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Science Of Bowhunting Opening Day Success

“Let’s hunt ‘Crabdaddy’ on opening morning,” said Charles, owner of a tract of Morgan County land I hunt often. This was the name he had bestowed on a 150-class buck with forked G-2s and a distinct crab claw on his right main beam. Charles had taken dozens of game camera photos of this buck in…

The 2019 Fab 40 Georgia Bucks

An average season for giant bucks in Georgia is pretty awesome, especially when compared to other Southern states. The Fab 40, GON’s annual compilation of Georgia’s best bucks from the previous season, includes only those measured by certified scorers. The Fab 40 provides a great way to compare our deer seasons. The chart on page…

Refuge Hunts Offer Great Options For Georgia Hunters

There’s some very good public deer hunting—and hunting for other game animals—available on National Wildlife Refuge property in Georgia. Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge is 34,000 acres of excellent woods in Jones and Jasper counties. Here are the 2020 season deer hunts scheduled for Piedmont NWR: Archery: Sept. 12 – Oct. 4; either-sex, no quota, refuge…

Second Half Of The Field Competing In GON’s Kids Shoot-Out

The annual GON Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out will take place on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Infinite Energy Center in Gwinnett County as part of the Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast. Here’s the second half of the field of those who will be shooting for a chance to win a $3,000 shopping spree at Adventure Outdoors and…

GON’s Pay Dove Shoots List

Georgia’s dove season kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 5 at 12 noon. It will run the entire month of September before taking a break and closing until the Saturday before Thanksgiving. If you’re looking for a private dove field, a number of options are on these two pages. You’ll see a variety of dates, amenities…

WMA Deer Hunting Special

Here in this article we have also created special charts from all the individual WMA hunt results, so you can get a good idea of how things fared last year as you make plans for this year’s WMA hunting season. We looked at and crunched lots of numbers to help make those decisions easier. WMA…

The 180 Club

It’s an exclusive club in the Deep South, and only nine Georgia hunters can claim to be a member. In order to qualify, you have to have killed a buck scoring a minimum of 180 net typical inches or higher. Five of the Peach State’s 180-inch-plus bucks were taken in the 1950s and ’60s, and…

Special Rum Creek WMA Hunt As Youth Gets Two Gobblers

My son Kasen Gurr, 14, of Danville, was selected for the Rum Creek WMA first youth quota hunt of the 2020 turkey season. I haven’t hunted turkeys much, so we had a family friend Craig Pearce ride up to do the calling for us. While standing there awaiting sunrise, we shared hunting memories of a…

2020-2021 Quick Guide To Georgia Hunting Season Dates

Once gun hunting opens this deer season, make sure to double check the regulations before you decide to pull the trigger on an antlerless deer and put some meat in the freezer. Click Here For 2021-2022 Georgia Hunting Season Dates For much of the state there are certain dates that are buck-only, and then there…

First Half Of The Field Competing In GON’s Kids Shoot-Out

With the shift in dates for the Outdoor Blast, the annual GON Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out will now take place on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Infinite Energy Center in Gwinnett County. Here’s the first half of the field of those who will be shooting for a chance to win a $3,000 shopping spree at…

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