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Hunting
Alex Moore had been back in the woods and hunting just a few times after his last radiation treatment, and here he was face to face with his buck of a lifetime. With only seconds to react, he knew he would have to remain focused and go through the process of drawing his bow, anchoring…
A high-dollar hunting club or owning a big tract of managed land isn’t required for some great deer hunting in Georgia. There’s plenty of public land where the management is being done by biologists and wildlife technicians, and a look through the big bucks being entered in this year’s Truck-Buck Contest is proof of that.…
Ben Hatcher, 15, of Albany, made skipping a morning class the morning of Nov. 3 well worth it after he was able to shoot the buck of a lifetime in Worth County. The giant 17-pointer they knew as “Split Brow” grossed 172 inches and is expected to net in the 160s. This was the second…
While Floyd County might only rank No. 107 on GON’s Best Counties For A Big Buck rankings, it just produced a giant 13-pointer with long, matching drop tines that green-scored a total of 175 inches for Bob DeNyse from Texas. The buck is proof that a hunter doesn’t have to be in the best county…
Between the demands of competing at a high level in junior sports and just being a teenager, heading to the deer stand can’t always be the top priority. After a few missed chances when she opted to not go hunting during two seasons of chasing a big buck, Shelby Clark, 15, of Statesboro, was finally…
There are some big-buck contests up north where the winners are determined by how much a rack weighs—no measuring, the capped skull plate and rack are put on a scale. A super-thick Pulaski County 14-point buck killed this weekend would give any North Woods buck a run for the money in that type of contest.…
Wade was beaming with a smile from ear to ear. His wife Anna had just given birth to their next child, his “Junior.” They were raising their daughter, Annie James, to be an outdoors person. She loved to go with her daddy fishing or taking hikes in the woods. Now there are two kids, and…
Just as the first hints of gray light eased into the sky, the sounds of wood ducks calling on the horizon came to my ears. Wing beats came next as they swung around the hole, then the sharp rush of air that comes when ducks begin their descent. Shots rang out, and the familiar and…
The COVID pandemic didn’t stop the annual GONetwork SEEDS Dove Shoot at the Claibourne Darden Farm in Taliaferro County on Saturday, Sept. 5. There may have been masks during social times and a little social distancing during the meal and annual “Introduction of the Hunters” ceremony, but folks still ate well and got to sling…
When a hunter finds himself on the cover of GON with a giant buck, you can bet there’s a good story behind the harvest. Nic Bekkers’ buck on this month’s cover is no exception to the rule. As a matter of fact it was a blunder last year that gave the buck its lasting nickname,…
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