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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: October 1991 • Shot-In-The Foot Hunt Accident Awards: During the 1990 season, there were 94 hunting accidents recorded in Georgia. Included among them were…
Cpl. Freddie Hays and Ranger First Class Billy Bryant were on routine night patrol at about 11:45 p.m. last Oct. 23 when they encountered a pair of poachers doing something a little out of the ordinary. The officers were patrolling Clybel WMA, at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Jasper County, when they saw a…
One Million Dollars. It does have a ring to it. That is the amount of money King America Finishing has agreed to spend to make up for killing 38,634 fish in the Ogeechee River in May, according to a consent order entered into between King America, a textile plant, and Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD)…
“Onts a checkout!” OK. The blurted news from Ol’ Jake set my mind to whirling. And since I had a rough understanding of his language, I began to try and pick the phrase apart, reassemble the pieces and make some sense of it. That he wanted something was evident not only by the “onts” — his…
Show Some Love For Juggers And Hornyhead Chubs Dear GON, I recently have become more involved with freshwater fishing than I have in the past years. I have always been an avid trout fisherman, but as the years pass I am finding that I enjoy angling for other species of freshwater fish. These new…
I’m sure that a lot of you take great delight at turning to the trail-cam section every month. The technology has increased so much over the last few years that the pictures are just incredible. Some of the photos coming in feature some really nice deer. Hunters are now using this technology as an aid…
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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: September 1991 • 24 Record-Book Bow Bucks: When the September 1991 issue was printed, the 1990 bow season was a record-setter in the…
Many tournament trails are dormant in August, but several trails kept right on fishing. The most impressive tournament results that Georgia anglers would likely be interested in came from the July 31 Media Bass event at Lake Seminole. Drew Benton and Michael Smith weighed in five fish that went 27.41 pounds. “They located a school…
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