Posts by Duncan Dobie
Jupiter’s Legacy Part 2
“You shouldn’t have said that, man,” Corey told his friend after Shelby walked away. “Why not?” Jamie asked. “It’s the truth.” “She’ll tell him what you said,” Corey stated. “That’s why. We don’t need any trouble from Skeeter Davis and his crowd. He hadn’t missed a beat since you’ve been gone… still up to his…
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Jamie Hardin opened one side of the double glass doors leading into Haynie’s Drug Store and stepped inside. With the aid of a single crutch, he turned to his right and walked into the brightly decorated 1950s-style soda shop located in the front right-hand corner of the pharmacy. After taking a few steps, he paused…
Read MoreThe Buck Ashe Story
The Legend of “Stick Man” In the late 1950s and early ’60s, avid whitetail hunter Buck Ashe, of Chamblee, earned the nickname “Stick Man” because he hunted deer exclusively with a recurve bow. At a time when few deer hunters were using archery gear, this popular Georgia hunter arrowed some exceptional trophy animals. However, in…
Read MoreGON Fall Fiction: White Lightning Part 4
It’s funny how a simple smell can take you back to a time and place that has been long stored away in the deepest recesses of your mind. One slight trace of some magical odor, and suddenly you are back in that exact place as if it were yesterday. So it was on opening day…
Read MoreThe Mystery Of The State-Record Muzzleloader Buck
Back in August, Darrin Russell, of Auburn, was browsing through the vast array of garage-sale merchandise at the J and J Flea Market off Hwy 441 just north of Athens. Suddenly an item in the back of one of the booths caught his eye. It was a huge set of antlers on a skull plate.…
Read MoreJohn Sale: When A Man Loves His Dogs
John Sale has had a lifelong love affair with hunting dogs. During the height of his career during the ʼ70s and ʼ80s, people used to kid about his amazing ability to train quality bird dogs. People would often say, “Why heʼs so good, he could even train a goat to point a covey of quail!”…
Read MoreThe Jack Jones Lumpkin County Buck
Opening day of archery season often presents a contradiction to southern bowhunters. We spend months practicing, scouting, placing stands, and getting ready. Anticipation is high, and we canʼt wait to get in the woods. Then, when we finally get to hunt in mid-September, we find that the heat is almost suffocating, and the bugs are…
Read MoreBerrien County’s Best Buck Ever
The moment of truth came quickly for 33-year-old Tim Touchton of Nashville, Ga. It was Friday morning, November 24, the day after Thanksgiving last year. All week long, Tim had been hunting in a swamp bottom near the New River in western Berrien County. Having taken several days of vacation during the Thanksgiving week, he…
Read More32-Year-Old Pickup Rack Makes Butts County Top-10
Paul Hall, of Duluth, was born and raised in Butts County. Back when he was growing up during the 40s and 50s, Paul’s father Rufus Hall ran a small country store on Highway 16 about 7 miles east of Jackson. The store was located at the corner of Thompson’s Ferry Road, then a dirt road…
Read MoreNesbit Bedingfield’s Fulton County 15-Pointer
“Come on, honey, time to get up.” Vicki Bedingfield shook her husband’s shoulder, but he showed little interest in getting out of bed. “Leave me alone,” Nesbit Bedingfield grumbled. “But it’s time for you to go hunting,” Vicki insisted. It was 4 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, 1999. After getting home from work the evening…
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