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Hunting
The big Cedar Creek WMA gobbler had covered a lot of ground and was now getting dangerously close to decapitation. I had pulled the bird from the creek bottom below and over a high ridge opposite my setup. I guess he had probably covered several hundred yards when he finally appeared, walking steadily down the…
The two jakes stepped into the food plot at a fast walk, one behind the other. They were desperately searching for the “hen” they thought was there. I was positive neither of these jakes were responsible for the thunderous gobble just seconds before their arrival. I whispered to Luke, “Get ready,” because the big bird…
Every once in a while I find myself tangling with a bird that is seemingly reluctant to leave me but does it anyway. I’m not talking about the ones that give a few courtesy gobbles as they vanish with a harem of hens into parts unknown. I’m talking about a bird that is genuinely sincere…
If I had to pick a month to go hog hunting, it would be January. The cold weather makes it conducive to long walks in the woods. On several occasions in recent years, I’ve marked the truck on my GPS and struck out for new territories in search of a WMA hog. Quite a few…
Mr. Jesse appeared disoriented when Paul and Hannah arrived. “We heard the shot, Mr. Jesse. Are you OK?” Paul asked. Mr. Jesse stared down the hill gazing at the wall of thickness that made up one side of the beaverswamp. “It was the boy,” Mr. Jesse said. No hindsight ip unit displayed. Just down the…
Back-to-back Booners? We won’t know until they’re officially measured, but we’re confident Brooks County, way down on the Florida line, produced two record-book-class bucks — an 11-pointer killed Nov. 10 and a 10-pointer on Nov. 11. We are also running down rumors of a couple of other bucks that reportedly are Boone & Crockett class, but…
It’s 2 a.m. on a bone-chilling November morning, and the only sounds are the haunting cries of a lone hoot owl. A light breeze begins to whisper, spurring the swaying and crackling of frost-bitten Georgia pines. Throughout the state, most sensible individuals are fast asleep, but a rugged group of Georgia outdoorsmen are wide awake…
Middle Georgia’s first bear hunt in recent times was held on Nov. 12, 2011 in Bibb, Twiggs and Houston counties, and this bear hunt marks a significant success story for Georgia wildlife recovery efforts. Hunting by early pioneers nearly wiped out the bears in central Georgia. But the legally protected population very slowly grew in…
Authorities still don’t know who on the morning of Oct. 22 pulled the trigger on a rifle and sent a bullet through the chest and into the bicep of a Chatsworth hunter. What is certain is William Perry Hudson, 41, is lucky to be alive. According to the victim, who goes by Perry, at 8:45…
The base of the burn barrel had heated to a muted orange glow by the time conversation rambled through college football into the existence of black panthers. Finally, a younger hunter in the group broached the subject all of us had in the backs of our minds. “Where y’all hunting in the morning?” he asked,…
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