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Jesse Payne, a 33-year U.S. Forest Service employee and veteran deer hunter, couldn’t believe what had just happened. Jesse had climbed almost to the top of Slaughter Mountain and had just shot at and missed the biggest buck he had ever seen. Jesse was slowly making his way to the top of the mountain when…
A new No. 2 buck has officially been registered for Laurens County, a giant, clean 10-pointer taken by Stevie Drew, of Cadwell, on Nov. 14, 2020. The deer grossed 168 5/8 inches and netted down less than 3 inches to 165 7/8. “I thought I had missed the deer, he didn’t flinch or anything but…
By Justin Kennedy Anyone who has had any relationship with me in my life knows of my love and passion for hunting ducks. I have been obsessed with the outdoors since I was old enough to understand what they were, but duck hunting held a special place in my heart. Names like Montana, Farve, Manning…
Everyone knew the amazing 18-point Worth County buck killed by Colby Johnson was going to score great, and when the inches were tallied it did not disappoint. Official Boone & Crockett measurer Bill Cooper scored the buck after the required 60-day drying period and came up with a net of 195 3/8 non-typical. The minimum…
In 1999, GON editor Brad Bailey joined legendary alligator man Jack Douglas on the Georgia coast as Jack went after some big nuisance gators spotted near a swimming beach and in a residential area where an alligator got after a family’s dog. The segment from GON-TV also included an interview with the late Jim Simmons,…
By Chad Law I have three years worth of pictures of this buck. His jump from 4.5 to 5.5 years old was amazing! He made a small plot with a trough feeder in it his home and was very visible. He made the 1/2-acre plot his core and would not leave. My wife and I…
As bucks from this past Georgia deer season are measured by official scorers, the Georgia Deer Records are seeing quite a few noteworthy new listings, including a new all-time bowhunting record buck from Twiggs County. Jody Chance, of Danville, arrowed a monster 9-point buck—a main-frame 8-pointer with a 2 3/8-inch sticker—that tallied 160 6/8 total…
It’s that time of the year when some official scorers are getting their hands on and measuring tapes around some of the season’s best bucks, and one of those bucks just measured came out even better than expected. Usually estimated scores seem to be inflated, but in the case of Logan Crosson’s giant 12-point buck…
In my travels of north Georgia a couple years ago, I ran into an older gentleman at a wild-game processing plant. His name is Bob Watkins, and when I asked him who loaded up the big buck he had killed a few hours earlier, he looked up and motioned for me to follow him. We…
Daylight, 35 degrees and a big sow was well within rifle range. It was an exciting start to the Cumberland Island youth deer and hog hunt on Dec. 19, 2020. It had probably been a decade or better since I’d spent a few days on a Georgia barrier island looking for deer and hogs. In…
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