Beginning Of My First Turkey Season
Turkey season opens this week. What better way to get ready than to do a little shooting and getting comfortable with the gun I would be using? Shooting in front of others definitely got me out of my comfort zone, as well as filming. Normally, I like to be behind the camera. However, things are…
Here Comes Turkey Season!
What better way to start off turkey season than by attending the 43rd Annual NWTF Sport Show in Nashville, Tenn. this past weekend. Let me start off with the road to get there was not as easy as planned. My weekend started off with me waking up a 4 a.m. to go to the Truck-Buck…
Slow It Down
This past weekend I took a weekend trip to Asheville. Driving through the curvy mountain roads gave me time to reflect on this past hunting season and what I wanted to accomplish this coming year. This past season I didn’t hunt as much as I wanted, due to work and school, as well as for…
The GON Parking Lot
Crazy thing happened to me over the holidays. I met GON freelance writer Donald Jarrett in the GON parking lot. That’s alone is not crazy, but the happenstance, circumstances and connections turned that random meeting into something very special. I also met his Donald’s son Devereaux. Still not getting it? If I didn’t walk out…
Just Kill A Deer Already
“Cochran, you just need to kill a deer.” Those were the words that Brad Gill spoke in our discussion about me not being sure if I was ever going to sit in my spacious blind again. It was difficult for me to come to terms that I injured a buck and was not able to…
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Blast Bargains Return To Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast
Blast Bargains will return to the Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast. GON has partnered with vendors to be able to bring deals back to outdoor shows. These bargains will take place July 26-28 at the Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth. A key to getting a Blast Bargain is coming out…
Advanced Wildlife Solutions Offering 4S Draw Jumbo Bag Bargain
The Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast is excited to announce Advanced Wildlife Solutions is joining the 2019 Blast Bargains campaign and will be offering a discount on their 4S Draw Jumbo Bag during the show. Advanced Wildlife Solutions sells premium deer feed and attractants. Blast Bargains is a special part of the three-day Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast — we’re bringing…
Pierce County Win It All At 4-H State BB Match
As soon as the new year came, I knew one of my favorite events of the year was coming, the 4-H State BB match at Rock Eagle 4-H Center. I also was able to add attending the 4-H state matches for archery, rifle and pistol to my list of events that I was going to…
Salt And Peppa: The Smoke-Phase Gobbler
For this only being Thomas Blackwell’s third turkey season and only his third gobbler, Thomas accomplished something pretty rare during the first day of the 2019 Georgia turkey season. The 24-year-old hunter from Tunnel Hill killed a smoke-phase gobbler, the only one GON has heard about so far this season. On opening morning in the…