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Some counties or parts of counties in extreme southwest Georgia could see a change to the start and end to their deer seasons by the 2023 season. Research and input from hunters have shown a significant number of does in those areas having a later conception date than does in other parts of the state.…
The declining turkey population in the southeastern United States made front page news after almost 20 years of data collection and scientific research backing the claim. If you spend any time at all looking into possible causes, you’ll find a hundred different theories. The most common to blame being predation, habitat loss, increased use of…
Tim Wood lives in Hendersonville, N.C., but Warren County Georgia will always be home to him. During deer season, he tries to return to the family home at least once or twice a month to hunt. When he saw the biggest buck that he has ever seen on the 100-acre property on opening weekend, he…
Cameron Johnson missed most of the Georgia deer season because he was out of the state. When he finally got home and got to hunt, the only thing on his mind was getting a doe and putting some meat in the freezer. Luckily for Cameron, his plan didn’t work out. “I was in Montana for…
By John Henry Spann I wanted to take a moment and sing the praises of the Georgia Trappers Association (GTA) and the Youth Competition they put on this year. I was fortunate enough to run into representatives of the GTA at the GON 2021 Outdoor Blast last year and learned that they sponsored an annual…
It had been 23 years since I stepped foot on Redlands WMA in pursuit of critters. A return trip was certainly overdue, and Saturday, Jan. 15 was the perfect opportunity to take a trip down memory lane. The occasion was the 2nd Annual Squirrel Master Classic with a great group of folks who run a…
Your last chance to apply for WMA general and youth turkey hunts is Feb. 15. The charts on pages 48-49 and 51 show a list of some of the WMAs that offered turkey hunting during the spring of 2021, along with each WMA’s gobbler harvest and hunter numbers. Five existing WMAs have added quota turkey…
After three seasons where we saw an increasing number of deer hunters rating their seasons as “excellent,” the string has been broken. The last of that improving run of excellent deer seasons came during the 2020-21 hunting season when 24.6% of hunters reported excellent seasons. The break came when 21.4% of GON readers said their…
We go back more than 30 years now, even before the first year he obtained an alligator trapping license, 1989. When I think about him, the word “legend” comes to mind. But every single definition of legend I’ve found includes either “famous” or “fame.” But he never cared for being famous; he simply wanted to…
Nick Utley, of Atlanta, scored an extra Christmas present—a Pope & Young buck—while visiting his parents in his hometown of Tifton on Christmas Day. For about two years, Nick watched a deer he called “The Pope.” “We named this deer ‘The Pope’ because his rack is shaped like the hat/crown that a Pope wears on…
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