Scrapbook November 2020

GON member Taylor Dilbeck, of Sugar Hill, caught and released this bass last Jan. 10 in Gwinnett County.

Night fishing on Lake Acworth on Sept. 20 produced this 7 1/2-lb. flathead catfish for Bruce Weeks.

Tommy Bentley with his Walton County gobbler taken last season.

Great opening day bow-kill for Ryan Spikes while he was hunting in Rockdale County. And great photo Ryan!

Roy Barreto, of Miami, Fla., shot this 18 3/8-inch wide Burke County 10-point while hunting at Silver Oak plantation last Nov. 5. Roy grunted him in for a 30-yard shot.

James Bryan, of Sumner, picked a good day to swap running the cotton picker for deer hunting last year on Nov. 19.

Check out the gnarly rack on this Dawson County buck killed last November by Eli Brown. The buck had 20—or so—points… Kind of hard to count on this rack!

Three toms were working for Bryan Davis, of Social Circle, and his brother Chad last season in Putnam County when Bryan busted this good one.

This Jackson County buck had some junk on top. Lane Robertson, of Jefferson, killed the 20-pointer last November.

Justin Smallwood, 20, of Carrollton, was fly-fishing a farm pond this summer near Hiram when he caught this bass on a topwater bug.

Courtney King, of Senoia, had never hunted during archery season, and she made her first season with this pretty 8-point crossbow buck from Meriwether.

Leon Harris came by the GON office to see a measuring tape put on the Greene County 15-pointer he killed during the 2019 season. The tally was 146 6/8 total inches on the main-frame 5×6 that also had four abnormals and 5-inch bases.

It’s hard to tell from the picture, but this Washington County buck’s right antler has long points coming up from the base that are like extra beams. Marc Hayes, of Marietta, shot the buck the afternoon of Oct. 18 as it was grunting every step. Marc heard deer running and saw an 8-pointer just before shooting this buck, and he saw another 8-pointer five minutes later.

Rob Moubray, of Bethlehem, caught this 38.6-lb. flathead under the train trestle at Lake Oconee on chicken liver dipped in garlic. “It lacked 2 inches being 4 foot long, and it was 28 inches round,” Rob said. “Caught it on 17-lb. test, it took 28 minutes to land it.”

Grant Ellis, a senior at Haralson County High, made his first bow-kill one to remember—a big Heard County buck.

Sam Sullivan shot this Emanuel County gobbler on opening day last season after watching three stubborn toms for an hour before this one sprinted in.

GON subscriber Chris Talton, of Adairsville, got it done on opening day of gun season with this Bartow County 10-point buck.