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Wounded Warrior Retreats (WWR) will once again be hosting deer hunts at Come Away Plantation in Warren County. They will be offering hunts Nov. 1-3 , 5-7, 8-10, 15-17; Dec. 26.-Jan. 2. “Wounded Warrior Retreat is like no place I have ever been to,” said Danny Dickey, a retired disabled combat veteran with the U.S. Army. “It…
Alex Warr, 16, of Blakely, won a $3,000 shopping spree after winning GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out on July 27 at GON’s Outdoor Blast. In addition, Alex won a dream deer and hog hunting trip with Woods-N-Water outfitters in Wrightsville. Alex and his dad get to hunt, stay at a remote lodge, will be well…
Don Oates and Bruce Rucker, both of Lumpkin, made their first gator season a very difficult one to top. They killed an 11-foot, 5-inch beast from Lake Eufaula on Aug. 24. Their hunt started about 5 p.m. in the Florence Marina area where they spotted a gator 100 yards off the Georgia bank. “He went…
I’ve talked to a lot of hunters over the years, and it’s safe to say that a large majority of them want nothing at all to do with a rattlesnake—period! While rattlers may certainly have their place out in the woods, I’ve always just found it best to steer clear and let them do their thing.…
WMA deer hunters may want to consider cashing in some quota-hunt priority points for DNR’s newly acquired Gaither WMA in Newton County. Information regarding three quota deer hunts—two general and one youth—didn’t appear in the 2018-19 Georgia Hunting Seasons & Regulations. “We did not get this WMA until very late; it was not approved by…
Sunday at the Outdoor Blast is Shoot-Out finals day, when our big-buck contest weekly winners compete for a Chevy truck and a Beast electric hunting vehicle. This year’s 29th Shoot-Out did not disappoint, as Riley Huff and Jay Maxwell put on a show for a packed crowd after they outlasted the competition to make the…
Strange things have a way of washing up on the beach, but some New Zealand divers now have quite the story to share after discovering a giant squid along a beach on Wellington’s south coast. A story released by nzherald.co.nz yesterday evening reported that brothers Daniel, Jack and Matthew Aplin made the startling discovery while riding…
Blake Jeffers offers a great video tour of all the GON Outdoor Blast has to offer. See some of the great vendors, events like the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out and Duck Calling Contest, go along for a Chevy Ride and Drive. Blake even gives the Kids Zone a whirl on a bucking bull. Also see the raptors…
A woman walking her dog was killed this morning when an alligator attacked her and dragged her into a small pond at an upscale Hilton Head residential and vacation community. Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 9:30 a.m. on Monday morning, Aug. 20, about a possible alligator attack near a lagoon in Sea Pines…
The 2018 Delta McKenzie ASA Classic was held Aug. 2-5 in Cullman, Ala. During the event, the Scholastic 3-D Archery Association presented the Trey Spencer Memorial Scholarships. Jake Martin, the Georgia S3DA (Scholastic 3-D Archery) state coordinator, is proud to announce that a large portion of this year’s scholarship was awarded to one of Georgia’s…
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