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The next morning, after finding his dad’s old stand in the woods, Mike’s alarm went off as the sun was just starting to peek through the trees. Mike was convinced that his dad had come to him. He couldn’t explain how that was even possible, but he knew what his father wanted him in the…
On Nov. 8, Mike Worley killed a 178-inch buck in Monroe County on a 700-acre family lease. What makes his story really interesting is that Mike says he owes the success of taking such a big deer to a new trail camera he purchased this year. “Me, my brother and my uncle have had this…
Joby Mattox has been at the rabbit hunting game with his pack of hounds for more than three decades. Along the way, he’s gotten pretty darn good at it. With thousands of hunts under his belt and hundreds of field trial competitions to his credit, it’s safe to say he knows a thing or two…
Members of our Hunt Advisor team saw a wide range of rutting activity, from “best rut ever,” to sporadic and spread out action, to non-existent chasing during the daylight. Whether hunters see the action or not, one thing’s for sure—there’s a rut every season, and bucks are going to get with does. In addition to…
On Nov. 23, Jami Biles, of Williamson, killed a Pike County deer that has a gross score of 167 inches. Located on private land, Jami decided to go hunting in her usual spot. She arrived on the land at 4:30 p.m. It was cold, windy and raining at the time. “I was just sitting there…
Killing a 150-inch buck from Wheeler County wasn’t really what John Clark, of Alamo, was expecting in the mid-morning hours of Oct. 28. “This buck was on no camera, hadn’t been seen or anything. He was nowhere,” said John. John shot the buck from a brand-new ground blind that had only been purchased two days…
I would like to ask for a few minutes of your time, especially any hunters. I want to tell the story of an accident, about what happened that turned a family hunting trip into a nightmare in the blink of an eye. This trip was planned for my dad Eddie Gordon, my son Adam Luke and myself. Some…
On Nov. 18, Aaron Storey, of Cook County, killed a non-typical 13-point buck that grossed in the low 180s. Aaron had been on the hunt for this particular deer since September, which is when he got his first trail-camera picture of him. Aaron would go all of bow season and the first month of gun season…
Lake Russell WMA in northeast Georgia produced some big bucks over their annual Thanksgiving buck-only hunt. Both bucks were taken by GON subscriber and are entered in Truck-Buck, and both will end up near the top—if not in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions—on Lake Russell WMA’s official rankings. GON for years has been compiling…
Rob Williams, of Warner Robins, found a rifle in the woods on Redlands WMA on Friday, Nov. 2, and he wants to return it the the owner. “I was walking in the woods, and it was just leaning up against a tree,” said Rob. “It was about 50 feet off a road, right there at…
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