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With WMA and other public-land hunts happening all over the state this month, it should encourage hunters to remember the old deer-hunting adage, "You never know what may show up during the rut."If anyone believes this saying, it’s Chip Johnson, of Milledgeville. While hunting on Oconee National Forest property in Putnam County on Nov. 5,…
The first week of November is always exciting around the GON office as reports of rut-crazed bucks out and about pick up noticeably. One GON subscriber said he was hunting on Sunday evening and watched a nice buck run a doe so hard in a clearcut that it finally sat down and put its head…
As emotions among Georgia’s deer hunters are likely at an all-time high, WRD is gearing up for a series of 10 public meetings that will shape your deer hunting over the next decade. WRD announced Oct. 29 they are giving hunters the chance to participate in “Georgia’s 10-year Deer Management Plan” and weigh in on…
There’s a new “cat” in town. The Altamaha River is known for it’s excellent flathead fishery, but it recently gave up a blue cat that was heavy enough to qualify for DNR’s Angler Award Program and will go into GON’s Georgia Lake and River Records. Eddie Hudson, of Screven, was fishing in the annual Wayne…
A giant 21-point buck that should gross in the 170-inch range hit the dirt on Sunday, Oct. 27 in Morgan County. The buck, known as “Daggers,” was taken by 12-year-old Grace Britt, of Grayson, while she hunted with her dad Dwayne. Dwayne, a GON Hunt Advisor, describes the hunt as very emotional. At one point,…
A 47-year-old deer hunter from Illinois was shot in the head and killed Saturday morning at Cedar Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in middle Georgia. Officials caution it is still very early in the investigation, but indications are both the victim and the shooter were among a group of 10 to 15 hunters who were…
With gun season opening across the state Saturday morning, lots of hunters will be heading to the woods for their first deer hunts of the year. Some may be in for a surprise, particularly those who hunt in north Georgia. If hunters haven’t done their scouting, that surprise won’t be deer meat for the…
Word was spreading quickly around southeast Georgia that a jaw-dropping buck had hit the ground on the evening of Oct. 16. The hunter, Mikell Fries, of Claxton, said his giant Evans County bow-killed buck had 25 points and scored out at an amazing 223 6/8 inches. “He has cost me a pile of sleep, I’ve…
Outdoor writer Duncan Dobie, of Marietta, is a finalist for the Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award, a prestigious honor awarded by NASCAR. Most importantly, if Duncan wins, his chosen charity—Camp Sunshine—will receive $100,000. Duncan is one of four finalists announced by the NASCAR Foundation. This is the third year for the award, which NASCAR says…
If you have remotely followed the sport of competitive bass fishing, the name Junior Collis should ring a bell. Although he was the first Georgian to qualify for the coveted Bassmaster Classic in 1973, the champion of one of the toughest events in B.A.S.S. history on South Carolina’s Lake Keowee and the brains behind the…