Letters To The Editor: December 2015

More Tips For Getting Out Of A Mud Hole 

Dear GON,

Thanks for John Trussell’s good advice in the November issue on getting unstuck. Standing warning to new 4-wheel drive owners is: “It isn’t if you’re going to get stuck, sonny, it’s when!” Wish someone had told me that when I was showing off for a young lady friend some years ago. I had to call a wrecker. She didn’t get home until well after 10 p.m. Turned out to be our last date.

Gents who can’t afford an electric winch can acquire the same peace of mind with 40 feet of strong chain and a hardware or auto parts store come-along. It’ll take a bit longer to get out due to the shorter cable length on most come-alongs, but you’ll save a pile of change. Don’t forget a second length of chain—probably 4 feet—to anchor your come-along to a tree.

Here are some additional tips:

1. Be sure to put both axles in neutral before you start pulling. 

2. Don’t anchor your long chain to the bumper. You’ll pull your bumper right off. Anchor it to your truck’s tow hooks or chassis.

3. Store your chains in waterproof bags in your tool box. If they’re rusted when you need ’em, you can count on one breaking.

4. Consider pulling yourself out backward if there are no good strong trees ahead of you.

Some friends of mine mired up recently in Twiggs County. They burned out their battery trying to get out with their winch. You won’t burn out a battery using a come-along.

John Ottley Jr., Alpharetta

GON Social Media

Eric Wall’s son sent this image in of his dad when he took the Jackson County 12-pointer on the morning of Nov. 14.

Tiffany Christian messaged GON with a picture of her husband’s 8-pointer that he shot in Hancock County. Congrats, Jeff!

@UGA23 tweeted on Nov. 8, “@GONMagazine great day taking my grandson Michael Argo, and he gets this nice 8-pointer for his first deer!”

“pic217” on the GON Forum posted on Nov. 12 this picture of his Twiggs County buck. He reports, “Killed this yesterday at 7:15 a.m. A spike ran a doe through the food plot, and he came along 10 minutes later. Scored 132.”