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Hunting
It’s funny how a simple smell can take you back to a time and place that has been long stored away in the deepest recesses of your mind. One slight trace of some magical odor, and suddenly you are back in that exact place as if it were yesterday. So it was on opening day…
Tyler was frozen, petrified with fear. When his flashlight went out, the darkness of the woods next to Asbury Manor had collapsed over him, surrounding him in impenetrable darkness. He stood, blinded by the night, terrified by the sounds he had heard of something stalking him. A high-grade dose of adrenaline coursed through his veins,…
If this world were void of beagles, I believe Aubrey Holcombe would still be trying to find his purpose in life. His love for hounds and rabbit hunting run as deep as any I’ve ever seen. Beagles and hunting are so important to him that family, friends and even his preacher don’t call him Aubrey.…
My buddy Greg Grimes called me a few years ago. “I’ve got a sweet spot to go duck hunting. Let’s go.” Sure, why not? The alarm clock went off at 2 a.m. After pouring a cup of coffee, we put his Lab in the truck and hauled tail for Calhoun. On the ride up he…
If you are a Georgia duck hunter, hope for snow up north. For southern duck hunters the weather in northern states and the amount of water here are big influences on the quality of hunting. All things being even, what’s the prospect for the 2005-06 season? “On the poor, fair, good, excellent rating scaleв I…
With firearms deer season underway, most people have already set their stands up and are ready to do some serious hunting. Every hunter knows, however, that sometimes the best-looking stand location isn’t quite right. It’s too far from that trail the deer are using, nearby foliage is blocking a shot, or the deer aren’t hitting…
I felt a little guilty when I looked at my truck’s odometer to begin tracking my mileage for a scheduled story out of the office. My assignment was to do an article on the vast amount of WMA squirrel-hunting opportunity that is available in November while so many GON readers have deer hunting on the…
Nick Phillips of Dawsonville was hunting on Dawson Forest WMA on Sunday, September 25 when his 1997 Chevrolet Z-71 pickup truck was severely vandalized. The truck was parked at an area off Ga. Hwy 136, on the Burnt Mountain Tract of Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area (WMA). Nick’s truck was damaged so badly his insurance…
I remember how excited I’d get the Thursday before opening day of gun season. I’d get home from school and my dad was already loading up our 1974 Chevy Blazer. He’d be packing the essentials that were needed for a weekend at deer camp: hunting clothes, orange vests, sleeping bags and about a week’s worth…
Maybe the best thing I ever did to strengthen my deer-hunting knowledge was to buy a pack of beagles. My dive into the rabbit-dog world started three years ago when I bought a pair of beagles. I got access to hunt several hundred acres that was covered with short pines and briars. It may have…
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