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Sweat-Equity Results In Oconee County Buck

By Andy Hodges I put in tons of sweat equity in the early spring and summer mow- ing 6-foot-wide shooting lanes in two separate, over-grown pastures with my walk-behind brush cutter known as the “Billy Goat.” The pastures had about five years of growth since the last time they were bush-hogged and were full of…

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Kids In Deer Camp, Great Buck For Jeremy

By Donnie Price On Nov. 3, 2016, my son Jeremy got off the school bus with a larger-than-normal smile on his face. He and his little brother Jesse were headed to deer camp on the Talbot/Harris county line for a weekend hunt with me and their PaPaw. My goal for the weekend was to get…

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Washington County Bow-Buck

By Rex Wallace First off, I didn’t even think I would be deer hunting opening weekend because my dad, uncle, cousin and I were on our annual bear hunt in north Georgia. However, after walking and scouting for several miles and several long hours around the mountain without seeing any sign, or bears, we went…

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Second Chance For Kelsey On Her First Buck

By Kelsey Flowers In the few years since I started hunting, I have learned that deer hunters seldom get second chances, but when I got a second chance to shoot my first buck, I did my best to not let history repeat itself. The first opportunity came on opening day in October 2016 when I…

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Brandy’s Buck

By Brandy Sanders My husband Nathan loves hunting. In 2015, he wanted me to go hunting with him, but with a broken foot, I could not go. As soon as the 2015 deer hunting season ended, my sweet husband started getting ready for the next hunting season. He worked hard building a two-person blind where…

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Hannahatchee WMA Repeat Buck Magic

By Robert Gossett My father Keith Gossett and I love hunting Hannahatchee WMA. We have one corner of the WMA we like to hunt and have just about always stayed in that area. My recent 10-pointer marks the fourth big buck taken from Hannahatchee between the two of us. The first came in 2002 when…

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Hunter’s Journal: Greene Co. Great Mud Hunt

By Robert Caldwell & Carroll Johnson Deer hunting is a sport that means different things to different people. The same could be said about deer hunting clubs. The Herb Bonner Hunt Club has been existence since 1925. Our 24 members are career agricultural professionals in the public sector. Members are employees of the University of…

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Callie’s Path To A Hunter

By Johnnie Thompson & Brittany Reid Anderson A school teacher prepares his/her students for learning by first writing a lesson plan with objectives or standards, and each student is graded on knowledge retained based on a test. Likewise, parents teach from the knowledge of their own experiences that were handed down to them or from…

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Officers, Best Friends Get Their Gobbler

By Pat Womack This hunting adventure all started when I met John Seabolt after becoming a police officer in Covington in 1995. During my first couple of years there, I’d heard the guys talking about turkey hunting, and I was clueless because I had never been. I would listen to their stories and mishaps in…

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Liesl The Dachshund Helps Find Franz’s Buck

By Franz Menge Jr. The following story is a hunting experience told by me. I shared it with my great friend Troy Van Every, who wrote it since I have become very sick with cancer since the following hunt took place. The memories of hunting still always carry on no matter what life brings. Always…

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