The Big Fish Swagger

By Chris Espenshade I was driving through Tionesta, Pennsylvania on the upper Allegheny River a few years back. It was shortly after opening day of fishing season, and I spied a successful fisherman walking up Main Street with his fly rod in one hand and a massive trout in the other. “Walking” does not do…

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Letters To The Editor March 2018

Hog Poison Is Not The Answer, But I Got Some Ideas Dear GON, Thank you for bringing to light the stupid and disgusting plan that the government has to rid us of feral hogs. The farmers have convinced the government to allow them to poison them. If the wild hogs are such a problem, then…

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Mountain Magic: Two Walker County Bucks

By Rodney Simpson The morning temp was in the upper 30s, and it was clear. I had a 25-mile drive from my house to my hunting land. The heater in my old truck had quit working the year before, but I had worked on it, and I thought I had fixed it. It was a…

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Dad Tells Story Of Anna’s Buck

By Phillip Seay We got in our stand about 4 p.m. overlooking a small food plot adjacent to a good travel corridor near heavy cover. The wind was right in our face, which was perfect. Anna had killed an 8-point buck earlier in the season, and we were hoping to finish her season with something…

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Letters To The Editor February 2018

Suburban Deer Not The Same Challenge As Hunting Big Woods Bucks Dear GON, The story of Lee Ellis’ potential state-record buck was of special interest to me as I am a hunter and someone who has deer living in my neighborhood. Let me state that I had no interaction with Zeus but did have numerous…

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