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An errant 8-point buck went on a wild rampage through an Ellenwood Kroger store before five shoppers, who happen to be deer hunters, and the store co-manager tackled the deer and eventually released it back to the wild. At about 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, Rick Burdett, of Stockbridge, was about to exit the…
Never before have so many grown men cried. I’m not the least bit ashamed to admit I was one of them. By the time the networks broke the news that Dale Earnhardt didn’t make it this time, we already knew. The celebration for Michael Waltrip had just begun in Daytona’s Victory Lane, and Mike Rhodes,…
More than 300 people searched the Taliaferro County woods the night of December 27 in a search for a teenaged hunter who became lost in the woods after leaving his deer stand. Ben Davis, 14, of Washington, son of Washington Police Chief Mike Davis, was lost in the woods near Raytown for approximately 16 hours…
On Dec. 30, Buddy Judd, of Macon, was deer hunting in Crawford County. As he still hunted through some planted pines, he heard the distinct sound of a deer stomping its foot. Buddy stopped to scan the woods but was puzzled that he could see nothing despite having a clear view for 50 or 60…
Every year, GON readers send us photos of unusual deer they have killed. Hereʼs a look at some of the odd-ball deer from the 2000 season.
Doug Parker is one of 252 Georgia DNR Law Enforcement officers. Doug is assigned to Cobb County. He has been a conservation ranger for 12 months, after a stint with the Peachtree City Police Department. Doug, 31, who lives in Cobb County with his wife Stacey, has been involved in law enforcement for 10 years.…
The hounds were sounding half-hearted in their attempts at treeing a coon, so Glenn Cauley of Soperton, decided to catch them and move to another location. As his snakeproof boots swished through the underbrush on a hot night in September, Glenn’s mind was a world away from the horror of rattlesnake bite. But only a…
DNR Law Enforcement is trying to unravel the story of Fulton County’s best-scoring non-typical. Was the country-club buck a road-kill or did it get away from a poacher? On Oct. 4, a landowner who lives on Old Alabama road across from the entrance to Country Club of the South awoke up to find a massive…
Editor’s Note: On May 1, 2000 the outdoor world lost a very special friend, Mr. Charlie Elliott of Covington. Mr. Elliott was the author of more than 20 books, served as the southern editor for Outdoor Life magazine, and was the first director of Georgia’s Game & Fish Commission. GON wanted to share with its…
Scott Kuhn, of Locust Grove, never dreamed that driving less than 5 mph across a pasture on a 4-wheeler would turn into a bizarre, life-threatening accident. On Saturday, Sept. 30, Scott, 27, had taken the hide from a deer he had killed Friday to dispose of it at the back of a pasture behind his…
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