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Deer Hunting
Georgia 2024-2025 Deer Hunting Dates
Archery Sept. 14 - Oct. 11
Primitive Weapons/Youth Firearm Oct. 12-18
Firearms Oct. 19 - Jan. 12
Public-Land Wildcard: Chase Hemphill, 137 4/8 Public Land: Chestatee WMA, Lumpkin Co. Date: Dec. 12 Chase Hemphill, 35, of Blairsville, is an outdoorsman through and through. “I have been hunting since I was a small child with teachings of my father, uncles and grandfather,” Chase said. “I live from deer season to fishing to turkey season…
Week 7: Sonny Abercrombie, 171 2/8 non-typical County: Crawford Date: Oct. 27 Sonny Abercrombie’s story, like for many sportsmen, begins back in childhood. “My father and grandfather had me in the woods when I was young. My grandfather was a beagle raising rabbit hunting man. I shot my first rabbit off my grandfather’s knee with…
Week 6: Cade Croft, 147 3/8 typical County: Harris Date: Oct. 21 The gun season scoring periods began with Week 6 of the contest, and from then on each week the highest-scoring buck earns the hunter a Browning deer rifle. On the Monday following opening weekend of gun season, 14-year-old Cade Croft was hunting over…
Week 5: Reid Diers, 139 3/8 typical County: Colquitt Date: Oct. 15 The fifth week of last deer season was the primitive-weapons week, which is now also the Youth week, where kids 15 and younger can use a modern rifle. The winner of this week was Reid Diers, of Norman Park, who earned a new…
Week 4: Kayla Pitts, 167 1/8 non-typical County: Houston Date: Oct. 11 GON has been around quite a while, long enough there’s lots of history in these pages. Take Kayla Pitts for example. She’s now 30, but many GON people still remember the August 2009 Truck-Buck Shoot-Out when a 19-year-old Kayla all but won a…
Deer Hunting Resources
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Venison Recipes
Juicy Lucy Venison Burgers The Juicy Lucy Burger originated in Minnesota, of all places, and is a matter of statewide pride. Here, the recipe has been adapted to the South by replacing ground beef with venison. Be sure to use venison with at least 20 percent beef fat for best results. This makes four burgers.…
Slow Cooker Venison Stroganoff When it comes to wild game cooking, way too many hunters only have a few basic recipes. Deer chili. Venison spaghetti. Deer burgers. Digging the slow cooker out of the closet will open a whole new world. Try this easy recipe that will have your family and friends bragging on your skills.…
Twelve-year-old Bryson McGlynn, of Opelika, Ala., was once again crowned a champion for his age-defying culinary skills. Last December, McGlynn won the Gordon Ramsay Master Chef Junior competition, which aired on Fox in May. Last weekend, McGlynn was crowned champion of the Alabama Wildlife Federation’s (AWF) Wild Game Cook-Off State Finals held in Millbrook, Ala.…