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Hunting
By most accounts, there’s been quite a bit of social distancing by means of getting outdoors. Turkey hunters have been busy at it, and based on early reports it was a good opening weekend that followed a good youth weekend. Here are reports from GON’s team of Hunt Advisors across the state. NORTH GEORGIA Cherokee County:…
Get ready archery enthusiasts! A newly renovated archery range at Evans County Public Fishing Area, located near Claxton, has re-opened to the public. It is one of more than 40 archery and shooting ranges currently available on public land in Georgia. The renovation work was extensive and improvements include: New shooting line cover ADA accessible…
By Greg Harvey I found this gobbler to be one of—if not the most challenging—that I have hunted in my 36 years of turkey hunting. He didn’t roost in the same tree, but all of the trees that he roosted in were within a 200-yard-wide circle in a hardwood drain. He didn’t gobble much, but…
It’s official, Miller County has a new whitetail record. Jason Cox, 42, of Colquitt, harvested a massive 10-pointer in December. The rack was recently measured by an official Boone & Crockett scorer and netted 160 1/8 to top the existing record. The long-standing Miller County record was Trey Trawick’s 1994 buck that netted 158 even. Jason…
While the statewide turkey hunting season opens March 21, youth and mobility-impaired hunters utilizing private land have an early chance to harvest a bird during the special opportunity turkey season on March 14-15, 2020, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. This weekend hunt opportunity is available only for youth 16…
It is no secret that I love duck hunting. I love my wife and my two wonderful children, but the love of duck hunting causes a man to do some pretty strange things. When my wife asks me a question, I’ll often answer with a duck call. I threw my shoulder out throwing a decoy…
I looked at my watch, and it said 3:30. It was a Saturday afternoon, and it was time to load up the 4-wheeler, archery gear, video camera and Lone Wolf climber and head to the swamp. I was hunting on some property provided by Trophy Quest Adventures and Millwood Lodge. I would be filming for…
It’s tough to crack the Top-10 list for any of NWTF’s records for Georgia gobblers, so a year with three birds earning that honor is noteworthy. Two southeast Georgia birds made the Top-10 of Georgia’s Best Overall Atypical rankings, including a new No. 4 atypical (multiple bearded) gobbler. Greg Harvey’s Bryan County gobbler had seven…
Sometimes you just have to flip over the sign on the front door to “closed.” Blaine Burley, owner of Woods-N-Water Hunting and Fishing Adventures, and long-time sponsor of GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest, knows the importance of good juggling in the whirlwind of life. For more than a decade during the three-day MLK January weekend, Blaine…
I guess we all would rather call plenty to a bird, to the point of excess, than to keep things to a minimum. I know I would. I love to hear one gobble, and when I’m the reason he is gobbling, I have to watch myself or I will get tangled up in spending more…
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