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Hunting
Not every hunter is afforded the opportunity of thousands of acres of land to hunt. The rest of us have to do our best with what we have access to. Fortunately, this does not necessarily mean that we will have any less success than someone with more land. With hard work, patience and a little…
Even though several big bears have been killed, WRD reports a slower-than-normal archery bear season. “Our harvest record indicates that we only have 33 bear records that have come into the office thus far, and that’s low,” said Scott Frazier, a WRD wildlife biologist in Gainesville. “Typically, we’ll tag over 100 bears during archery season,…
Deer season kicks into high gear at daylight this Saturday morning, Oct. 15, as kids, disabled hunters and those who use primitive muzzleloading rifles take to the woods. Until now, only archery season has been open for Georgia deer hunters. Georgia deer hunting from Saturday, Oct. 15 through Friday, Oct. 21 is called the Special Opportunity…
GON has now been around for almost 30 years, and a unique project started when the magazine first began was collecting, measuring and compiling a massive database of certified scores for Georgia bucks. Using this database, we developed a formula that provides an annual look at which Georgia counties are best at producing big bucks.…
In today’s shooting world, we have an overwhelming choice of guns, ammunition and accessories that are “best,” right? Maybe so, but maybe not. When hunting birds, I like to keep my average of shell-to-bird ratio the best that I can. If I bag a limit of ducks, but it takes me a whole box of shells to…
Over the years, I’ve probably read more articles on hunting the rut than any other type of article. Heck, I’ve even written three or four. In almost every one of those articles, it talks about positioning yourself in a stand location where you can see a long way and cover the most ground. I have to tell you,…
Georgia’s special quota gator season runs through Oct. 3. To submit a gator photo to GON, please e-mail to [email protected]. Please include hunter’s name, age, hometown, the name of the water body where the kill took place and date. To submit a gator hunt story and photo for Hunter’s Journal, please mail or e-mail to the…
Each opening day of dove season for the past decade, Claibourne Darden and his wife Anita, have opened their Taliaferro County farm to the GON family for an opening day shoot, with proceeds going to the work done by our non-profit, GONetwork and its SEEDS program for kids. This year’s Darden Dove Shoot may have…
As the 2016-2017 deer season is rapidly approaching, the excitement builds as I gear up for this season. However, even in my excitement, I have some concerns. In the past few years, the number of wheelchair hunters has declined on many of the public hunts. We just don’t have the turnout like we once had.…
Like a villain in the night, the stalker drew closer. “IT” was hungry, and the heavy cloud cover provided perfect concealment, blocking the full moon from shining through to the dark creek bottom. With the exception of the sound of the creek’s steady flow, the bottom was deafly quiet. The Phantom approached the waist-sized bay…
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