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Two For One On Opening Day

By Matt Tyree I have a very special hunt to share. On the morning on Oct. 12, 2024, which was opening day for youth season, I took my son, Marshall, deer hunting. He is 10 years old, and he is quite the hunter. He has already taken several deer and a hog in the last…

Letters To The Editor: February 2025

Down To The Wire In Extended Firearm County Dear GON, My son, Jase Wiley, 7, brought it down to the final 30 minutes of the extended rifle season in Early County yesterday (Jan. 15) and was finally able to harvest his first deer to bring home. He has been hunting hard with me since around…

Always Learning

As the deer season comes to a close, it always provides a chance to reflect back on that season’s hunting opportunities. I was not able to hunt as many times this season as usual. The club I joined with my son Jared was quite a haul from us. However, I did manage to drop a…

98—And Still At It

So, how did you ring in the fabulous New Year of 2025? Or is your head still too swollen to remember? Well, if this was your 98th—no misprint, and I ain’t expecting I got many takers out there—new year, maybe you were knocking down the latest in a very long line of whitetail bucks. Like…

Realtree Kids Scrapbook: February 2025

                                                                                                 

Conservation Law Enforcement Corner – February 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. Chattooga County: On Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, Game Warden Isaac Roberson was patrolling the area of Little Egypt Road in Chattooga County…

Spy Cam – February 2025

Email pictures to [email protected]. Please include your name, GON subscriber number, hometown, county where the picture was taken, date, time and any interesting details for a caption. Or mail to GON Spy-Cam, PO Box 1589, Watkinsville, GA 30677.            

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…

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