Posts by Jordan Davis
Unusual Encounter With A Georgia Hawk
Donnie Foster, of Hazlehurst, had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with nature while traveling in Jeff Davis County on July 4. While riding down Altamaha Road in Hazlehurst, Donnie and his wife spotted a hawk roughly 15 feet from the road. Typically, hawks and most other birds would fly off when cars pass that close, but this hawk did…
Read MoreBremen Team Wins Final B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier On Sinclair
Bass-tournament partners Jake Andrew and Jace Garrett, from Bremen High School, recently brought home their first tournament win at the Georgia B.A.S.S. Nation fishing tournament held at Lake Sinclair on May 14. Jake, who is a senior, has been fishing competitively since he was a 15. For his final season, he was paired with…
Read MoreChatsworth Schools Show Out At NASP State Tournament
On March 4, more than 1,000 students across the state competed in the 2016 National Archery in the Schools (NASP) Georgia State Tournament at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. These 46 teams came together to try and qualify for the May 12-14 NASP Nationals tournament in Kentucky, but they also came to sling arrows…
Read MoreFloods Leave Dead Bucks High In Trees
It’s pretty slim odds when GON is able to write a story about the remains of a dead deer found dangling in a tree, but when we’re able to report that two different readers in two different parts of the state report the same instance in less than a month, it almost seems unbelievable. Brock Smith, of Bainbridge, made…
Read MoreGON Recognizes New Record For Jackson Blue Cat
David Stacy, of Covington, recently stayed up all night just to catch the fish of a lifetime on Lake Jackson. The night of Feb. 14, David couldn’t wait any longer and decided to drop his boat in the water in hunt for a massive catfish. “I grew up fishing. I used to cut grass just…
Read MoreNew State-Record Crossbow Buck!
Georgia has a new state-record crossbow buck! Dennis Beck, of Duluth, is the fortunate hunter who recently learned that the Gwinnett County deer he killed on Oct. 31, 2015 now officially ranks as the best buck ever taken in Georgia with a crossbow. The 11-pointer nets 159 1/8 typical inches. Dennis wasn’t able to hunt until late September…
Read MoreHuntin’ Grandma Finally Kills The Big One
You’re never too old to enjoy the great outdoors, and that’s why Viola Gentry, of Sylva, N.C., still climbs in a tree stand every chance she gets, even at the age of 89. While only getting the chance to go hunting with her husband once or twice before he passed away in 1994, she fell…
Read MoreBobby Bond Receives NWTF Award
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division biologist Bobby Bond recently received the honor of Wildlife Manager of the Year by the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF). The award is given by the Georgia Chapter of the NWTF to recognize a WRD employee for their efforts at managing for wild turkey, raising public…
Read MoreDouble Drop Tine Buck Taken By 12 Year Old
Many hunters dream of taking a double drop tine buck. Just taking a big buck is hard enough, much less one with double drop tines. Wesley Bennett, of Seville, Fla., recently knocked that off his bucket list—and Wesley is just 12 years old! Wesley’s father, John, bought private land in Brooks County, Georgia in February of 2015. Brooks County…
Read MoreA Special Day Every November
If you are a member of the Spikes family from Alapaha, Nov. 23 is certainly a time for celebration every year. It was on Nov. 23, 2015 when Jake Spikes, 10, of Alapaha, killed his first Georgia buck, but it was actually his second buck taken in the month of November. On Nov. 14, Jake…
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