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Hunting
Of a morning, stumbling to perform my ablutions, the framed photo is likely the first thing bleary eyes are able to focus upon. Father And Son, it’s entitled. It’s 15×19, shot from the darkness of what appears to be a cave cut through a mountainside. With the camera at their backs, the subjects are a…
The Big Buck Production scores for 2023 have been tallied, and there are no surprises at the top. Worth and Lee counties remain No. 1 and No. 2 for the state of Georgia. Dougherty County moved up to No. 3, swapping spots with Macon County—a swap between those two counties for the No. 3 and…
Along the forest edge, a whitetail buck hesitates beneath the overhanging branches of a pine tree. Then with ease, the buck stretches his head and neck upward toward a particular limb and begins to rub his mouth and forehead upon the limb. Closing its eyelids, he resumes this behavior with the area surrounding this sense…
By Jeana Quirk I patiently waited seven years to draw a gator tag in Georgia. After a year-long debate on which zone to apply for, we decided to proceed with Zone 2 (Lake Seminole). We currently live in Harris County on Lake Harding (Zone 1), which is where “Big Al,” a 12-6 gator, was taken…
By Preston Wall My good friend Brannon Cook invited me to hunt with him in Jackson County on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 24, and of course I went. Brannon and I grew up hearing the stories of our dads hunting together through their younger years all the way up to today, so we have always strived…
“We were all stunned,” Uncle Wiley told Cougar as he continued his story. “We were in shock. J.L. had always kept himself in excellent physical condition, and he was only 62. If we had only known about the blood clot we could have saved him. Jimbo got emergency leave and came home. He and Vickie…
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…
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