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Striped Bass Challenge Raises $22,760 For Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes
Thirty-seven striper teams fished the April 1 Striper Bass Challenge on West Point Lake. With a two-fish limit, it took 36.3 pounds to win the event. The team of Lineside Addiction took the win. This tournament attracted some of the best striper teams in the Southeast. The first-ever event was a fundraiser for Georgia Sheriffs’…
Read MoreSpy Cam – May 2023
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Read MoreAnna’s Turkey Call
By Marion A. Butler It seems like every turkey hunter has their favorite call or calls that are always with them on a hunt, and this call was no exception. I came across the “Old Gobbler” website and forum and there was a lot of discussion about the call makers convention at Unicoi State Park…
Read MoreTake Your Kids Hunting, Even If Just For 30 Minutes
By Eric Richards Opening week of Georgia turkey season has always been a special time for me, but with Georgia having a youth weekend the week before the official start of the season, it has created even more special memories for me as a father to take my son, Kayson. As many parents can relate,…
Read MoreLetters To The Editor: April 2023
Wild Dogs Chased Me Up A Tree Dear GON, Probably 20 years ago, I was still hunting for deer on private land in middle Georgia. While stalking in the woods, I heard a pack of wild dogs. As I passed into an open area, the barking got frighteningly close. Fortunately, I spotted a small tree…
Read MoreRealtree Kids: April 2023
Scrapbook – April 2023
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Read MoreSpy Cam – April 2023
Email pictures to [email protected]. Please include your name, GON subscriber number, hometown, county where the picture was taken, date, time and any interesting details for a caption. Or mail to GON Spy-Cam, PO Box 1379, Madison, GA 30650.
Read MoreThe Story Of A Buck Named Mack
By Zach Bradley Heard County was known as one of the best spots in the state of Georgia to harvest a trophy white-tail buck in the late 80s and early 90s. Over the years, the development of many hunting clubs and the cutting of hardwood timber that now has been replanted under pine timber companies…
Read MoreHard-Hunting Teen Kills Great Public-Land Mountain Buck
By Dylan Hollifield My dad had sent me into this spot on the Chattahoochee National Forest during the rut two years ago. I saw a good mature buck that evening, but he took a different trail than I thought he would, so I could never get a good ethical shot on him. Fast forward two…
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