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Hunting
If it weren’t for bowhunters killing some amazing bucks, last deer season in Georgia would have gone down as the worst season for big bucks since GON began compiling scores and data three decades ago. Eleven archery bucks made the prestigious Fab 40, which is GON’s annual presentation of our state’s best bucks from last…
I’m thankful for Charlie Killmaster, head deer guru for WRD, and all the Game Management region biologists and supervisors who keep up with WMA check-in and sign-in data. Without those numbers, which are also used to gather important information to help manage WMA deer herds, hunters would be left in the dark about which WMAs…
By Martin W. Duke and Renee Nolan Once loaded up, I headed into the wind, making my way south and east. After 600 yards or so, I found a shadowed calling site with an excellent west, crosswind, and downwind view. Mostly, the cow-less pasture was cleanly open, except for the small, hardwood growth areas from…
The clock on the dash read 12:33 a.m. He took a sip of his cold coffee, and it was just about as cold as the feeling he had about coming back to the old farm. He swore he’d never come home, but 10 years later, he was just 30 miles from his old family farm…
Prior to the 2017 Georgia deer season, David Herrington, of Cordele, had two unfulfilled deer hunting goals. One was to take a big non-typical whitetail, and the second was to place a deer in the record book. Remarkably, he accomplished both of those objectives last season, but not in the way he had planned. A…
Getting outdoors has serious benefits for all of us, but hunting is truly something special. Hiking, camping, kayaking, etc. are rewarding activities, but all share one downfall, they are merely passive observation of nature. Hunting is a unique activity that allows us to be active participants in the natural world and the cycle of life.…
When Eli Wiggins was 7 years old, nearly the same size as the gun he held in his hand, he downed his first 8-point buck. A few months later, he caught a 4-lb. largemouth bass. His dad, James Wiggins, says what his son has is not natural. “He’s got a gift like none I’ve ever…
Yep, sure is hot. August is always a scorcher. But, how much do you love hunting? Aug. 15 is the opening day of WMA squirrel season, and wild hogs are also legal to take. I consider this to be the easiest time to fill my freezer with wild pork or bag a trophy boar. In…
Despite the seriousness and spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in some parts of the country, there remains another fatal deer disease that continues to wallop whitetails at least to some degree almost every late summer and early fall. This other disease primarily affects deer in the South, where whitetails develop some immunity to it,…
It was late January, 2016 as I stepped out of my truck and unloaded my Artic Cat 4-wheeler to head deep into the Wilkinson County river swamp in hopes of stalking a hog since deer season was out. I was given permission to hunt this piece of property that had just changed hands in a…
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