Traditions: Part 2

By Brandon Adams and John Seginak 1933 “Good gracious, Buttermilk, there’s more huge buck rubs down thar than Jimmie Rogers and the Carter family have hit records!” “Come on now Junior, there ain’t hardly a deer track left in these mountains, boy.” “Well, by goodness, there’s at least one, and he must be a monster…

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Traditions: Part 1

By Brandon Adams and John Seginak   August 1933 “Where ya figger we oughta look?” Junior asked. “Let’s try up around Bear Knob, thar’s lots of water up there,” Buttermilk said. No hindsight ip unit displayed. Buttermilk Johnson and Junior Lanier were cruising the Fannin County mountains, looking for a jam up location to make…

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Cohutta WMA Mountain Buck

By Tony Rittenhouse First off I want to thank God for the opportunity and the good fortune I had to harvest this deer. I spent two days scouting Cohutta WMA, and the first day was on a Friday. I walked 15.2 miles that day and did not find hardly any deer sign at all. It…

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Letters To The Editor August 2020

Hunt Near A Deer Club Member Leads To Practical Jokes Dear GON, The other day I was headed home and a deer ran across the road, and I got to thinking. What were some memorable things that happened or that I caused to happen back over a long career in the deer woods? I won’t…

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Letters To The Editor July 2020

12-Year-Old Trout Angler Looking For Some Help Dear GON, I am a 12 year old kid, and I read the GON that my dad gets. I love to hunt and fish, especially trout fishing. Wildcat Creek is my favorite place to fish for trout. I know many other people like to camp, fish and swim…

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