Posts by Daryl Kirby
Northern Zone Baiting Still Not Legal, But Very Much Alive On Final Day
No, baiting for deer in the Northern Zone has not yet been legalized—at least not at 4:30 p.m. on March 29, the final day of the 2018 Georgia Legislative Session. However, you might want to check here for an update in the morning, because the proposed law change is still very much alive with a…
Read MorePress Claims No Impact To Companies Ditching NRA
As the national media continues a scorched-earth campaign that somehow places blame on the National Rifle Association and its members for last week’s horrible murder of 17 kids and teachers at a Florida high school, some companies seem to be taking sides and choosing gun control over protection of constitutional rights. The mainstream media is…
Read MoreBaiting Bill Passes Georgia Senate
On the final day that legislation could move forward this year, the Georgia state Senate approved Senate Bill 450, which removes the 200-yard and out-of-sight restriction for Northern Zone deer hunting near feed. There has been no distance restriction for Southern Zone deer hunters since 2011. The Senate vote yesterday (Feb. 28) was 36 in favor and…
Read MoreNorthern Zone Baiting, DMAP Proposed
The Georgia legislature is considering a law change that will legalize hunting deer around feed with no distance restrictions in the Northern Zone. House Bill 923 and Senate Bill 450 are both simple paragraphs of legislation that make legal in the Northern Zone what’s been legal in the Southern Zone since 2011. The bills remove…
Read More2018 Georgia Legislative Session: Longer Hunting Seasons Proposed
Legislation that would open up archery deer hunting statewide until Jan. 31 is still in play at the Georgia capitol, although there doesn’t seem to be widespread support for the measure as of yet. The legislation is an amended version of Senate Bill 122, which was introduced last legislative session. Allowing either-sex archery deer hunting…
Read MoreDeer Season Wrap-up From GON’s Hunt Advisor Team
Even though the deer season is not quite over—open statewide until Jan. 14 this year—it is time to look back and reflect on another five months in the Georgia deer woods. Our Hunt Advisors are spread across the state, and each year in the January issue they give a season wrap-up, a look back on…
Read MoreGeorgia’s Best Big-Buck Counties 2017
No hindsight ip unit displayed. After several years of declining scores, the latest number-crunching shows a significant improvement in big-buck production for most Georgia counties. Counties are given a score based on official net scores of bucks killed in the past 10 years. We also factor in the size of a county into the equation.…
Read More2017 Truck-Buck Shoot-Out Ends After Epic Battle
To say the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out will test the nerves of contestants and the audience is a bit of an understatement. Just ask the wife of one Shoot-Out contestant, who said every time her husband stepped up on the stage for a shot she was so nauseous she thought she was literally going to get sick.…
Read MoreDuck Numbers Remain High For 2017 Season
The reports are good—duck numbers remain high, as they have been for several years in a row now. So Georgia duck hunters may be wondering, when do we get to see high numbers of ducks in the Peach State? The reality is that Georgia isn’t part of a major migration flyway like Arkansas. We’ll never…
Read MoreAtlanta Buckarama Closes Doors After 32-Year Run
If you have been a deer hunter who would count on spending a day in early August browsing the vendor booths at the Atlanta Buckarama, don’t make that trip around I-285 to Jonesboro Road this year. There won’t be a Buckarama in Atlanta for the first time in 32 years. Two Buckaramas have traditionally been…
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