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Hunting
The alarm sounded at 2 a.m., and it was briefly a bit aggravating. Then I remembered the reason I had set it for such an early hour. We were going turkey hunting, but we needed to leave earlier than normal to drive the 2 1/2 hours to a place we had never hunted. My good…
Two decades have passed since poult counts began to shift downward and hunters begin to cry about worsening conditions in the turkey woods. Southeastern biologists, researchers and hunters have come to the same table to discuss the issue, and we now find ourselves on the cliff of what could be pretty drastic changes to Georgia’s…
By John Henry Spann My family and I have been lucky enough to carve out a little piece on nature and tranquility in the north Atlanta suburbs. Growing up in Americus, the hustle and bustle of Atlanta and the seemingly endless suburban sprawl were a difficult adjustment for me. After attempting the cul-de-sac life for…
“Why did we have to get up so early, Uncle Eli,” the boy said, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. “We have to get ahead of the turkeys,” Uncle Eli said. “Turkeys have to get up very early in the morning and go to work, and we have to get ahead of them before they…
By Jason Dunn So there I was….. All good southern stories should start with the phrase “So there I was.” I began teaching my daughter that when she was in preschool. She never conformed to my teaching and much more preferred starting her stories with “It all started when I woke up,” yet those are…
By Tony Peters I’m writing this on Feb. 1, 2021, one of the saddest days that will come during this year. It’s the day after duck season has ended and the first day of the long 305-day countdown until a new season begins. When I went outside this morning at daylight to retrieve a few…
Preparing for opening day of rifle season in my household is very serious business. I spend practically all of the off season putting together the best equipment for the hunting ahead. A lightweight and comfortable Summit climber, Mossy Oak from head to toe, a fresh bottle of Tink’s 69—and of course my Air Venturi carbon…
In an effort to help hunters with their predator problems, GON will release its first-ever “Trappers For Hire” list in the May issue to go along with its annual Coyote Cull contest. GON is specifically looking for trappers who would like to be hired by landowners and hunting clubs. This idea is the brainchild of…
We’re starting to wonder how much better Georgia deer hunting can get. For the 2020-21 season, 356 of our 1447 respondents, or 24.6%, rated their seasons as excellent, the best excellent rating in at least 20 years. Only 10.1% said they had “poor” seasons. That’s the lowest percentage of folks with a poor rating in…
I started deer hunting when my family moved to Macon in 1970. The man who owned the company my father worked for leased 750 acres in Jones County. He allowed a club there, which was mostly employees, their families and a few customers. Jones County is just outside of Macon and close to the middle…
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