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“There’s a season for squirrels?” That was the reaction of a young kid when told of the upcoming squirrel season opener on Thursday, Aug. 15. The 2024-2025 squirrel season in Georgia runs from Aug. 15 to Feb. 28 with a daily limit of 12 squirrels per hunter. The simplicity of squirrel hunting and potential for…
I feel compelled to share my testimony of a transformative weekend that unfolded last season in the heart of Troup County with 30-30 Ministries and hosted by Shayne Goddard with the Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes. It was an experience that not only strengthened the bond between a father and his daughter but also illuminated the beauty…
Papa says I have the biggest imagination he’s ever seen and that I see things in the woods that aren’t really there… like big ol’ gnarly bucks, for instance… Now I was wondering if that was true. It was opening day of gun season in October, and I wanted to see a big buck in…
GON’s WMA Special is the only place in the world to look for easy-to-read tables and charts designed to guide Georgia public-land deer hunters for their upcoming seasons. In this year’s WMA Special, we have deer-hunting stats on 100 pieces of public-land dirt. Top quota and non-quota bonus deer hunts from last year are listed…
Deadlines are nearing to participate in a WRD youth hunt. First up is an Aug. 15 deadline to put your kid on a dove field. Of the 13 quota dove hunts that were offered for kids last season, seven of them required no priority points for a spot. Go online to georgiawildlife.com/hunting/quota to see which…
It’s hard to believe we’ve only got about a month to go before hunters will file into prepared dove fields in hopes of collecting a limit of 15 birds for the grill. Thankfully, WRD does a really nice job of providing public fields for hunters to shoot. To the right is the latest list of…
The new hunting season is just around the corner as we print GON’s annual Pay Dove Shoots list. Dial these phone numbers, reserve your spots and shoot straight. Dove hunting will legally begin one-half hour before sunrise on opening day, Saturday, Sept. 7. Some of these shoots may wait until the traditional 12 p.m. start…
Georgia has created two new WMAs in the past year and a significant number of acres have been added to some other lands that offer public hunting. New WMAs One of the most notable additions is the 865-acre Featherfield WMA, which borders Lake Seminole WMA. Featherfield WMA was the previous site of Featherfield Farms, a…
You hunters know what it’s like Cadillacing along secluded dirt roads and fields. Despite the July heat waves even now shimmering across dew-glistening corn and clover, it’s but a matter of time before a whitetail pops up. And off to the right, moseying through a clearcut, there she is, sidling along without a care in…
It’s been right at three years since I bought my first saddle hunting setup and dove into this seemingly crazy style of mobile deer hunting. I spent two years prior to that sitting on the fence watching interest in saddle hunting grow, thinking the same things you’ve likely thought: “That doesn’t look safe. That can’t…
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