Posts by Mike Bolton
Joshua Barnhill’s Biggest Warmouth Ever Sets Savannah River Record
Joshua Barnhill’s day of fishing on the Savannah River didn’t turn out anything like he had hoped. His plans were to use a bobber and crickets to catch bluegill that he would use later in the day to bait his trotlines. What he caught instead was a lot more exciting. “To tell you the truth,…
Read MoreWild In The Kitchen: Venison Bacon Burger Bombs
Venison Bacon Burger Bombs Here’s a new twist on that standard venison burger you’ve been serving. Your family and buddies will be telling everyone about this! 1 lb. ground venison 1 lb. ground Italian sausage 1 lb. thick sliced bacon 1 jar pickled Seranno peppers Montreal Steak Seasoning 1/4 c. Worcestershire sauce 2 large white…
Read MoreTeen Girl’s 158-Inch 12-Point Buck
There are deer hunters who spend small fortunes in hopes of taking a big buck. They lease thousands of acres of land, plant high-protein foods to grow big racks, install cameras to pattern deer and put out feeders to attract deer. During every waking moment they fret over what else they might do to get…
Read MoreGeorgia Buck Believed To Have Rare Tumor
The search is on a for a particular deer in Forsyth County. You are probably wondering how it could be possible to pinpoint an exact deer in a county with so many deer. There is no mistaking this one. WRD State Deer Biologist Charlie Killmaster believes the deer is suffering from osteochondroma, a tumor that…
Read MoreOhoopee River Bluegill Record Set Using Creek Boat
Dale Williams is the new poster child for where’s there’s a will, there’s a way. His ingenuity recently paid off with him catching his largest bluegill ever. The Vidalia resident’s 1-lb.. 2.56-oz. bluegill was recently certified as the largest ever recorded from the Ohoopee River. “We have a small house on the river that has…
Read MoreStory Of Hart County’s New Number 3 Buck Of All-Time
Brady Vaughn isn’t your typical big-buck slayer. He doesn’t get to deer hunt that often. The small farm where he hunts isn’t intensively managed for big deer. He describes where he hunts as a pasture at the top end of a swamp near some chicken houses. In fact, it had become so overgrown in recent…
Read MoreAltamaha River Warmouth Record Caught In Unlikely Spot
Blackshear’s Herman Hill keeps his fish grease sizzling for much of the year. “Once the crappie stop spawning, I start getting ready for warmouth,” he says. The 75-year-old Wayne County resident has been fishing for warmouth for decades. The sunfish he catches usually end up in a skillet of hot grease, but the warmouth he…
Read MoreSavannah River Record Chain Pickerel A First For 74-Year-Old
James Moore thought he had seen everything in his more than seven decades of fishing, but he had never seen the likes of whatever it was on his line on the Savannah River the other day. “I usually go fishing about every other week,” the 74-year-old Harlem resident said. “I’ve been doing that since my…
Read More10 Metro Atlanta Bream Fisheries
When you try to pinpoint regions in Georgia that offer the best bream fishing opportunities, you are likely to overlook Metro Atlanta. When WRD Fisheries Biologist Keith Weaver started looking closer at Metro Atlanta as part of the agency’s Gateway to Fishing program, even he was surprised at what he found. He discovered dozens and…
Read MoreVenison Backstrap Goat Cheese Sliders
No hindsight ip unit displayed. Venison Backstrap Goat Cheese SlidersTime to take your wild game chef skills in a new direction. 2 venison backstraps 1/2 lb. thick-sliced bacon 1 pack King’s Hawaiian rolls 8-oz. jar Sun-Dried tomatoes 2 large green tomatoes 3 ounce log goat cheese Olive oil Seasoning salt Black pepper Pre-heat oven to…
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