Posts by Daryl Kirby
Lawsuit, Legislation Muddy The Waters On Access To Flint River’s Yellow Jacket Shoals
Currently, anglers who fish the Yellow Jacket Shoals section of the Flint River without landowner permission are trespassing. The state of Georgia on March 23, 2023 settled a lawsuit brought by landowners along the banks of the Flint River at Yellow Jacket Shoals that appeared to resolve the long-simmering issue of whether the public could…
Read MoreFox Lake At Marben PFA
A solid bass right off the bat is always nice—takes some pressure off when you need a picture fish. On the contrary, it’s a bad feeling when hours tick by and cast after cast go unnoticed. We know that feeling too, because after a bass that hit in the first 10 minutes of our morning,…
Read MoreGun Violence And Common Sense In America
Few events are more distressing than waking up to the news of some deranged idiot shooting people at a school or mall. Is there a solution—a magic wand move that would make it 100% certain we never wake up to that news again? The answer is no. But if we’re going to do something to…
Read MoreBass Fishing Shepherd Lake At Marben PFA
Lots of different styles of fishing are appealing, but for me, bass fishing a small lake in the early spring is hard to beat. Small lakes, in general, are my favorite, so don’t be surprised to see me biting the bullet and writing quite a few small lake profiles in upcoming issues of GON. Throw…
Read MoreOxCart Designed To Handle And Dump Very Heavy Loads
You don’t see many GON articles about specific products, and this one about the OxCart pull-behind utility cart was a like a perfect storm of unlikely factors coming together with just-right timing. First, I got a call from Todd Dechant, the owner and inventor OxCart. Todd had a cart on display at an Atlanta-area retail…
Read MoreLabels, Canceling And Nuance
It’s a sad day in America when a good man passes away yet we have to worry about labels like environmentalist and conservationist as being bad words. Long before there were terms to describe what we were doing, it was hunters and fishermen who protected and enhanced our lands and waterways. Regardless of the word…
Read MoreGround-Breaking Biologist Kent Kammermeyer Has Passed Away
Kent Kammermeyer, a wildlife biologist who was instrumental in leading Georgia into the modern age of deer management in the 1980s and 90s, has died at the age of 73. Kent, of Clermont, passed away on Jan. 13, 2023. After earning a graduate degree at the University of Georgia, Kent was a valuable member of…
Read MoreBurch Recalls GON’s First Advertiser
Time to put a period on 2022 and turn the page on what we pray is a better New Year—that’s always that hope and promise this time of the year. Long-time readers have a treat this month, an excerpt written by GON founder Steve Burch, whose monthly musings in this space are certainly missed now…
Read More“We Can Skin A Buck…” Country Boy Survival Mode
Is it just me, or does it seem like nothing works quite as well as it did five or so years ago? From something as simple as ordering a meal and expecting to get what you ordered, to something big, like expecting the service department of a car dealership to actually fix your car. I’ll…
Read MoreInterest In Outdoors A Bright Side
Look on the bright side… hearing that can be annoying at times, especially when there is lots not to like about the current state of affairs. You don’t need me to tell you that inflation is a serious issue. It’s affecting all of us, some of us profoundly. But for the hunting industry, and for…
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