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Fact From Fiction, And The Role Of Bias

If you saw a series of 200 photos of a mature whitetail buck getting nipped and bitten for hours by two coyotes until it was killed, what would you think? It might depend on what you already think. We all have an innate, basic human nature to form beliefs and then to search out tidbits…

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Talking Turkeys: Just An Anecdote

Let’s talk about turkeys. Again… I can’t tell you how many times over the past five years I’ve talked about this goofy looking critter. I love turkeys, and I love hunting them. Every good turkey hunter I know has spent more time than they’re probably comfortable with being questioned by me about turkeys. Do you…

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Moderating Free Speech

Moderation is powerful and important in life, whether we’re talking about how many times you return to the breakfast buffet, partaking in your libation of choice, or when you are publishing, which is what you’re doing every time you post something on the Internet. Should someone be allowed to moderate what you say or write?…

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Problems With Social Media

I’m that guy who gets a message on Facebook and might see it four weeks later—and by might I mean maybe and probably not. You are better off sending smoke signals than “hitting me up” with a social media message. There is lots to dislike about social media, but what’s happening now is dangerous. Remember…

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Imagine

What’s the best song ever written? For the folks sitting around your campfire this weekend, a song from Haggard, Hank Jr. or David Allan Coe might come to mind. Who knows why, but this morning I got on the internet and searched ‘Best Song Of All Time.’ Don’t do it, you might be disappointed. One…

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State Mourns Passing Of DNR Captain Stan Elrod

I don’t recall exactly how or when I first met Stan Elrod, suffice to say it was in the mid to late 1990s when I was a young editor at GON and Stan was an even younger DNR game warden. I do clearly remember the morning in February 2007 when Stan called and asked if…

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Blast Update, Politics And Keeping History

Outdoor Blast Update The 2020 GON Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast was officially canceled a few weeks ago. This was a painful decision, but with all the restrictions in place and uncertainty from week to week, it was not a tough call. No choice, really. Time to put a fork in 2020 and get ready for 2021,…

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Editorial-Opinion August 2020

I can’t watch the news anymore. Every story is maddening on some level, whether it’s simply what is being shown—how people are behaving—or it’s how the ‘reporter’ spins the story. Both drive up the blood pressure. Very frustrating times. You know what’s also maddening and frustrating? This stinking virus. Do the kids go to school,…

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Law Enforcement In Atlanta

Pretty scary when you turn on the news and see people running in and out of the smashed windows and doors of Lenox Mall and setting fire to your favorite Italian restaurant. The next evening the scene at Lenox was dozens of DNR Law Enforcement trucks, each with a 4-wheeler in the bed, parked in…

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Pandemics, Governors, And Online Deer Records

The past two months were interesting. A tip of the cap to GON’s staff—there’s just seven of them—who did what was asked and needed. Like lots of small businesses, we knew it would take extraordinary effort during an extraordinary time, and it is because of them you are reading the June 2020 issue of Georgia…

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