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James “Moby” Carney, a popular country music radio DJ with strong ties to the Georgia outdoor community, died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, at age 69. Moby had battled stage 4 stomach cancer. The GON Community got to know Moby not just from his morning show on Kicks 101.5 from 1991 to 2012, but also through…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is conducting aerial aquatic plant management on Lake Seminole throughout the week of Sept. 5, weather permitting. The management areas were chosen in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, balancing the project’s fish and wildlife habitat benefit, density and location of the vegetation management areas,…
Boater Paul Marks, of Cumming, caught six bass weighing 25-lbs., 7-ozs. to win the two-day MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Lanier Presented by Harrison Oil Company. The tournament, which featured a three-bass daily limit, was the fifth and final regular-season event for the Bass Fishing League Bulldog Division Presented…
A host of Georgia 4-H shooting sports state championship teams took their skills to the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska in late June and posted impressive finishes. Georgia teams that qualified for the national event did so at their state championships at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton earlier in the…
We are super thankful for the dedicated and longtime sponsors of Truck-Buck and the relatively new sponsors that came on board in the past several seasons. Make no mistake, without these folks, the Truck-Buck contest would not be returning for an amazing 35th season. Please support the companies and people who support GON and…
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…
As deer hunters begin their usual late-summer chores of trimming lanes, securing stands and filling feeders, they could play a part in putting a stop to the spread of a brand-new species of hornet that has been discovered in Georgia, the first sighting in the United States. According to a press release this week from…
Next time you’re hunting On The Ground and decide to stop and take a relaxing lean against a tree, you may want to first investigate your surroundings very carefully. Very carefully! You never know what may be lurking behind, around, nearby or inside a tree. Josh Rogers, of Statesboro, was out scouting around in…
Odds are that it won’t happen to you. However, the reality of odds is that it can happen, no matter how unlikely it may be. So it is with alpha-gal syndrome, and knowledge of it could just save your life. Jamie Stewart is just another outdoorsman, a normal guy who likes to hunt and fish.…
The Biden Administration has announced that it will eliminate federal funding for schools that offer hunter education and archery programs. That has school systems across Georgia, and the U.S., in a tizzy. The decision was a result of the Biden administration’s interpretation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. That act has language that prohibits federal…