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Hunting
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…
By James K. Pressley A well-thought-out and properly planned rabbit hunt is a thing of beauty. It has several major parts, and they must all be taken seriously. If you slack off or miss one of these, the hunt will suffer and your standing in the group will drop. The Group: You need a solid…
Trophy bucks have a way of evoking every emotion possible from a hunter. Grown men have been known to dedicate every waking hour to the pursuit of a particular trophy buck. Trophy bucks have made grown men cry. In a span of about eight hours, deer hunter Bill Willis, of Lenox, underwent a roller coaster…
By Kristen Morales Deer populations in the north Georgia mountains have dropped by almost two-thirds over the past few decades, according to new research by the University of Georgia. This decline has also led to a precipitous drop in deer hunting—68% fewer hunters head into the woods now compared with statistics gathered in 1979. And…
By Deborah Wallace Having accomplished our Grand Slam for turkeys in the United States, my husband Paul and I went to Mexico to pursue the World Slam by hunting the Gould’s turkey. We arrived in Hermosillo, Sonora where we spent the night. We were picked up the following morning by our guide, Nigel, for a…
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