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Part Two of Two, A Hunting Fiction Series Neither said anything as they stomped through the high blackberries that grew all around and underneath this isolated dinosaur—the tower loomed high and old and brown. Joseph’s legs were mostly protected by his camouflage jeans, but several needles still made it through, hanging there to irritate his…
The sun had been up for over an hour. Heavy dew was still dripping from the tin roof of the box blind 8 feet above the ground situated strategically on the higher ground in the corner of the food plot. The shadows had all been erased when G-Daddy nudged Cooper to quietly wake him from…
While deer hunters rarely agree on much, few would argue that something magical occurs when a buck reaches at least 4 1/2 years of age. Sure, their bodies and antlers are typically larger than previous years, but I’m referring to the behavioral changes which make them significantly more difficult to harvest. Some hunters believe bucks…
By Brandon Adams and John Seginak 1933 “Good gracious, Buttermilk, there’s more huge buck rubs down thar than Jimmie Rogers and the Carter family have hit records!” “Come on now Junior, there ain’t hardly a deer track left in these mountains, boy.” “Well, by goodness, there’s at least one, and he must be a monster…
By Jay Jay Strickland This story actually began in early 2018 when I took Lillie Anna Lyons, aka Lillie Sue, on a deer hunt on the last week of deer season in January 2018. Lillie Sue wanted to kill a buck, but the rut was already over. I had a deer stand with lots of sign…
There’s some good hunting on lands that surround some of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reservoirs, but permits are often required and there are various requirements regarding access and special regulations at different projects. On Lake Allatoona, hunting permit and fees have been canceled for the 2020-21 season, citing COVID-19. However, the 10…
If a bowhunter wants to put some venison in the freezer early—and who doesn’t in light of what happened last spring in grocery stores—or wants to take advantage of that early window to get on a mature buck, here’s your statewide scouting report. GON’s team of Hunt Advisors are back, and as always, their info…
The 2020 Georgia alligator season is off to a good start, with reports of some huge gators already taken since hunting began Friday evening, Aug. 14 at sunset. GON will have full recaps and highlights of the season next month. One of the more interesting stories so far comes from Lake Seminole, where the Kilgore…
If the cost of a private dove field isn’t in your wallet this September, Georgia WRD does a good job in offering folks some public field opportunities. Thanks to Greg Balkcom with WRD, we’re able to provide readers with this list of public shoots, the crops that have been planted, the acreage of the field,…
Part One of Two, A Hunting Fiction Series The travel trailers were arranged in a nearly perfect circle that reminded Eugene of the covered wagons of the wild west. He leaned back in his folding chair watching his son try to build a fire. “Need any help?” Eugene asked. “I got it,” Joseph replied. Between…
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