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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…
Read MoreLillie Anna Lyons Shoots Buck, Still Makes Softball Event
By Jay Jay Strickland This story actually began in early 2018 when I took Lillie Anna Lyons, aka Lillie Sue, on a deer hunt on the last week of deer season in January 2018. Lillie Sue wanted to kill a buck, but the rut was already over. I had a deer stand with lots of sign…
Read MoreSpy-Cam August 2020
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Read MoreTraditions: 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…
Read MoreCohutta 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…
Read MoreLetters 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…
Read MoreRealtree Kids Scrapbook August 2020
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Read MoreScrapbook – August 2020
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Read MoreHigh-School Football Player Forced To Go Deer Hunting
Submit Your Hunt Story To Hunter’s Journal Hunt stories should be close to 1,200 words and contain at least one photo at least 2 MB in size. To submit Hunter’s Journal stories and photos, e-mail to [email protected] or mail to: GON Hunter’s Journal,4331 Seven Islands Road, Madison, GA 30650. By Sam Norris III The…
Read MoreLetters 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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