Scrapbook Bonus – January 2025

Congrats to Presley Weaver, of Bowdon, on her first deer, an 8-point buck. And a very happy birthday to Presley, who turns 17 this month!

Calhoun’s Branson Mathews, 16, landed this tiger trout over the summer. It’s a cross between brook and brown trout.

Brittany Gragg bagged this Banks County 11-pointer with a split brow tine while she was seven months pregnant.

Father-son duo Kyle Cox and Nolan, 8, with Nolan’s first hog. He killed it in Mitchell County on March 30.

Cody Rinehart is pictured with his dad Douglas Dressler (left) after his 8-point Carroll County harvest while bowhunting.

Danielle Sutton, of Valdosta, with her personal best bass caught and released in a Lowndes County private pond.

John Padgett with a great photo of him and an Appling County gobbler.

Devin Wisham, of Sylvester, bagged a 148-inch 8-point buck in Worth County last year after passing up bucks for eight seasons.

Zach Fowler and his sister Jordan Fowler, of Dallas, had a double last season. Zach killed his buck in Putnam County, and Jordan got her first buck while hunting in Greene County.

Tate Ford, 16, caught this 6.5-lb. largemouth bass in Paulding County after having to wade and dive into the lake to free it when it got him hung up.

Chris Roland, of St. Marys, and family after a successful 2022-2023 duck hunt in Tift County.

Phoebe Reese, 18, of Atlanta, found a new hobby in April while shooting carp with a group from 30-30 Ministries on Lake Russell.

Austyn Hodges, of Ft. Myers, Fla., with her first deer, taken in Warren County.

Zach Coker caught this 11.4-lb. personal best bass out of a private lake near Calhoun.

Austin Durham with a rattlesnake he killed in Warren County.

Captain Barron Busby caught an 11.7-lb. striper on a fly rod while fishing at Lake Russell over the summer.

Nelson Chandler, of LaFayette, a GON subscriber and regular Outdoor Blast volunteer, with his Walker County gobbler.

David Strickland harvested this gobbler in Grady County and was surprised to find that the tom had four beards.

Thomas Prestridge and Matt Still after a successful coyote hunting tournament last year. Both are part of Middle Georgia Predator Control.

Bryan Plummer, of Centerville, shot this 8-pointer on Nov. 21 during a quota hunt on B.F. Grant WMA.

Ben Fairchild, of Marietta, with his 10-point buck that he killed in Macon County. It green scored over 160 inches.