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Jason Gardner, of McDonough, has put his name on top of GON‘s statewide crossbow rankings list by killing a Henry County 23-pointer that grossed 194 3/8 inches and netted 186 5/8. Jason took the deer in his mom’s backyard in McDonough. “The first picture we got was June 18, 2018. It showed up in full…
I’ve spent more than three decades in the Georgia turkey woods and have seen some highs and lows. In earlier years, I was only concerned with whether I’d get the good fortune to do close combat with a longbeard on a particular morning. However, these days I find myself more concerned about whether or not…
Winning the most prestigious turkey calling contest against the nation’s best is a crowning feat for any competition caller. David Owens, of Acworth, earned the 2018 National Wild Turkey Federation Grand National Senior Open Division title last year in Nashville during the NWTF’s 48th annual Convention and Sport Show. Combine that with another accomplishment that…
On Feb. 10, Charlie Johnson, of Atlanta, discovered two deer, a 9-pointer and 7-pointer, that had locked up in a fight and died with their antlers stuck together. That afternoon, Charlie set out to do a little shed hunting on his family’s private property in Greene County. During the course of his walk, he checked…
Your last chance to apply for WMA general and adult/child turkey hunts is Feb. 15. The charts at the bottom of the article show a long list of WMAs that offered turkey hunting during the spring of 2018, along with each WMA’s harvest and hunter numbers. WMAs can differ greatly in the turkey hunting opportunities…
Recently the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service hosted a series of workshops across Georgia to educate hunters, farmers and the general public about the threat of wild pigs on the environment. Co-sponsors were the Georgia DNR, The Georgia Farm Bureau, the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the University of Georgia. This writer attended the meeting in…
A common practice among turkey hunters is to cover as much ground as possible in order to kill a turkey. I used to be the world’s worst about using that technique too often. We’ve all had those mornings where the trees are full of turkey music at the crack of dawn but then quickly turn…
It’s February, possibly one of the more popular months when folks get out to purposely find a hog to shoot on a WMA. This February’s biggest news on the public-land hog front is probably the floods that middle Georgia has sent downstream to Regions 3, 6 and 7, which has affected the hog hunting on…
There are many ways in which a wild turkey can hurt you. The first way is when you have done everything right to harvest a particular bird and he gives you the slip every time you think that you are about to close the deal. This is the kind of thing that will cause you…
Zero bears were harvested in central Georgia during the annual one-day hunt. The middle Georgia bear hunt was held on private properties in Bibb, Twiggs and Houston counties on Jan. 12, but no bears were registered at the Oaky Woods WMA check station. A pile of rain fell in December, and the Ocmulgee River flood…
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