Record Gobbler, A True Test Of Patience

By Greg Harvey I found this gobbler to be one of—if not the most challenging—that I have hunted in my 36 years of turkey hunting. He didn’t roost in the same tree, but all of the trees that he roosted in were within a 200-yard-wide circle in a hardwood drain. He didn’t gobble much, but…

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First Bow-Buck… 7 Yards OTG

By Kevin Worley This happened to me on Nov. 1 after more than 20 years of bowhunting. Now I say 20 years, which is true. I bought my bow back in ’98 or ’99, I believe, and I still hunt with it today. However, I didn’t exactly bowhunt a great deal because I never enjoyed hunting…

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Letters To The Editor – February 2020

Hunter’s Journal Cohutta Bear Story Hits Home With Me Dear GON, I always look forward to receiving GON every month. The January Hunter’s Journal story by Robert Nash about his Cohutta WMA black bear hit very close to home. My grandsons, Spencer and D.J. Moore, and I had just arrived on Cohutta the afternoon of…

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Son’s First Deer With A Crossbow

By John Henry Spann Sr. The opening day of the archery season was brutally hot. It was in the high 80s in Dahlonega when my 7-year-old son, Henry, and I set out to get his first deer. He had been practicing with my crossbow since the end of last season and was making consistent shots…

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