Hunter’s Journal August 2016

By Briana Gerrin I began my morning going to meet my dad for our usual Saturday morning hunt. We loaded up the truck carrying the same 30-30 Marlin rifle my dad shot his first deer with in 1984. This same gun was stolen along with every gun Dad owned in 1997. In 2013, Dad got a…

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Letters To The Editor August 2016

Join Your Local HISSSS Club  Dear GON, Based on the snake article in the June issue of GON, I am requesting membership to the Evans, Georgia Chapter of HISSSS.  Years ago, my parents took my brother and I to a creek to cool off. We spent the time trying to catch the minnows and crawdads.…

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First Deer Magic

Nicole Holland As a little girl, I looked forward to each hunting season. It was a joyous occasion for me to watch my dad and younger brother drive away for the weekend because I knew I would have girl time with Mama. I treasured each hunting season, and as the years passed by and I…

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Hunter’s Journal – July 2016

By Adam Woods Unlike most hunting stories that begin in the woods, mine started the summer of 2015 in my basement with a few pieces of cedar and a wood burner. One of my to-dos before the season started was to create a sign for our club that our members could place out front, like…

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Callie’s Path To A Hunter

By Johnnie Thompson & Brittany Reid Anderson A school teacher prepares his/her students for learning by first writing a lesson plan with objectives or standards, and each student is graded on knowledge retained based on a test. Likewise, parents teach from the knowledge of their own experiences that were handed down to them or from…

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Officers, Best Friends Get Their Gobbler

By Pat Womack This hunting adventure all started when I met John Seabolt after becoming a police officer in Covington in 1995. During my first couple of years there, I’d heard the guys talking about turkey hunting, and I was clueless because I had never been. I would listen to their stories and mishaps in…

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