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The numbers have been crunched, and the Top-3 counties in Georgia for big-buck production remain the same—Worth, Lee and Dougherty are the best of the best. The No. 4 and 5 counties swapped spots, with Fulton edging past Macon County as the No. 4 ranked county in Georgia for big bucks recorded in the past…
By Zach Cole For someone who has never had the pleasure of filling an alligator tag, much less drawing one, the 2020 alligator season is going to be a hard one for me to beat. I have been applying for gator tags for five or six years now, and this year I wagered it all.…
By Brandon Adams and John Seginak Bam Bam Two doors slammed shut down along the old two-track road, and the two men looked at each other in silence. They both eased over and looked down the ridge toward the road. They could see Harold Smith and Bo Thompson talking by the truck. “Junior, you…
While opening weekend was as humid as Georgia can get, it was dang near chilly at daybreak walking into the GON office on Monday, Sept. 21 as this article was being compiled. As we write this report, it’s just 10 days into the Georgia bow season, but it’s already been eventful. And with all the…
Alright kids, the picture to the right came across my desk the other day, and it was way too weird not to share with you. It’s a trail-camera picture of a doe that appears to have swollen cheeks. To me, she looks like she has huge wads of bubblegum in both sides of her mouth.…
The story of Roman began last season when I purchased a property in Baker County. He showed up on my first camera run. His large “Roman” nose feature immediately earned him the name. Last year I estimated that he was at least 5 1/2 years old and approximately 140 inches as an 8-pointer. All season…
Greg Gaston had a close encounter with a nice buck recently, although it wasn’t the sort of encounter he was hoping for this deer season. Greg and two friends had to break up two Jefferson County bucks locked together while fighting on the afternoon of Sept. 21. By the time they discovered the bucks, one…
It was the night before the opener, and I had just arrived at Matt Lowe’s property in Baker County. Matt and I have been best friends and hunting partners since we were 12 years old. This tract of land is part of the newly assembled Caney Creek Co-op. We sat sat around the cabin that…
A deer in Walton County with hugely swollen cheeks has a chipmunk-like syndrome, according to R.G. Baker, long-time subscriber to GON. “I saw a deer in my back yard that looked as if it were a chipmunk with stuffed cheeks,” said R.G. “The first time I saw it I thought it was an optical illusion,…
Editor’s Note: The Washington County record buck killed by Jason Luttrull in 1999 was stolen from the Washington County Fair on Oct. 14, 2004. GON spoke with Jason’s best friend Chris Kevern on Sept. 2, 2020, and he confirmed that the deer is still missing. If you have information on the buck’s whereabouts, please call…
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