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2022-2023 Truck-Buck Contest Scoring Dates & Details

To compete for weekly prizes and a spot in the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out, an entrant’s rack must be officially scored during one of two GON scoring events. Any hunter with a buck entered in this season’s contest is invited to have the rack officially scored either in Madison on Feb. 25 or in Tifton on March…

Featured Truck-Buck Entry: Tall-Tined 12

Deanna Davis with her Taylor County 12-pointer. View All Bucks

Featured Truck-Buck Entry: Tift Co. 10-Point Giant

Jeremy Doss and his 10-pointer — hear the history with this buck that goes back to 2018.  View All Bucks

Avian Influenza Impacts Birds Across Georgia

For Jenkins County landowner Robert Jenkins, it was a ghoulish scene right out of the Alfred Hitchcock movie “The Birds.” “They were logging on my property and they came to me and said that I had a lot of dead birds around my ponds,’” he said. “I went back there to see, and there were…

Flint River Ramp Improves Access In Meriwether County

Anticipating more than 5,000 users each year, state lawmakers and officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Meriwether County recently dedicated River Cove Landing, a renovated boat ramp giving boaters, paddlers and anglers improved access to the Flint River. This facility, located on River Cove Road, includes an 18-foot-wide concrete boat ramp. The…

Allatoona Tournament Benefits Families Of Slain Cobb Officers

A bass fishing tournament this Saturday, Oct. 29 at Lake Allatoona will provide proceeds and donations to benefit the families of two Cobb County deputies shot and killed while serving an arrest warrant on Sept. 8. The tournament will fish out of the Blockhouse Ramp and will begin at safe light until 3 p.m. The…

Hunting Dawgs: Meet The UGA Athletes Behind DGD Outdoors

Deer hunters with a passion for college football, like me, often find themselves torn between their two favorite fall activities. In a perfect example, I’m facing a difficult decision as I write this. On Nov. 5, am I going to hunt the whitetail rut or head to Sanford Stadium to watch the defending National Champions…

Florida Announces Fall Red Snapper Season In Gulf

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announces the opening of a 12-day fall red snapper season for private recreational anglers and state for-hire operations in the Gulf of Mexico on the following weekends: Oct. 8-9 Oct. 15-16 Oct. 22-23 Nov. 11-13 Nov. 25-27 During this season, private recreational anglers may harvest red snapper…

Georgia Hunting & Fishing Federation Hunter’s Dream 31-Day Raffle

The No. 1 organization focused on fighting for the rights of sportsmen in Georgia is holding its annual fundraising raffle.  The Georgia Hunting And Fishing Federation (GHFF) will conduct a 31-day raffle with a winner each day during December. One $30 ticket enters you in all 31 raffle drawings. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold.…

Support National Forest Management To Benefit Wildlife

The National Deer Alliance (NDA) encourages sportsmen to get involved in a U.S. Forest Service planning process that could lead to better forest management to benefit wildlife. Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest will host its first annual stakeholder meeting for Foothills Landscape Project (FLP) implementation on Thursday, Oct. 13 at Cohutta Springs in Crandall from 1 p.m.…