Bekah’s Big Bass

By Rodney Mull There’s just something about hearing the zing of line spooling out of a reel and watching a rod tip bend on a warm Georgia morning that makes fine memories. All the better when your child is the one holding the rod and just able to keep up with the prize pulling on…

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Washington County Bow-Buck

By Rex Wallace First off, I didn’t even think I would be deer hunting opening weekend because my dad, uncle, cousin and I were on our annual bear hunt in north Georgia. However, after walking and scouting for several miles and several long hours around the mountain without seeing any sign, or bears, we went…

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Letters To The Editor October 2017

Great Feedback From Last Month’s Giant Bass Story Dear GON, It’s always special when a writer receives positive feedback from a story, but I was a bit overwhelmed when the Nickie Rich story came out in the September GON. I immediately started receiving e-mails and Facebook posts from Nickie’s three daughters, Carol, Sharon and Lisa,…

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The Freak: A Survivor’s Tale Part 3

By John Seginak and Brandon Adams The trio of coyotes sensed the opportunity. The young buck had lost its front leg below the joint when the deflected bullet had hit him two months earlier. Their movements were instinctual, honed from centuries of a daily need to hunt and eat. One moved slowly and quietly around…

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The Freak: A Survivor’s Tale Part 2

By John Seginak and Brandon Adams Tires screeched across the Oglethorpe County blacktop as the driver jammed the brakes. The buttonhead did a quick 180-degree turn, but the truck was on the deer. At the last moment, the driver veered ever so slightly, the front edge of the truck missing the young buck’s rear ham…

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The Freak: A Survivor’s Tale

By John Seginak and Brandon Adams The big doe and her two fawns were bedded in a thick privet patch on the very edge of a large beaver swamp. A thunderstorm had rolled through earlier, and now at sunset the heat and humidity were almost unbearable. It was early September, 2010, and if the damp,…

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Second Chance For Kelsey On Her First Buck

By Kelsey Flowers In the few years since I started hunting, I have learned that deer hunters seldom get second chances, but when I got a second chance to shoot my first buck, I did my best to not let history repeat itself. The first opportunity came on opening day in October 2016 when I…

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