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Hunting
We all know that trail cameras are useful tools for monitoring deer movement. A hunter can set them up on scrapes during pre-rut to get an inventory of the bucks using the area, place them on trails going to and from bedding, or maybe a nice pinch-point or funnel. The list goes on and on,…
When’s the rut? That has to be one of the most common questions we get at GON. The short answer is always, “It depends…” For one, the rut varies widely in our state. In southeast Georgia, bucks are chasing does as early as the first of October, while in the mountains or southwest Georgia, deer…
Another Georgia deer season has kicked off, and based on reports from archery hunters, it’s going to be a good one. Lots of quality bucks—many of them still in velvet—were taken the first two weeks of bow season. We are also hearing some promising reports on the acorn crop this year, which is good news…
GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest began with five bucks entered by young hunters during the first week of archery season. The best buck each week wins a LockedOn 360 gun vise, a Rugged Road Outdoors 30-Can Soft Cooler and a Shoot-Out jersey. They also earn a spot in a Youth Shoot-Out for a $3,000 shopping spree…
A 13-foot, 3-inch gator has been reported from Lake Seminole, the largest so far this season. Georgia’s gator season will officially end on Oct. 2, but this one will be hard to top in the remaining days. The hunter? Well, it’s a girl… and one who’s no stranger to taking big alligators. “I went on…
By Ross Sparkman I normally have to work after school, but we were caught up, and I was given the evening off to go hunting. My dad and I were talking about the storm moving in and how the temperatures were going to drop and it would be good hunting weather. I had hung a…
This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the Georgia Trappers Association (GTA)’s 42nd annual Convention in Madison. My kids and I have become pretty involved with the GTA over the last few years, attending their Youth Field Trials and Annual Conventions, and this year did not disappoint. The event was two days of…
As I write this, it is 8:40 p.m. on Sept. 10, the day after the archery opener. I am sitting with my four oldest children during Family Movie Night after a lazy Sunday afternoon. My wife is bathing my newborn daughter, Georgia Anne. She was born five days ago. I am not hiking out of…
Poachers are despicable. When I began hunting in 1965, I thought night riders were the worst. I changed my mind the second day of bow season this year when a man I considered a friend turned into a poacher. Another close friend hunted for 50 or more years as a guest, and when his buddy became…
Nine-year-old Andrew Bruce, of Newborn, didn’t let much of the 2023 Georgia deer season slip by before he downed a nice 8-point buck. Andrew was with his father TJ the evening of opening day of archery season when he shot the buck while hunting with a crossbow. Their property is on the Morgan/Newton County…
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