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Fun Discovered, Confidence Unlocked

If you’ve read my last blog or listened to me speak over the last few months, I talk a lot about challenging myself to try new things. When I set up a challenge, my competitive nature really makes me go all in. And boy, did I go all in at the Becoming an Outdoorswoman workshop…

170-Inch Buck Killed Last Minute Of Deer Season

Waldo Moody got it done with no time to spare during the 2024-2025 Georgia deer season, taking a beautiful 6×4 during the final minutes of the last day of the season. The buck has tremendous tine length—four in the 12-inch range—and it green scored more than 170 total inches. Scott Hodges met up with Waldo…

Not For Sale

One of my grandfather’s final requests over 22 years ago was: “Never, ever sell the farm in Naylor.” Shady Grove Farm outside of Naylor, Georgia in Lanier County has been in my family for more than 200 years. That’s an impressive amount of time considering we live in the days of money-driven land auctions which…

God’s Design Is For Kids To Be Outside

I was recently telling an older fella about my boys catching bugs and frogs and crawfish and anything else in the outdoors that they could get their hands on. I was still laughing, just thinking of the fun they had, when the man said in a deep tone, “You know, that sure is good for…

Editorial-Opinion January 2025

Continuity is key. If not for familiarity and some ‘same-same’ in process, it would never be possible for GON’s crew to produce our monthly magazine along with all the other elements of this community—articles posting daily on the website, our email newsletter, the Outdoor Blast, keeping and compiling deer and fish records, and trying to…

GON’s Trophy Room – January 2025

Since Georgia Outdoor News magazine started in 1987, we have continuously enjoyed sharing the accomplishments of others. Some months we’ll receive hundreds of pictures of happy hunters and anglers every year who just want to share their accomplishments. We are truly blessed that so many loyal Georgians think enough of GON to share with us about what they’ve accomplished.…

A Safe Space

We all have our ways. We all have our habits. We all have our comfort zones. Currently in my life, I’m very comfortable and content with my everyday routines. I’m attached to them. I’m comfortable with my career, my home life, and the occasional weekend activity or adventure. But over the last few months, something…

What Do I Do With My Hands?

Four nights a week as well as every weekend, there was a ball in my hand. For all my adolescent years, my only dream, my only goal, my only focus was to play ball. As a tri-sport athlete, my schedule was full, and my thoughts could not occupy or entertain any other topics than the…

First Mount

I have a distinct memory from when I was 5 years old. My grandfather and I walked down to the dock at his house on Lake Oconee on a hot August day in 1990. I had my push-button reel and my Snoopy lifejacket on as I watched my grandfather pop up the top of the…

GON’s Trophy Room – December 2024

Since Georgia Outdoor News magazine started in 1987, we have continuously enjoyed sharing the accomplishments of others. Some months we’ll receive hundreds of pictures of happy hunters and anglers every year who just want to share their accomplishments. We are truly blessed that so many loyal Georgians think enough of GON to share with us about what they’ve accomplished.…

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