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Hunting
The Crawford County crossbow buck that was a huge hit on GON.com and social media back during mid September has finally been scored at 160 6/8 net inches, giving it the status as the No. 2 Georgia crossbow buck of all time. Killed by James Roberts on Sept. 18, this buck will always be remembered…
Pro bono work… What does that mean to a business? Most people just see it as doing something for nothing. I guess if you’re looking at the small picture you would be right. However, I try to see the big picture whenever I can, and doing something for nothing is just a piece of the…
By Brandon Adams and John Seginak The poacher was in jail again, and this time he wasn’t getting out anytime soon. With their new found knowledge, Buttermilk and Junior decided to give it one last chance. Both men agreed to leave the moonshine still alone and let the area rest. Besides, with all of the…
When Easton Withrow walked into Adventure Outdoors in Smyrna on Nov. 11, he went straight to the guns and ammo. He knew what he wanted, and a few hours later, he was back at his Cleveland home shooting a brand-new .308 Kimber Mountian Ascent rifle topped with a Vortex scope. The new piece of artillery…
It was a dark, cold 30-degree December morning as we were motored across St. Catherines Sound looking for the small red blinking light on a channel marker. We were headed to the ocean side of St. Catherines Island in the predawn black, the taste and scent of the salt hitting our faces. The ride wasn’t…
Gary called Randy and said, “I can bring my boat, and we can make it out to Ossabaw on Wednesday and get camp set up. Warren is going to ride with me.” Randy responded, “This is our 15th trip to the island in 30 years. I really look forward to this every time we are…
It all started when the Taylor County buck showed up on camera. Zach Getskow got one look and knew his season was about to be spent chasing one deer. But hunting is hunting; things don’t always work out as planned. “I got a deer that did this to me,” Zach said from his bed at…
One hunter comes out of the woods reporting that it’s dead as a hammer, and a guy down the road can’t see straight after witnessing all the rut-chasing mayhem around his stand. Such is hunting during the Georgia rut. This year the chasing activity may have been more sporadic than usual because of unseasonably warm…
A 16-year-old young man couldn’t believe his eyes when a 19-pointer walked into his Monroe County food plot on the afternoon of Nov. 19. Although Addison Wallace and his dad Tim, of Blackshear, had been hunting this property for four years and had been running trail cameras since June, they had no clue this 188…
David Handley, of Macon, had quite the surprise while checking out his Bibb County lock-on stand on Sept. 11, the afternoon before bow season. He discovered deer bones and the rack of a giant buck that appeared to have been dead for a while, likely since the buck had a rack at the end of…
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