Alton Powell’s 1982 Cohutta WMA Buck

By Alton Powell The story on my 1982 buck from Fannin County on Cohutta WMA… my wife and I drove our pickup camper up there and hunted early morning. The buck came along about 9.45 on a steep hilltop where he had scraped in several places. We were both up separate trees about 150 yards…

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Letters To The Editor – January 2019

The First Time I Met Steve Burch     Dear GON, Sometime back in the mid 80s, my wife, Debbie, and I were camping on Victoria Landing at Lake Allatoona. Early one morning as we were walking on the shoreline, I spotted something floating about 75 yards away. I have had some experience as a…

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Hunter’s Journal: B.F. Grant WMA Buck

By Mike Simmons A few friends of mine and I got selected for this year’s B.F. Grant WMA quota hunt in Putnam County from Nov. 1-3. We had attended this hunt two years ago, and although we did not see very many deer during that hunt due to the prevailing drought and uncharacteristically hot weather,…

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Letters To The Editor December 2018

Protecting Smallmouth Bass     Dear GON, Georgia legislature sets length and creel limits on fishing. Georgia state code section 27-4-10 sets limits on spotted bass, which are competing with native smallmouth bass in places like Lake Blue Ridge in Fannin County, where a smallmouth stocking program has been started. Anglers should contact the politicians…

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