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Hunting
I have recently experienced a curious phenomenon. Since I have retired, my wife is getting more and more supportive of my outdoor sports activities. With each passing week, she encourages me to go fishing, hunting, camping, etc. at every opportunity. I thought maybe it was just my imagination, so, just testing, I said one day,…
Lee Ellis is no stranger to big deer, so when he got a trail-cam pic in 2012 of a 3-year-old buck that would easily clear 145, he got excited. Even then, the deer had tremendous brow tines, and thus the name Charlie Brows—a take-off of Charlie Brown—was given to this buck. Little did Lee know…
September — The Transition Eighteen-year-old Tyler James climbed the 12-foot wooden ladder stand that was positioned between the open hardwoods and the 20-year-old pines. It was opening day of bow season. Tyler anxiously watched and waited for a deer to make its way through the cut fence that he’d created back in July. All intentions…
The Georgia Hunting and Fishing Federation (GHFF) held its sixth-annual benefit hunt Aug. 5-6 at the United Fox Pen in Swainsboro. Over the past three years, this hunt has grown tremendously. This year the GHFF hosted its largest hunt yet, with 180 dogs. Without Ronnie McMillan, pen owner, and his two assistants, Larry Bundrum and…
Henderson Wright, of Dalton, had the hunt of his life last September while hunting in Clinch County. Henderson had been trying for five years to draw a alligator tag in Zone 6. Once he got a tag, it was time to set up his rig to catch one of these gators. He opted for a heavy duty…
Most Georgia hunters are familiar with the 1 million acres of public land hunting available on the state’s Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs). But did you know there are also hundreds of thousands of acres of public hunting available on the many properties owned by the federal government in Georgia? These federal lands also offer good…
Historically, State Plantation Land and Cattle Company covered well over 2,000 acres of open pine lands in western Dougherty County. Known today merely as State Plantation, the total acreage includes approximately 60 percent of the original land area. Over time, a gradual shift in emphasis toward timber management resulted in many of the larger open…
As I closed the distance between myself and a giant south Georgia bullfrog, I couldn’t help but grin. Thanks to my kayak’s super-quiet approach, the frog had no idea of his soon-to-be fate. My head lamp that illuminated him wasn’t even needed due to a full moon that only the good Lord could make shine…
With the Sept. 1 WMA quota-hunt deadline weeks away, it’s GON’s duty to get its subscribers ready for which public-land hunts best suit their needs. Last season’s WMA hunt stats are on pages 47-53. For each WMA, we list overall hunter, harvest and success data, along with that same information for particular hunts. These pages…
Georgia is due… this could be the year for a magical season. Calm down UGA football fans. We’re talking about the potential for a stellar Georgia deer season that produces lots of big, high-scoring bucks. So why the optimism? Here’s the theory. This could be an exceptional season for big Georgia bucks because we’ve had…
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