170+ Monroe County Buck Downed By 12 Year Old

Like many Georgia pre-teens, 12-year-old Jackson Stonecipher couldn’t wait for the start of the state’s gun season. The seventh grader had a special reason to be excited. His dad, Alex, said the monstrous buck they were seeing on their Monroe County farm all summer would be his for the taking. This was a buck that…

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Wild In The Kitchen: Juicy Lucy Venison Burgers

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Juicy Lucy Venison Burgers The Juicy Lucy Burger originated in Minnesota, of all places, and is a matter of statewide pride. Here, the recipe has been adapted to the South by replacing ground beef with venison. Be sure to use venison with at least 20 percent beef fat for best results. This makes four burgers.…

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Stacy’s Opening Morning Tift County 15-Point Buck

Stacy Black is by no means your average Georgia hunter. The retired schoolteacher is 54 and hunts her Tift County farm by herself. She plants dozens of food plots by herself. She hangs cameras all over the property by herself. She helps manages her pecan orchard. And, oh yeah, she has just taken a buck…

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Wild In The Kitchen: Slow Cooker Venison Stroganoff

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Slow Cooker Venison Stroganoff When it comes to wild game cooking, way too many hunters only have a few basic recipes. Deer chili. Venison spaghetti. Deer burgers. Digging the slow cooker out of the closet will open a whole new world. Try this easy recipe that will have your family and friends bragging on your skills.…

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Coweta Teen Flips The Script, Kills Big Bow Buck

Hunting a big buck that knows that you are there—and doing it with a compound bow—is a battle of wits. It’s a battle that is usually lost on teenagers because of their notorious lack of patience. Mason Geeslin, 15, of Senoia, is special. Mason hunts a 45-acre piece of private property in Coweta County. Three…

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Wild In The Kitchen: Eel Sauce

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Eel Sauce One of my favorite restaurants has a dish I can’t resist, an Asian-inspired fried shrimp that is amped up with eel sauce and sweet chili sauce.  Eel sauce is a sweet and salty sauce that is traditionally used in Japanese cuisine In my ignorance, I asked the chef where he got eels to…

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Lanier Blue Catfish Sets The Record Bar A Little Higher

For Buford’s Tyler Kesselring, it was a fishing tournament outcome that he wasn’t necessarily expecting. Fishing in the Lake Lanier Catfish Challenge, he went to the scales at 2 a.m. with a winning weight of 40 pounds. In his catch was a new Lake Lanier record blue catfish that tipped the scales at 19-lbs., 5.5-ozs.…

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Giant Lake Jackson Flathead Catfish Released

Terry Denman caught his first catfish 61 years ago on a cane pole while fishing with his grandfather. A lot of things have changed over the years for the Vietnam veteran, but nothing ever could erase the excitement of feeling a catfish tugging on his line. The biggest tug he ever felt came recently when…

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New WMA Lands For Georgia’s 2024 Hunting Seasons

Georgia has created two new WMAs in the past year and a significant number of acres have been added to some other lands that offer public hunting. New WMAs One of the most notable additions is the 865-acre Featherfield WMA, which borders Lake Seminole WMA. Featherfield WMA was the previous site of Featherfield Farms, a…

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Wild In The Kitchen: Brennan’s Turtle Stew

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Brennan’s Turtle Stew No trip to New Orleans is complete without breakfast at Brennan’s. I tried the restaurant’s iconic and strange breakfast dish, turtle stew, on my very first trip and have ordered it every visit since. By chance, I was able to hunt with one of the restaurant’s chefs, and I begged him for…

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