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A giant bear has been killed in Rabun County! In fact, had the north Georgia bear been weighed prior to field-dressing, it would have been knocking on the door of becoming a new state-record bear. Brent Baker, of Clarkesville, was interested in shooting a deer on some private property in Rabun County during the weekend…
Mark Fletcher, of Palmetto, tagged a monster gator from Georgia’s side of Lake Eufaula in the early hours of Monday morning, Sept. 21. Mark and fellow hunters knew there was a big gator in a specific area after a 12-footer was caught nearby that had a relatively fresh 10-inch bite mark on its tail. “We…
Whitetails Unlimited, one of the nation’s top conservation organizations dedicated to white-tailed deer, is excited about the opportunity to establish roots in Georgia. Founded in 1982, the Whitetails Unlimited (WTU) kick-off for Peach State hunters will be in Canton on Thursday, Nov. 12. “We are already growing tremendously in the Southeast and have plenty of…
One group of hunting club members near the Gilmer and Murray County line are heartbroken after hearing of a well-known buck from the area being struck by a car. Timmy Lowe, a Murray County deputy, responded to a call Aug. 27 involving a car that had hit a monster buck. Just west of the Gilmer…
Crazy things can happen when you’re hunting, but when they happen twice, in the same location, exactly one year apart, it goes beyond crazy. On the opening day of the 2014 dove season, R.L. Wingo, of Loganville, was hunting in Walton County. “It was early afternoon, and there had not been a whole lot of…
I started bowhunting in 2009, and over the past few years I have gradually hunted more and more with my bow instead of my rifle. I ended up killing a young doe for my first bow-kill and missed another doe, but I really began to enjoy the challenge and the extra skill it took as…
“Even if we don’t get us a big ol’ he-buck today, it won’t be a total wash-out because we’ve got plenty of time to chow-down at Jake’s,” Coach Smart told us as we rolled northward through the predawn darkness. Jake’s was a legendary diner on the main drag in Dahlonega that always catered to deer…
I got a call late one night in November from a client saying he just saw a picture of a giant bow-kill from Fulton County. I followed up and was fortunate enough to meet Lee Ellis, a first generation, self-taught archery hunter who takes chasing big deer seriously. In 10 years as a professional deer…
Two giant alligators, both measuring more than 12 feet long, were taken at Lake Seminole during opening weekend of Georgia’s limited, quota-only alligator hunting season. Frank Timmons, of Columbus, and his friend Greg Kolb, from Missouri, snagged one of the 12-plus-foot gators. On Friday, Aug. 14, the two met up at the Wingate’s Lodge on…
Most of us were taught growing up that practice makes perfect. For most things in life, this is pretty sound advice, but when it comes to bowhunting, not all practice is equal. There was a time, not too long ago, when archery practice consisted of a couple of square bales of straw and a paper…
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