Posts by Mike Bolton
Georgia Duck Hunter Dies After Kayak Capsizes
The body of a former Bremen High School standout baseball player was recovered early Monday, Dec. 18, two days after his kayak capsized while he was duck hunting on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville. Brooks Hardie’s body was recovered about 3:30 a.m. near the Goose Pond Resort. Hardie was 22 and lived in Bremen. The avid hunter…
Read MoreIrwin County 17-Point Buck Grosses In The 190s
The huge buck that showed up on Josh Grantham’s Irwin County lease each year seemed to have a calendar. It just wouldn’t present the farmer with a shot. “I got the first picture of him in November of 2020 when he was an 8-point that would score about 135 inches,” Josh said. “I never saw…
Read MoreRed Stag Taken In Carroll County
There are U.S. hunters who spend small fortunes and travel to exotic lands for the opportunity to take the magnificent red stag. The fourth largest deer species inhabits most of Europe, Iran, parts of western Asia and northern Africa. Those hunters are likely to wince once they find out that a Georgia hunter took one…
Read More170-Inch Buck Taken By Young Man Facing Difficult Fight
Believers believe that God understands your every need. That is how some are explaining the much-needed jolt of positivity that 12-year-old Fisher Pritchett received last weekend in his battle with leukemia. The short story is that the 6th grader took a massive 11-point buck that will score nearly 170 inches. He was on a hunting…
Read MoreWMA December Rut Hunts In Southwest Georgia
If you look at the GON rut map, you’ll quickly notice that WMA hunters in the Peach State enjoy a benefit not available to hunters in many other states. Dedicated WMA hunters can do their homework and pick and choose WMAs where they can hunt the rut pretty much all season long. While the rut…
Read MoreWild In The Kitchen: Venison Zuppa Toscano
Venison Zuppa Toscano This is a take-off on Olive Garden’s popular Zuppa Toscano Italian soup. Venison sausage has been substituted for Italian sausage, and it is just as good. Good and hearty for a cold day. • 2 lbs. venison sausage • 2 large onions, chopped • 6 cloves garlic, minced kosher salt • Freshly ground black pepper…
Read MorePulaski County Buck Called Fabio Finally Daylights
Chase Collins spent a little time deer hunting in California where he lived, but California isn’t exactly the deer hunting capital of the world. Chase knew where he needed to be. In October, he moved to Eastman in Dodge County to be closer to family. The fact that family members owned a farm in Pulaski…
Read MoreNo Ghost, But Plenty Of Spook On Halloween
Adam Grant thought it would be only fitting if he were to finally take the mysterious buck that he calls Ghost on Halloween. That unfortunately was not in the cards, but he did score on Ghost’s running buddy, Spook. “The last two seasons I’ve been after a really big buck on my Big Rock Hunting…
Read MoreGeorgia Public-Land Rabbit Hunting
The years haven’t been kind to rabbit hunters in Georgia. In the 1960s, there were 117,000 of them and they could knock on most any farmhouse and get permission to hunt with a deal of sharing their harvest. They were good at what they did, too. They harvested about 1.7 million rabbits each season. Then,…
Read MoreDooly County Deer With “Hairy Antlers”
It would be a stretch to call 20-year-old Marley Sudduth a deer-hunting veteran. Let’s just say she has a knack for shooting weird deer. “I’ve taken three bucks in my lifetime, and a few does, and one of those bucks was a piebald,” the Cordele resident said. “I was tickled to death to get that…
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