Posts by Daryl Kirby
Georgia Counties Ranked For Big Bucks 2018
How does Fulton County produce two Fab 40 bucks last season, yet still see one of the sharpest drops in big-buck production of any county in the state? Fulton County fell from the No. 4 county in the state last year with a score of 153 down to No. 6 with a score of 116…
Read MoreAnglers Win In New Pro Bass Battleground
There’s never been a better time to be a pro bass angler. With many top fishing pros signing contracts to switch from the traditional pro series to fish exclusively in the new Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour, those traditional top-level trails are making moves. B.A.S.S. has announced changes to its Bassmaster Elite Series. According…
Read MoreRiley Huff Wins 2018 Shoot-Out
Sunday at the Outdoor Blast is Shoot-Out finals day, when our big-buck contest weekly winners compete for a Chevy truck and a Beast electric hunting vehicle. This year’s 29th Shoot-Out did not disappoint, as Riley Huff and Jay Maxwell put on a show for a packed crowd after they outlasted the competition to make the…
Read MoreGeorgia’s Best Bucks: 2017-18 Fab 40
If it weren’t for bowhunters killing some amazing bucks, last deer season in Georgia would have gone down as the worst season for big bucks since GON began compiling scores and data three decades ago. Eleven archery bucks made the prestigious Fab 40, which is GON’s annual presentation of our state’s best bucks from last…
Read MoreGeorgia DNR Passes Deer Baiting Proposal
The DNR Board this morning voted to approve a DNR proposal that legalizes hunting deer over supplemental feed with no distance restriction on all private land in Georgia. The new regulation will be in effect for this coming 2018-2019 deer season in Georgia. The DNR voted specifically to move the Northern Zone line to include…
Read MoreDNR Set To Settle Georgia Deer Baiting Issue
An executive order signed by Gov. Nathan Deal in April took the Northern Zone deer baiting hot potato away from the state legislature and handed it to DNR. Now the Board is preparing to act on a DNR proposal that makes hunting deer over bait with no distance restriction legal for all private-land hunters in…
Read MoreProposal Legalizes Baiting For All Private-Land Deer Hunters
The issue of how far a Georgia deer hunter must be from placed feed — or bait — took a major step toward “legal with no distance requirement” for all private-land hunters today. After the legislature failed to act on several proposed law changes to make baiting legal statewide for deer hunters, Governor Nathan Deal…
Read MoreReports Mixed For 2018 Georgia Turkey Season
Before the Georgia turkey season began, there was hope among hunters that this season would mark the beginning of a return to the quality of turkey hunting we used to have in Georgia. Based on reports from GON’s Hunt Advisor team, it was a mixed bag in the Georgia turkey woods, with less-than-stellar gobbling even…
Read MoreNorthern Zone Deer Baiting Still Alive
Just as the final pages of the May issue of GON were being sent to the printing press—and too late for the legislative report on page 14 of the May issue of GON to be changed—the governor of Georgia signed an executive directing DNR to take up the Northern Zone baiting issue. Based on the…
Read MoreNo Baiting For Northern Zone Deer Hunters
UPDATE: Gov. Deal signs executive order directing DNR to address “inequity” in zones that regulate distance from feed for Georgia deer hunters. No baiting for Northern Zone deer hunters. Several proposed laws that included language that would have legalized hunting deer near feeders with no distance restriction for Northern Zone hunters failed, with significant political…
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