Realtree Kids: December 2023

Luke Miller, 10, with a solid 8-lb. largemouth caught in Jackson County.

Tristan Crosby, 12, killed this 345-lb. black bear on Sept. 22. He was hunting with his PapaD, Douglas Carter, at Big Swamp Hunting Club in south Ware County.

Grady Stewart, 6, of Rutledge, is pictured with his dad Drew and his first deer, a 6-pointer.

Lily Kidd, of Laurens County, took a really nice boar hog on the evening of Oct. 17.

Hunner Hall, 15, of Kite, killed this good buck on Oct. 18 while hunting in Johnson County. He ended up tagging out on Nov. 1 with another nice 8-pointer. He said with his buck season over that it’s time to get traps in the ground.

Jack Freeland, 12, of Dahlonega, with his dog Dottie and his 36th squirrel of the season in Lumpkin County on Nov. 3.

Siblings Annabelle, 11, and Ryder (below), 8, of Concord, got this pair of Heard County bucks within minutes of each other on opening day of youth season.

Ridge Spence, 9, with his personal best bass caught on the evening of Sept. 30 on a topwater lure. He was so excited to finally land a big one and really wanted to mount it, but he decided to put it back to get bigger.

Sterling Dusterdieck, 8, of Patterson, caught this catfish in Bacon County with his Meme and Pappy on Oct. 7.

Blakely Belk, 7, of Greensboro, with a crappie caught while fishing with her dad at their home on Lake Oconee.

Blaze Hamby, 11, tagged out on bucks during the youth rifle season on Oct. 15 in Carroll County. The first buck was a 4-point, and the second was a 7-point.

Carson Robinson, 10, of Colbert, with an Oglethorpe County buck from Nov. 10.

Chase Hulett, 10, of Hazlehurst, with a big buck on Oct. 14 from Telfair County.

David Tucker Josey, 14, with a Washington County 10-pointer from Oct. 15.

Easton Deyton, 9, with a Union County crossbow buck from Oct. 6.

Ella Bryant with a Jackson County buck taken during the youth rifle season.

Emmett Dabbs, 7, of Ball Ground, with a Pickens County buck from Nov. 1. It was Emmett’s first deer.

Will Park, 13, shot his first deer Oct. 14 in Laurens County. The 8-point weighed 190 pounds.

J. Mitch Lesho, 14, of Warner Robins, with an opening-day buck from Crawford County.

Joseph Wetzel, 11, caught this bass on Lake Oglethorpe in Arnoldsville.