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Murphy looked on in desperation as the scene unfolded before him with terrifying speed. Wounded, Attila the black bear was in mid-charge, and the targets of his aggression were Charles Lee and his teenage son Charlie. The two bowhunters were lying in a heap at the edge of a pine thicket. No longer the focus…
Hunters reported that opening weekend of bow season was about normal — hot and humid. Most folks GON spoke with still had no blood on their arrows. However, as is always the case, several early season bucks were taken. By Sept. 18, seven Pope & Young-class bucks had been arrowed. In general, soft and hard…
Shane Wilson of Cataula had never been drawn for a gator tag before. Neither had two of the other three hunters who launched two boats from the Camper’s Haven boat ramp on Lake Blackshear Sept. 12. It’s a good thing at least one of the four, Randy Pounds of Butler, had some experience gator hunting,…
A special day brought hosts Dave Willoughby and J.D. Shumpert, volunteers and 15 kids and their dads to a Walton County dove field on Sept. 13. The occasion was the annual David D. Willoughby Memorial SEEDS Dove Shoot, which honors a young man who passed away in 2007 whose passion for the dove field and…
Some 40 years ago when I became interested in shooting bows I only knew a couple of actual bowhunters. As an 8-year-old, wide-eyed kid I recall listening in wonderment to one of them, Bob Conner, as he told stories while sitting around our Jasper County deer camp. One statement about bowhunting the sage, old, tobacco-chewing…
On one knee with his elbow propped on the rock in front of him, Charles Lee’s aim was steady. The big buck had disappeared, fully concealed behind a huge old oak just moments earlier, and Charles Lee was waiting for it to step out on the other side. At his shoulder, Otis Hicks was almost…
More than a mile up the old 4-wheel drive track, Otis stopped walking, propped his fly rod against a tree and reached into the back of his fishing vest for his water bottle. He unscrewed the cap and, taking a moment to catch his breath, peered through gaps in the thick growth below him. From…
Thank goodness they aren’t as big as rabbits! Fire ants, tiny as they are, pack a powerful punch. Since their arrival, they have become a pervasive pest on the landscape of the South, pockmarking the countryside with mounds of dirt packed full of stinging ants. The stinging ants have had a predominantly negative impact on…
These tips from A.J. Niette were published in the June 2008 issue of GON. With fawning season kicking off now, these will get the job done to remove some coyotes at time when researchers say it can make the most significant impact to improve the survival rate of fawns and turkey poults. No. 1: When…
Farmers hate coyotes because of occasional losses of livestock. Homeowners hate coyotes because of occasional losses of pets. Hunters hate coyotes because they prey on game animals, sometimes having a significant impact on the same populations hunters like to prey on. A.J. Niette is one of only a few hunters in Georgia who do not…
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