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Life After Nearly Dying
By Will Jester My life has never been easy. The very first year of my life, when I was 9 months old, my biological father passed away. Soon my mother remarried a wonderful man. When I was 15, my life took a drastic turn again as my adopted father, and who I will always call…
Read MoreScrapbook – February 2025
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Read MoreTwo For One On Opening Day
By Matt Tyree I have a very special hunt to share. On the morning on Oct. 12, 2024, which was opening day for youth season, I took my son, Marshall, deer hunting. He is 10 years old, and he is quite the hunter. He has already taken several deer and a hog in the last…
Read MoreLetters To The Editor: February 2025
Down To The Wire In Extended Firearm County Dear GON, My son, Jase Wiley, 7, brought it down to the final 30 minutes of the extended rifle season in Early County yesterday (Jan. 15) and was finally able to harvest his first deer to bring home. He has been hunting hard with me since around…
Read MoreRealtree Kids Scrapbook: February 2025
Spy Cam – February 2025
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Read MoreShopping Or Hunting? Wise Choice Leads To First Deer In 5 Years On Meriwether County Club
By Keith Ross My wife was hosting a wedding shower on Dec. 15 for a young lady at our church, and I was told to leave the house for at least three hours, so it was either shopping or hunting. I have had seven surgeries since the start of hunting season, so I was just…
Read MoreRealtree Kids: January 2025
First Buck For Emersyn Cox Makes Unc & Pop Pop Proud
By Austin Cole My niece, Emersyn Cox, has been around for most of my harvests in the last seven years since she was born. She has seen and held many of the deer myself and her Pop Pop, John Cole, have taken since she was born and has been curious ever since. She began asking…
Read MoreHome Is Where The Hunt Is
By Jordan Burse I once heard a quote that sums up my entire raising in one simple sentence: “I wasn’t born in the woods, but I got there as fast as I could.” I was born on Nov. 12, 1995. To any old regular person, this is just a random day in November, but to…
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