Posts by Daryl Gay
Falling From Deer Stand: Club’s Buddy System Saves Life
The ladder stand was lashed onto a pine in a new hot spot as the 2006 whitetail season wound down, and the excited hunter had only a few last-minute items on his to-do list before easing out of the area. He climbed to the top platform with an adjustable saw, intent on pruning away a…
Read MoreAdventures With Alligator Trapper Jack Douglas
Perhaps only if you’ve been there can you appreciate the dank, damp darkness of a river swamp in the first gray mists of morning. On the banks of the Ogeechee River near Savannah, all is black, or nearly so, with indistinct shapes melding into a swirling gloom. The only sounds are the lapping waves of…
Read MorePhilosophy Of A Bream
Spraying water sparkled down each side of the pointed bow of the plywood boat, meticulously built and triple-coated in olive green paint in our backyard, as it cruised up the Ocmulgee River. Just a couple of miles and we’d go by a big island on the right, then swing back around and enter behind it…
Read MoreStringer Full Of Altamaha River Bream
This is not supposed to be happening. There is a steady wind blowing 15 to 20 miles per hour out of the northeast; the temperature at 8:30 a.m. is in the very low 60s, clouds low, dark and threatening; the Altamaha River reading at Jesup is a little over two feet lower than what we…
Read MoreHugh Gillis PFA Loaded With Bedding Bream In May
In its infancy, the Hugh M. Gillis Public Fishing Area (PFA) in Laurens County was favorably compared to its neighboring PFA in Dodge County, but as it entered its third year of operation in 2006, Gillis PFA showed definite signs of making a name for itself. If you’re looking for a fat mess of fine-eating…
Read MoreJack Wingate: Sage Of Lake Seminole
On September 1 of this year, 2006, Jack Wingate will be 76 years old. Sitting over breakfast in his lodge at Lake Seminole a couple of weeks back, I told him he looked 25. “I feel 25,” he instantly retorted. “Most of the time. But this morning, I’ve already done shows for seven radio stations…
Read MoreRooster Shellcracker Biting On Lake Seminole
“Some great fishing is about to happen here…” Allen Carter’s voice was full of excitement as he surveyed Big Sem’ s waist-high grass and the multitude of minnows, lake shiners, bream of several varieties and bass moving in and out of its root systems. He was continually pointing to some slight shudder of stem as…
Read MoreGranny Dusts A Four-Wheeler
Every time you turn around, there’s something new and improved on the market for the hunter. Some of the inventions, contrivances and contraptions are nothing short of amazing. For instance, how does Tink’s get does in heat to pee into those tiny bottles? If you’ve ever found yourself up a tree with floating eyeballs, and…
Read MoreA Deer Stand You Don’t Have To Hunt!
So, you deer hunters all cozy these days up in your highfalutin’ stands? Well, good. You got it made: ease into the woods, take a couple minutes to climb a ways, snuggle in, make yourself good and comfortable, load the cannon, a 32-pointer walks by… No sweat. But let’s go back a couple of months.…
Read MoreThe Other Shotgun Always Shoots Better…
Guess maybe this 13-year-old of mine got it honestly, this passion for scatterguns. He has one of his own, a youth-model 870 that fits him like a glove. But it’s a 20-gauge. And just what’s wrong with a 20 gauge? Why, it’s not a 16. Or a 12. Therefore, sub-par. In his eyes. Now for…
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