Posts by Daryl Kirby
Red Oaks Dropping Early
For most of the state, October deer hunting is all about finding the hot food sources until the pre-rut begins. If you’re waiting to check your favorite hardwood areas until mid October when the white oaks typically start falling, you might want to plan a low-impact, midday scouting trip right now. Hunt Advisors from middle…
Read MoreBEAST Makes Truck-Buck Even Better
GON just gave away another 4×4 Chevy pickup truck to a deer hunter. Who wouldn’t love a new truck? Or for that matter, who wouldn’t love a new a Beast hunting vehicle, or a Browning rifle or Mathews bow? For the 27th straight year, GON is hosting its Truck-Buck contest, the premier big-buck contest in…
Read MorePete Boshart Wins The 26th Chevy Pickup In Truck-Buck
A truck was left sitting at a brother’s house in the Atlanta area after this year’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out. This year’s winner, Pete Boshart, didn’t think he had a chance to actually win the grand-prize truck in GON’s big-buck contest. He didn’t have a plan to get a new truck home if he did win. Well,…
Read MoreSportsmen Support License-Fee Increases, But Want Assurances
Most sportsmen seem to be generally in favor of a proposed license-fee increase, but there’s a strong sentiment that any additional funding needs to be used for hunting and fishing improvement and programs. Much of the support begins on a personal level. Most of us probably go to church with, have kids on the same…
Read MoreOne State, One Deer Season
The DNR Board approved the proposed regulations changes put forth by the Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), and the result is one statewide deer-season length for hunters across the state. The Northern Zone and Southern Zone—forever a fixture in the Georgia deer-hunting regulations—are still there, but now they only apply to the baiting regulations. Baiting is…
Read MoreThe 2nd Annual GON Coyote Cull
Here’s a bit of good news. About the same time the GON e-mail in-boxes began filling with trail-camera pics of newborn fawns and turkey poults, they also began filling with pictures of dead coyotes. A few are pictured here, and more will appear in the July issue. Taking out a few coyotes while critters are…
Read MoreEfforts To Raise Fees For Hunting & Fishing Licenses
Sportsmen are being asked to support efforts to raise hunting and fishing license fees. DNR’s Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) has cut services to sportsmen over the years because of mandated budget cuts, and WRD says more money would allow the agency to return those services and also enhance and start new efforts. Georgia’s resident license…
Read MoreThe Second Annual GON Coyote Cull
The history of our “Coyote Situation” would make an interesting case study in how different folks deal with an issue. When hunters first sounded the alarm that something was amiss in the deer woods, we were laughed at and ridiculed. Basically we were told to get off our lazy rear ends and learn to hunt…
Read MoreDoe-Day Map Making A Return
When it comes to setting hunting regulations, it’s quite impossible to please everyone. Based on reaction to proposed changes to next year’s Georgia deer season, quite a few groups are far from pleased. Small-game hunters aren’t happy that the Northern Zone deer season would now stay open until the second Sunday of January. Meanwhile, Southern…
Read More2015 Georgia Legislative Session: Harvest Recording System Coming?
Most sportsmen likely haven’t noticed, but your Georgia state senators and representatives have been meeting at the capitol in Atlanta since mid January. Lawmakers still haven’t adopted my personal belief that before any new law can be proposed they have to strike one existing law that’s overreaching or just plain stupid… Nor have legislators done…
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