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Cedar Creek Buck Confiscated, Hunter Bought License After Kill

UPDATED Oct. 10, 6 p.m. The 154-inch Cedar Creek WMA buck that was reportedly killed on Saturday, Sept. 22 by Alan Rudolph, of Eatonton, was confiscated earlier today after a joint agency investigation between Georgia DNR Law Enforcement and the U.S. Forest Service on charges of hunting without a license. Rudolph told GON in a story…

Smoke Yourself For Deer Cover Scent

Most whitetail hunters recognize that the single greatest obstacle in whitetail hunting is fooling a deer’s nose.  Like many, I rely heavily on the wind direction and well-planned entry and exit routes to try and not spook deer. However, this is not foolproof. The terrain in Georgia is highly conducive to swirling wind, and deer…

Georgia Counties Ranked For Big Bucks 2018

How does Fulton County produce two Fab 40 bucks last season, yet still see one of the sharpest drops in big-buck production of any county in the state? Fulton County fell from the No. 4 county in the state last year with a score of 153 down to No. 6 with a score of 116…

Coyote-Takers Calender: OCTOBER

By Martin W. Duke and Renee Nolan Fall is here, and the excitement wards off any chill that may greet us when we first step from our homes in the predawn darkness. The challenge of getting an arrow through Mr. Wile E. was memorable while combining our fawn distress calls to also attract a nanny…

Fall Fiction: The Homecoming Part 3

The buck bolted toward the safety of the marsh as blood gushed from his wound. Another bullet whizzed by his head as a second shot rang out. His body burned with pain as he ran deeper into the marsh and finally made it to a small creek. Leaping into the water, the buck felt instant…

Bow Season Reports From The Deer Woods

Safe to say that this bow season started red hot for every single deer hunter who ventured to a stand—if not for seeing deer, certainly for the temperatures and humidity. It was brutal!  Yet, despite the heat, we had possibly the best start to a Georgia archery season ever. There have been record-class bow-bucks hanging…

2018 Georgia Rut Map

I killed my best Georgia whitetail on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. According to GON’s Rut Map, it was time to be in the woods. The Rut Map didn’t lie.  When I pulled the trigger about 9 a.m., it was deer No. 11 that I’d seen—and buck No. 5. For a little ol’ timber lease with…

Hunt Coyote Pups In September

After months of anticipation, deer season is upon us yet again. Soon enough, hot summer days will give way to cool fall mornings and nearly every Georgia hunter will have big bucks and backstraps on the brain. However, Joe Morris, of Waycross, has a different agenda during the fall hunting season. While other hunters focus…

13-Toot Alligator Killed In Telfair County

On the evening of Thursday, Sept. 13, Jerrod McDaniel, of Hazlehurst, killed a 13-foot Ocmulgee River alligator in Zone 5 near the town of Jacksonville. Jerrod is one of 100 who received a permit to hunt this zone. Jerrod was hunting with his dad Dennis, who was the actual gator tag holder, and his buddy…

Bowhunter Takes 515 Pound Bear In Gilmer County

Danny Hall, of Ellijay, said it took seven people to drag his 515-lb. Gilmer County bow bear just 30 yards to the Polaris. “And then we liked to have never got it in the back of the Polarius,” said Danny. Danny, a professional bass tournament angler who has appeared in GON numerous times, took the…

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