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Cal Culpepper and Parker Marshall, both 16 years old, took first place in the Georgia B.A.S.S Nation High School fishing tournament at West Point Lake on Saturday, March 12. After the win, they drove across the state and finished ninth in Sunday’s 2016 TBF/FLW High School Fishing Georgia State Championship on Clarks Hill Reservoir. The two…
Country Music Super Star Brantley Gilbert and Backwoods Life co-host Michael Lee have teamed up for a video project like no one before with the recently released Take It Outside episode #1. Released in late February, Take It Outside marks new territory for country music and outdoor video as country star Brantley Gilbert gives an…
Garrett Yates, 19, of Ringgold, arrowed a 150-inch Meriwether County buck on Nov. 14 while self-filming the hunt. Garrett usually spends his time deer hunting in Kentucky, but since he killed a buck on opening day of this past Kentucky deer season, he had the opportunity to hunt Georgia more. Garrett had three shooter bucks he knew about on the Meriwether…
Any person harvesting a Georgia gobbler this spring will have to take an extra step when the bird stops flopping. The same rules will apply for any deer that hits the ground this coming fall. For years, a segment of Georgia hunters have asked for a way to record and report turkeys and deer that…
On Nov. 14, Jeromy Loftin, of Canton, harvested a giant Cherokee County buck while hunting with a bow, a 15-point buck that had become known as “Hoss.” Jeromy started off bowhunting early in the season in Cobb and Fulton counties. He was after a few big bucks in Cobb and Fulton, so he didn’t hunt his Cherokee County…
Zach Baker, of Maysville, caught a unique golden-colored rainbow trout while fishing a public stream in north Georgia. The fish is likely the product of hatchery-raised strain, known as West Virginia golden trout, that was first developed in the 1950s. The color mutation of a regular rainbow trout was developed using selective breeding at Petersburg Trout Hatchery…
Hunters in Jasper County got quite the surprise while rabbit hunting on Feb. 16. Andy Wheat, of Buckhead, had joined friends from Monticello for a day of hunting. A little ways into their hunt, Andy heard a strange noise that he couldn’t quite put his finger on. After tracking the noise, Andy and friends stumbled…
Here in the South we are blessed to have significantly mild winters, which allow us fishermen to enjoy our sport year-round. I was talking to some family Christmas morning—my uncle Drew Berry, who has been one of my fishing mentors and partners for years, and my cousin Ryan Goff, who had flown home from California…
A 14-lb., 2-oz. walleye caught Friday, Feb. 19 at Lake Rabun has been certified as a new state record. Guide Wes Carlton, one of GON‘s long-time fishing report contributors, caught the fish during a trip to Rabun with one of his regular customers and a mutual friend. “We started out that morning fishing for largemouth,”…
This past deer season, C.E. Phelps Jr., of Warrenton, ended his quest for the buck of a lifetime. It began during the second week of gun season when C.E. got pictures of a giant non-typical buck on his trail cameras in Warren County. “I immediately called my son and grandkids to come look at the pictures of him,” said…
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