Posts by Daryl Kirby
Two Trips, Two Rare Georgia Trout
His first two fishing trips in years resulted in two remarkable Georgia trout for a Cornelia man. A couple of weeks ago John Howard finally got back to the water with a rod in his hand after taking almost five years off from fishing. John was sure glad his 17-year-old son Logan talked him into…
Read MoreMore Truck-Buck Winner Hunt Stories
A Georgia deer hunter will win a new Silverado pickup truck from longtime Truck-Buck sponsor John Megel Chevrolet. The four weekly winners during bow season have already earned $1,100 Mathews bows, the Week 5 winner gets a CVA Accura rifle, and the 11 weekly winners during gun season each get a $1,140 Browning deer rifle.…
Read More7th Annual Coyote Cull Wrap-Up
We have our winners from the drawing for the 7th annual GON Coyote Cull. Thanks to the support of our sponsors, we were able to give away some great prizes, while continuing efforts to raise awareness about the changes that coyotes have brought to the Georgia woods. Make sure to support these sponsors if you…
Read MoreTruck-Buck 2019-20: Week 16 Winner Mark Stanley
Week 16: Mark Stanley, 142 5/8 typical County: Whitfield Date: Dec. 28 Mark Stanley is 53 and lives in Dalton. “I have hunted our family farm since I could hold a gun,” Mark said. “It was only small game up until the mid to late 90s, and then we started to get a…
Read MoreSavannah River Redbreast Record Topped
The record for redbreast on the Savannah River was broken on back-to-back days back in May. The second fish—and the new Savannah River record redbreast—was caught on May 14, 2020 by Donavan Pruitt, who is a farmer near Sylvania in Screven County. We’re just now reporting on Donavan’s redbreast only because he’s been busy farming,…
Read MoreTruck-Buck 2019-20: Week 15 Winner David Stevens
Week 15: David Stevens, 140 5/8 typical County: Screven Date: Dec. 27 David Stevens started hunting when he was 10 years old in Alabama, and he took his first buck at 11. He moved to coastal Georgia when he was 12. He has killed many mature coastal deer with both a bow…
Read MoreTruck-Buck 2019-20: Week 14 Winner, Matt Overholt
Week 14: Matt Overholt, 143 6/8 typical County: Macon Date: Dec. 20 “I enjoy the outdoors, especially hunting whitetail. I’ve been hunting since I was 10 years old,” said Week 14 winner, Matt Overholt, who is just 18 and lives near Marshallville in Macon County. When you live with the deer, there…
Read MoreTruck-Buck 2019-20: Ladies Wildcard Winner Juli McCaskill
Ladies Wildcard: Juli McCaskill, 146 6/8 typical County: Turner Date: Nov. 2, Week 8 With a buck that netted 146 6/8, Juli McCaskill, of Statesboro, came in fifth place during a very tough Week 8 in last season’s Truck-Buck contest. That score is high enough to win most weeks, and it was high enough to earn…
Read MoreTruck-Buck 2019-20: Week 13 Winner, Clay Crawford
Week 13: Clay Crawford, 183 1/8 non-typical County: Early Date: Dec. 12 Clay Crawford, of Blakley, had known about a huge buck with a very unusual rack since 2017 when he started getting trail-camera photos of the deer on the Early County family farm he hunts. Clay said the buck stayed close in…
Read MoreTruck-Buck 2019-20: Week 12 Winner, Luke Rountree
Week 12: Luke Rountree, 144 5/8 typical County: Cook Date: Dec. 2 Cook County was throwing out some stellar bucks last season. In addition to David Wall’s Week 11 buck that set a record as the best non-typical ever from Cook, there was also a new No. 1 buck of…
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