Letters To The Editor: August 2024

Jody Densmore sent this picture from Cherokee County on July 16. “This fawn bedded down along my driveway as I was leaving for work. I took pictures out of my truck window as I drove slowly past, being careful not to spook it,” Jody said.

Beware! Rattlers Like Those Bait Stations, Too

Dear GON,

Due to the article of the snake bites y’all did, I thought this might help spread the word.

I have been hunting a small tract of land in Paulding County since 2012, and I have never seen a venomous snake on the property until this guy. He would set up at my corn feeder to ambush mice, rats, chipmunks or maybe even squirrels. I finally caught up with him on July 4 and was able to end the chapter.

There are two young families with children within 200 yards of my feed site, so to say I was worried about the situation is an understatement. Hopefully this will help in educating people who hunt and run feeders to realize that just because you haven’t seen one doesn’t mean they are not there.

He was 5 1/2-feet long with 16 rattles and a button.

Jeremy Childers, Dallas

Jeremy Childers sent this photo in as an awareness message. Even if you’ve never seen a rattlesnake on your property, be aware there could be one hiding. They particularly like areas with bait due to mice and other small critters that feed there. This snake was killed in an area where children frequented.

GON’s Daryl & His Other Brother Daryl

Dear GON,

The July issue brought back memories of the Bob Newhart show from the 1970s. Bob’s friend, Larry, introduces his two brothers, saying, “This is my brother, Daryl, and this is my other brother, Daryl.”

Coincidentally, GON features two writers named Daryl. Are they, as I have heard other Georgia natives quip, “brothers from separate mothers?” Hailing from the Show-Me state, I can’t help but wonder whether we should ask to see their birth certificates or request DNR testing. Having read their fine writing for more than two decades and finding their styles vastly disparate, to say the least, I doubt they possess genes in common. Still, this inquiring mind yearns to get to the truth.

Based on Daryl Kirby’s pieces, I think he might do the superior job of fact checking. Not really sure, but I suspect Daryl Gay is inherently given to conspiracy theories. In the end, both have their place in classy outdoor literature like GON.

Charlie Slovensky, Dacula

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Jake Moore, 11, with a 6.2-pounder caught from a private pond in Guyton.

Billy Smith, of Fairmount, caught this 6-lb. bass on July 5 in a Gordon County private lake.

Emma Payne, 4, caught her first fish, this large bream, on July 8 at a private lake in Talking Rock. Word is that she is definitely hooked on fishing now.