Bennett Carpenter, 11, with a 4 1/2-pounder caught from a private pond in Cherokee County.
Jace Parris, 15, of Villa Rica, with his best spotted bass of the day, a 4-4 he caught in Lake Lanier. He was fishing with guide Brooks Anderson and caught three over 4 pounds on June 25.
June Burdett, of Homer, caught her first fish on June 1 while fishing at the Kidz Katfish Rodeo in Oconee County. She’s pictured with her father, Josh.
Kiera Burton, 8, of Griffin, with a 7-lb. catfish caught from a private pond in Lamar County.
Sadie Stroud, 5, of Appling, with a Columbia County deer taken on Oct. 28. She was using the same rifle that her dad used 24 years ago to kill his first deer.
Deuce Ramsey, 9, of Lula, went on his first duck hunt in Banks County on Jan. 27.
Liam Allen killed his first deer on Oct. 17 in Coweta County.
Hudson McClure, 12, of Watkinsville, with a Greene County 10-point from Nov. 8.
Gunner Keith, 11, of Bartow County, caught his biggest bass on March 30.
Grayson Curtis, 6, of Alapaha, with his biggest bass so far. He caught this lunker in a Berrien County pond on July 21.
Callen Palaima, 8, of Albany, with a Flint River bass caught on a nightcrawler.
Brody Futch, 7, of Kite, caught this 7-lb. bass in the Little Ohoopee River during a fishing trip with his papa.
Tate Kerce, 12, of Rome, with an Etowah River striper caught on July 10.
Sophie Reese, 5, and Papa Reese, of Jackson, with Sophie’s first trout caught June 18 at Smith Creek in Unicoi State Park.
Sterling Dusterdieck shot his first hog with his dad, Steven, in Pierce County on Jan. 3.
Wade Thomas, 7, with a nice Pulaski County 8-point taken with a crossbow. Wade was hunting with his dad, Blake.
Tucker Schroeder with an 11-pointer taken in Putnam County while hunting on Nov. 25 with his dad. The deer green-scored 145 1/8 inches.
McKinley Rawlins, 8, of Dallas, killed this buck in Paulding County. It was her first deer.
Paysen Walker hunted with her grandfather, Larry Walker, and was able to harvest her first turkey in Dodge County on March 24.
Harbor Hollifield used a .410 to kill her first turkey while hunting with her dad in Lumpkin County last season on March 24.
Fischer Chapman, 6, with a big bass caught in Henry County on May 13.
Joseph Gravitt, 14, caught this bass from a local pond in Chatsworth. It’s his PB bass.
Park Allen, 10, of Atlanta, smashed her PB with this lunker from Lake Meer in Atlanta. She was shaking like a leaf while reeling and after landing this beauty!
Will Rogers, 11, hefts a 5.8-lb. bass he caught on a Rooster Tail while fishing a Cobb lake on Dec. 28.
Maelynn Brock, 2, caught her first fish in Lake Carroll in Carroll County.
Mauricio Linares, 9, of Calhoun, caught this catfish on June 2 in Gordon County. It was his first time fishing.
Walker Denney, 13, of Bremen, with his first deer, an 8-pointer taken Nov. 18 in Haralson County. This is Walker’s first deer, and he is a fourth-generation hunter and harvested this deer on a morning trip with his father, Josh, and grandfather, Charles.
Noah May, of Wrightsville, with a Johnson County 8-pointer from Oct. 17.
Haden Clark, 5, of Saint Cloud, Fla., shot his first deer in Dooly County. Haden shot this doe at about 75 yards.
Cayden Bluestein, 10, of Brunswick, with his first deer, an 185-lb. 8-point killed in Dodge County on Dec. 21.
Blair Tyler, 9, harvested her first-ever buck on Thanksgiving morning in Alma.
Austin McCue, 8, of Fayetteville, with his first deer, taken on Oct. 24.
Max Lewis IV, of Albany, shot his first turkey on March 30 while celebrating his eighth birthday on the family farm in Dougherty County.
Henry Teague, 10, of Albany, rolled a mature gobbler while hunting on his great-grandfather’s farm in Schley County on April 2.
Tyson Williams, 6, of Rome, with some Fannin County trout.
Everett Hamlin caught this 13.7-lb. catfish in a private pond in Bonaire.
Knox Jones, 6, with a big bream from a Laurens County private pond.
Wyatt Heard, 10, of Buford, with a big bass caught on live bait while fishing from Old Federal Campground on Lake Lanier on May 31.
Noah Newberry, 9, of Pickens County, with his first bass. He caught it at a campground near Helen. Noah is an active fisherman who is excited about learning more.
Jude Hosbach, of Dallas, with his first bass caught on his first-ever fishing outing. He was fishing a private lake in Paulding County on July 27.
Ace Trammell caught this 4-lb. bass at a private lake in Floyd County.
Mason Mclendon, 11, with a pair of crappie caught on May 5 in the Alcovy River.
Walker Mitchell, 11, harvested this Jenkins County buck on the Mitchell Family Farm on Oct. 14. It weighed 170 pounds and had a 19-inch spread.