My Unicorn Buck

By Reader Contributed | August 1, 2024 |

By Ross Baker Sparkman I normally have to work after school, but we were caught up, and I was given the evening off to go hunting. My dad and I were talking about a storm moving in and how the temperature was going to drop that evening and that it would be good hunting weather.…

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Letters To The Editor: August 2024

By Reader Contributed | August 1, 2024 |

Beware! Rattlers Like Those Bait Stations, Too Dear GON, Due to the article of the snake bites y’all did, I thought this might help spread the word. I have been hunting a small tract of land in Paulding County since 2012, and I have never seen a venomous snake on the property until this guy.…

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Letters To The Editor: July 2024

By Reader Contributed | June 30, 2024 |

Thought I Had Chased My Last Longbeard… Dear GON, I was diagnosed with an extreme case of renal cell cancer two weeks before the 2020 turkey season. After surgery that removed my right kidney and included some major complications for the first year,  I thought I had chased my last turkey. I went from 272 pounds…

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GON’s Trophy Room – June 2024

By Reader Contributed | June 3, 2024 |

Since Georgia Outdoor News magazine started in 1987, we have continuously enjoyed sharing the accomplishments of others. Some months we’ll receive hundreds of pictures of happy hunters and anglers every year who just want to share their accomplishments. We are truly blessed that so many loyal Georgians think enough of GON to share with us about what they’ve accomplished.…

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Deer Hunts With My Dad

By Reader Contributed | June 2, 2024 |

By JD Richards As Father’s Day approaches, I look back at many of the first memories I have had with my dad in the outdoors that have shaped who I am as an adult. As hunters, many of our first outdoor memories have been with our dads. Dad was with us the first time we…

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