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By Sam Klement “Dad,” Cannon whispered. “What is it?” I asked. “That buck fever is coming on me again,” he said. About that time, the stand started to shake like an earthquake was just moments from happening. “Try to control it, son. The does are looking at us,” I said. With a deep breath of cold…
Never Before Has There Been A Fishing Rig Like The A-Rig Dear GON, I fished the BFL wildcard at Kentucky Lake this past week for a chance to make the BFL All-American and a chance at $100,000. I needed to finish in the top 6 but barely missed it, finishing No. 10 with…
Word on the street is the judicial system in Colquitt County is tough on poachers. Colquitt County Judge Richard Kent is known for handing down stiff sentences to game-law violators. “We’ve got a real good judge in Colquitt County,” said DNR Law Enforcement Cpl. Tommy Daughtrey. “He loves to hunt and fish. He backs us 100…
Thomas Paine sat on Dec. 23, 1776, wrapped in a Pennsylvania winter as cold and white as any could remember, and with these words began his essay, titled “The Crisis”… “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their…
Each month we turn back the clock to see what was being reported in the pages of GON, both 20 and 10 years ago. Here’s what was happening. 20 Years Ago: December 1991 • 256 Dead Hogs At Beaverdam!: Twenty years ago hogs weren’t as common as they are today, but Beaverdam WMA had plenty…
Last month we covered the basic rules of deer camp. The deer camp is the rallying point for the hunter. Whether you got “skunked” that morning, took a shot and missed the buck of a lifetime or actually put one down, you can sit around a warm fire and tell your story to your fellow…
There is that within almost every man which draws him, Siren-like, helplessly through the doors of a pawn shop. No matter how run-down the outside of the pawn shop may be, the lure of possible hidden treasures within overcome any resistance, however feebly put up. Very seldom do I pass through a town, any town,…
Each month we turn back the clock to see what was being reported in the pages of GON, both 20 and 10 years ago. Here’s what was happening. 20 Years Ago: November 1991 • New State Record Bow Buck & Georgia’s First Boone & Crockett with a Bow: Michael Long arrowed a giant Morgan…
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