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By Alex Barfield I love to hunt and the challenge of patterning a big mature buck, but the most memorable experience I have when it comes to hunting is getting the experience the look of pure joy and excitement on my sister’s face the day she killed her biggest buck ever. The chase started for…
Misty fog swirls, cool, damp and silent, among the hardwoods, vying to keep the sun at bay in the first hour of opening morning. Here and there come splotches and diagonal beams of brilliance as darkness loses out to the dawn. You know. As a whitetail hunter, you’ve been there. And you just know. The…
Elections, they say, matter. Many of you who have been following this editorial for years know that I am a bit of a political wonk. There are a number of elections approaching that will impact sportsmen and things that either interest us or impact us. The House Leadership Several times in recent months, I have…
The Hall of Shame column 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 Lumpkin County: On Jan. 5, 2015, at approximately 11:20 a.m., a DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officer was checking for activity…
QDM Not Hitting On Much Dear GON, Surely, I’m not the only one who notices things like this. I’ve never been a big believer in QDM, and at the same time, I don’t ascribe to shooting any buck that comes along. Trophies are like beauty, in the eye of the beholder. Having said that, Dooly…
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 a look back at what appeared in GON. 20 Years Ago: November 1995 “610-lb. Screven Co. HOG!: It’s 10 o’clock at night in a Screven County peanut field, and the…
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