Realtree Kids Scrapbook: April 2025

Gibbs Roberts, 9, of Evans, with a 2-lb. bass caught from Clarks Hill on March 2.

Eli Rooks, 14, of Culloden, with a 9.02-lb. bass that he caught while fishing on Feb. 18 in a Lamar County farm pond.

Carson Phillips, 15 (right), of Cumming, trapped his first coyote in Forsyth County on Oct. 16. His buddy Dean Evans, 14, holds the fur. It was a 3-year grind to finally trap one.

Bo Foster, 9, of Cherokee County, with a Bartow County hog taken on Feb. 25 with his 20-gauge shotgun.

Fisher Allen, 14, and Bridger Allen, 10, both from Bleckley County, had a great squirrel hunt in Houston County on Feb. 18.

Drake Eidson, 11, was fly fishing with guide Tad Murdock on March 1 in Smith Creek when he completed WRD’s Trout Slam, all before 9 a.m.!

Banx Jeffers, 4, caught his first catfish at his grandparents’ pond in Screven County.

Evie Swift, 13, of Rockmart, caught this 6-pounder on Oct. 10 in Polk County.

Jessica Wallace, of Calhoun, with her first spotted bass, caught on Lake Lanier.

Tucker Weaver, 4, of Leesburg, caught this bream at his grandparent’s home on Muckafoonee Creek in Dougherty County.

Addy King, 7, killed her first deer with a crossbow while hunting on Dec. 8.

Adelyn Maxey, 8, was hunting in Morgan County on Sept. 16 when she took her first bow-kill.

Atticus Moon, 7, killed this buck while hunting in Haralson County on Jan. 11.

Austyn Mitchell took her first deer on Oct. 13 in Burke County.

Hoke Hamby, 8, of Adairsville, with a Gordon County buck taken on Dec. 15.

Kasten Pilling, 6, of Toccoa, with a Stephens County buck from Dec. 30.

Lincoln Tarnacki, 10, of Dawsonville, with his personal best buck. He killed it in Lumpkin County.

Paxton Brooks took his first buck in November in Harris County with friends Lindsey Hare and Skeeter Cotton.

Skye Chaffin, 10, of Newnan, killed both of these deer on Dec. 11.

Tucker Pearce, 15, of Loganville, with a McDuffie County buck taken on Nov. 16 with a 30-30 lever-action rifle.

Weston Wisham, 7, killed his first deer on opening morning of youth season.

Wyatt Cochran, 7, of Lula, shot his first deer on Thanksgiving morning of 2024 in Hall County.

Beau Wilson, 11, of Zebulon, caught this 9-pounder in a private pond in Pike County. He was fishing a Texas-rigged Trick Worm.

Addyson Crowley, 13, of Chatsworth, with success from her first hunt. She was hunting Sept. 15 in Murray County.

Brexley Wood, 6, killed his first deer in Oglethorpe County on Oct. 20 while hunting with his dad. It was a 6-point buck that was 4 1/2 yeas old.

Camryn Jenkins, 14, of Homer, killed this 11-point on Nov. 10 in Putnam County. It grossed 124 inches.

Connor Smith, 10, of Peachtree City, took his first buck at Wolf Creek Camp in Thomaston on Dec. 1.

Ethan Minish, 12, was hunting on his grandfather’s property in Elbert County on Oct. 19 when he harvested this velvet buck.

Ethan Minish, 12, was hunting on his grandfather’s property in Elbert County on Oct. 19 when he harvested this velvet buck.

Jackson Chastain, 13, of Lake City, Fla., with a Terrell County buck that weighed 217 pounds. He killed the 9-pointer on Oct. 19.

John Ross O’Berry, 7, killed his first deer in Ware County.

Mason Dennis, 12, killed this Bleckley County buck while hunting on Dec. 3.

Oliver Turk, 12, of Jefferson, killed his first 8-point buck on Dec. 28 in Oglethorpe County.

Wyatt McCulloch, 7, of Good Hope, harvested his first deer, a 7-point buck, behind his house while in a ground blind with his parents.

A group of kids from Bleckley, Laurens and Twiggs counties teamed up to make a memorable squirrel hunt on Feb. 22 while hunting with feists along the Oconee River near Dublin.

Lucas Boothe, 8, of Winder, caught this 24-lb. striper on Lake Hartwell on March 16.

Liam Huff V, 6, of Dahlonega, with a rainbow that weighed 1.8 pounds.