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Well, our fall hunting season is finally underway. After a long, hot summer, archery deer season kicked off with some mild temperatures. Our state has one of the longest deer hunting seasons in the country, running from Sept. 14 to Jan. 12 in most counties, with bowhunters in extended archery counties being able to hunt…

Jake’s Double Date

“Ye ain’t lissenin’! And if ye is ye ain’t soakin in what I’m a’ tryin’ to set out fer ye. Why, it’s purely foolproof!” I feel myself weakening; 59 minutes of being argued at by the oldest fool I know, and it’s hit or miss whether I live out the hour… “Jake, what I’m seeing…

Realtree Kids: October 2024

Conservation Law Enforcement Corner – September 2024

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. Appling County: On Oct. 23, 2023, Game Warden Dylan Bennett was conducting surveillance in the area of Hunter Road in Appling County.…

Spy Cam – September 2024

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.          

Scrapbook – September 2024

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

About That Climate Change

  Except for irate wives, unreasonable game wardens and “didn’t get in ‘til 3 a.m.” hangovers, nothing affects an outdoorsman’s success more than the weather. And since all hunters and fishermen know this, they are probably concerned about the political and media hysteria surrounding “climate change.” Let me explain quickly. “Weather” is short-term local atmospheric…

Letters To The Editor: September 2024

Young Lady Qualifies For Second Shoot-Out Dear GON, We just want to take time and say thank you to all involved at GON. We have been lucky to be a part of the Shoot-Outs twice so far. When our daughter was 10 years old, she shot her first buck, which was a 10-pointer that scored…

Doublin’ Up In Walton County

By David Boone On Sept. 18, 2023 my son Caleb Boone and I headed out for an afternoon archery hunt on our lease in Walton County. My father Buddy Boone and I had just hung a lock-on tree stand the week before on a spot where Caleb had an encounter with a large, main-frame 8-point from…

Coyotes Attack Monroe County Jogger

Each month we turn back the clock to see what was being reported in the pages of GON—30, 20 and 10 years ago. Here’s a look back at stories that appeared in GON. 20 Years Ago: Coyotes Attack Monroe County Jogger: It’s like something you’d see on the 1990s TV series When Animals Attack! A…

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