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Scrapbook June 2021
See your favorite sportsman or woman — or see yourself — in an upcoming issue of GON magazine! Send photographs to [email protected] and please include name, subscriber number, hometown, county, date and details on your Georgia catch or harvest.
Read MoreHaralson County Wildlife Association Kid’s Trout Rodeo Draws 1,600
By Debbie Crook The Haralson County Wildlife Association held the 39th annual Kid’s Trout Fishing Rodeo on Saturday, May 8. This year’s event had approximately 800 fishing participants and 1,600 total attendees and is rated by the local Chamber of Commerce as one of the largest events held in Haralson County. The Haralson County Wildlife…
Read MoreLadies Tag Team Brooks County Gobbler
By Scott Barwick Susan Barwick and Heidi Rhodes co-own Kaleidoscope, a consignment shop for women in Thomasville. They have become best friends and have helped each other through life’s difficult situations. Their friendship is truly genuine. One day at the shop the topic of turkey hunting came up. Susan mentioned that she has hunted them…
Read MoreHunter’s Journal – May 2021
By Shawn Lumsden The morning starts no different than any other morning in the turkey woods. My wife Chelsea and I wake up much earlier than need be, gather our gear, brew a pot of coffee and prepare for the morning hunt. We are beyond excited to begin the second weekend of Georgia’s 2019 spring…
Read MoreScrapbook May 2021
See your favorite sportsman or woman — or see yourself — in an upcoming issue of GON magazine! Send photographs to [email protected] and please include name, subscriber number, hometown, county, date and details on your Georgia catch or harvest.
Read MoreSpy Cam May 2021
Email your trail-cam 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.
Read More14 1/2-Pound Bass Caught In Hart County
My name is Hunter King, and I am 14 years old. I live in Royston, and I caught a 14.5-lb. bass and an 11.2-lb. bass 30 minutes apart in a private 3-acre pond in Hart County on April 8. My friend Ben Jones and I went to a brand-new pond that neither of us had…
Read MoreAllatoona Black Crappie Record Broken After 54 Years
After 54 years, the black crappie record has been broken on Lake Allatoona. The angler was Ralph Evans, of Marietta, who caught the 3-lb., 2-oz. fish on April 6. Below he shares the story of the catch as he pays tribute to a close fishing partner who passed away recently from COVID. By Ralph Evans…
Read MoreRealtree Kids Scrapbook – April 2021
Send us a picture of your GON Realtree Outdoor kid. Email image and caption details (name, hometown, age, and county where critter or fish was taken) to [email protected].
Read MoreHunter’s Journal – April 2021
By Justin Lance Opening day of the 2020 youth season, I took my son Benton turkey hunting for the first time ever. We had prepared and worked on a setup and how to shoot and where to aim for the prior two days leading up to turkey season. I tried to prepare him for long…
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