cody Gay, the 2023 Youth Shoot-Out winner, has provided a better answer: 300 hours on the trail of one—and only one—shooter. His dad, Ronnie, has seen this happen before on…
Read MoreThe Hottest New Show
“This momentous convocation of my highly esteemed Cabinet has been called solely to advance a particular priority for the upcoming challenges of 2025. Namely… my very own, spanking-new, can’t-miss OUTDOORS TV SHOW!” Not bad for rousing the troops, eh? My Cabinet, I mean. All of however many actually show up. And let’s get this clear…
Read MoreNo More Presents
Trust me on this one: this little item has NEVER been on your birthday wish list… It’s 2:30 of the a.m. on what I had known for a couple of days was going to be a long, sleepless night. What I didn’t know, until right about now, was that it could very possibly be my…
Read MoreThe Baddest Bear… Yet
At least the Global Positioning System—so now you know what GPS stands for—kens where they are. Even from a couple hundred or so miles skyward, it keeps up, spot-on, with the race. While we, somewhere or other in the vastnesses of the Okefenokee Swamp in Clinch County, can only go from experience in attempting to…
Read MoreGet Rut Ready — A Coastal Kick-off
You know he’s out there, roaming around somewhere on the place. Ground sign here, trail-cam photo there, antlers everywhere… what’s it going to take for the two of you to meet up? He’s getting instinctively restless, is the buck, possibly not even realizing where these urges are coming from, but he is feeling the need…
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