Scrapbook – December 2021

That’s a personal-best bass for Claire Ansley, of Hahira. She set the bar high with this 10-lb., 4-oz. trophy caught Oct. 11 in a Tift County lake.

Trey Goodroe, of Hawkinsville, with a nice November bow-buck. Trey was bowhunting in Pulaski County Nov. 9 when he arrowed the 9-pointer.

Tim Teague, with the help of his daughter Megan, got this Habersham County buck on a Nov. 13 hunt after two earlier missed chances.

Robert Howell, of Villa Rica, was hunting in Burke County the evening of Oct. 18 when he shot this impressive buck.

This 8-point piebald buck was taken in Coffee County on Nov. 8 by William Durham, of Pearson.

Nathan Mason, of Juliette, got this 21-lb., four-bearded gobbler on April 6. The beards were 9 1/2, 7 7/16, 6 and 5 1/16 inches. “He was gobbling hard straight off the roost,” Nathan said. “He came into a food plot about 20 minutes after fly down. I called in a hen, and he was just a few seconds behind her.”

Mike Smith killed a good one in Newton County! This 6 1/2-year-old buck has 12-inch G2s and a 6-inch drop tine.

Kelly Joe Lunsford, of Winder, shot this 12-pointer—two stickers on the backs of the brow tines—in Taliaferro County the morning of Nov. 5 as the buck was chasing two does.

Kevin Harrison, of Poterdale, caught this big bass in a Jenkins County lake last Jan. 16. The 27 1/2-inch-long bass hit a 4-inch soft plastic minnow lure.

Kenna Worthy with her 9-point buck taken this season on Oct. 25 while she was hunting in Haralson County.

This Meriwether County 10-pointer has his nose to the ground seeking does the morning of Nov. 7. GON subscriber John Vaughn, of Newnan, was in the right spot.

Congrats to Dakota Rowell on his best buck to date. Dakota was hunting in Lowndes County Nov. 4 when he killed the buck.

Gracie Gooch, 16, of Dahlonega, shot this 9-point buck Oct. 21 while hunting in Lumpkin County.

Andy DeLong caught this 57-lb. flathead catfish on the Chattahoochee River below Highway 92 near Douglasville.

GON subscriber Eddie Rickman, of Powder Springs, was deer hunting in Polk County Oct. 25 when this big coyote made the mistake of passing by.

Chase Clark was bowhunting in Cobb County when he got this 8-point buck last season. Chase also got a thumbs up!

A Taliaferro County hunt last season on Nov. 14 produced this buck for Brandon Burnett.

This black coyote was shot during a deer hunt in Jefferson County on Oct. 27 by Joel Anderson, of Dallas.

Here’s a fantastic Coffee County buck taken by Beverly Peterson, of Broxton. It was killed on the eve of the passing of her husband from pancreatic cancer. “He and my mom loved hunting and raised me to love it as well,” said their son Justin Peterson.