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There’s an old saying I was raised around: “If mama ain’t happy, nobody’s happy.” Well, that pretty much holds true for a partnership between a hired trapper and a landowner, although I’m not too sure who plays mama more… I haven’t been trapping as long as most of the guys I’ve been blessed to meet…
This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the Georgia Trappers Association (GTA)’s 42nd annual Convention in Madison. My kids and I have become pretty involved with the GTA over the last few years, attending their Youth Field Trials and Annual Conventions, and this year did not disappoint. The event was two days of…
Tim Brown, of Covington, is a working man, so he relies on his Tactacam Reveal cell camera to get pictures of what’s going on at his Warren County hunting club when he’s not there. Tactacam offers users the option to set specific times when a camera will take a random photo and send it to…
Samuel Pruitt, of Sautee, had a video cam strapped to a tree on a Hart County WMA trying to gain some intel for the upcoming 2023 bow season. We’re not sure how the deer scouting is going, but he did discover what looks to be one less fawn in his hunting grounds this fall. He…
We never came up with the Coyote Cull effort to be about numbers, but a record is a record… The purpose and goal of GON’s Coyote Cull effort is to bring awareness to the impacts of coyotes on fawn and turkey poult survival rates, which have plummeted since non-native, invasive coyotes became established across Georgia.…
Round 3 of the 2023 GON Coyote Cull is off and rolling as hunters and trappers step up to the plate to kill song dogs in an effort to save fawns and turkey poults. Listed below are all the entries of those who have found success and taken a photo with their July 2023 issue…
Round 2 of the 2023 GON Coyote Cull is off and rolling as hunters and trappers step up to the plate to kill song dogs in an effort to save fawns and turkey poults. Listed below are all the entries of those who have found success and taken a photo with their June 2023 issue…
Round 1 of the 2023 GON Coyote Cull is off and rolling as hunters and trappers step up to the plate to kill song dogs in an effort to save fawns and turkey poults. Listed below are all the entries of those who have found success and taken a photo with their May 2023 issue…
It was an unusually crisp morning as daylight broke. Wisps of fog swirled eerily above every pond on every farm along Kevin Caudle’s drive from his home. Kevin could have been just another farmhand going to work in this farming-based community, but his clothing spoke differently. He was dressed head-to-toe in camouflage and wearing long…
The GON Coyote Cull expanded two years ago to run a third month through July. Not surprisingly, that extra time and extra chance to enter resulted in a record number of submissions. Who knows, maybe with more support from sportsmen and sponsors, GON can kick the Coyote Cull up another notch in the future. The…