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Realtree Kids: January 2025

First Buck For Emersyn Cox Makes Unc & Pop Pop Proud

By Austin Cole My niece, Emersyn Cox, has been around for most of my harvests in the last seven years since she was born. She has seen and held many of the deer myself and her Pop Pop, John Cole, have taken since she was born and has been curious ever since. She began asking…

Rack Science

By the look of some of the bucks appearing this year on the pages of our GON Truck-Buck and Youth Big-Buck contests, there have been some awesome deer taken. Congrats to all! Some hunters will profess that there is nothing finer than a buck sporting a big typical, symmetrical rack. Typical racks are virtually equal…

Name Of The Game

Musing, in memoriam alas, as the season winds down, I find myself somewhat cheered by the windfall produced by being a charter member of the Equal Opportunity Whitetail Whackers organization. Don’t be saddened if you’ve never been asked to join, or alarmed upon never even having heard of this lowbrow consortium. From all accounts, I…

Home Is Where The Hunt Is

By Jordan Burse I once heard a quote that sums up my entire raising in one simple sentence: “I wasn’t born in the woods, but I got there as fast as I could.” I was born on Nov. 12, 1995. To any old regular person, this is just a random day in November, but to…

Letters To The Editor: January 2025

How GON Gets Its Stories Dear GON, Thank you for publishing my story in your December issue about the coyote I shot with the heartworms. When I sent the information in along with the picture, I had no idea you would make a full-page article about it and show the picture on the cover. My…

Conservation Law Enforcement Corner – January 2025

The Conservation LE Corner is designed to highlight the efforts of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officers who, among their many duties, protect Georgia’s wildlife, sportsmen and natural resources from game-law violators. Chatham County: On Oct. 27, 2023, Game Warden Justin Jackson, received a complaint of an individual who drowned a deer while it…

Scrapbook Bonus – January 2025

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Scrapbook – January 2025

Send photographs to [email protected] or mail to PO Box 1589, Watkinsville, GA 30677.  Include name, subscriber number, hometown, county, date and details.                  

Spy Cam – January 2025

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