Lord, If It Be Your Will…

By Ross Sparkman I normally have to work after school, but we were caught up, and I was given the evening off to go hunting. My dad and I were talking about the storm moving in and how the temperatures were going to drop and it would be good hunting weather. I had hung a…

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Letters To The Editor: September 2023

Outdoor Blast Testimonials Dear GON, I volunteered for two days at the GON Outdoor Blast in Emerson. I worked Saturday and Sunday mornings.  I found out when Mike Rhodes started letting everyone in and showed me the ropes and how I should direct the folks in, that the owners and readers of Georgia Outdoor News…

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The Ghost Lope

By Jacob Dorn The following is the official account of how I narrowly escaped death on Jan. 4, 2023 while harvesting the now pending Georgia state-record Jackalope! He weighed in at 22 pounds and was officially scored with a total dry score of 82 3/8 inches off of six scorable points! For all of the…

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Letters To The Editor: August 2023

Georgia Cougar Story From Crisp County Dear GON, The cougar article in the Days GON By department of the July magazine prompted me to contact GON Publisher Daryl Kirby regarding an encounter early January this year. I was deer hunting on our farm near Arabi, a morning hunt, when I saw a big, big cat!…

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