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After creaming a big buck with his pickup truck on Sept. 11, Matt Shurley, of Cordele, likely hurt some poor hunter’s feelings. Ironically, Matt owns Buck Country Wildlife Consulting. On Sept. 11, he was driving on River Road north of Lake Blackshear and just south of Flint River WMA in Dooly County on his way…
In partnership with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Ducks Unlimited and the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Georgia Chapter of Safari Club International is hosting a statewide Youth Hunting Day on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. This full-day event will introduce first-time hunters and their parents (or guardians) to deer hunting, while being personally guided…
GON subscriber Tommy Lathem recently did a little more cleaning up at the hunting camp than he had anticipated after he took a shovel and a shotgun and killed 50 rattlesnakes within just 10 feet of his clubhouse. Tommy, of Jasper, was not the first to arrive on Saturday, Aug. 31 at his 1,200-acre Upson…
FCA Outdoors is hosting a two-day bass tournament on Lake Hartwell Oct 4-5 where three bass-fishing pros will be on hand to teach, speak and fellowship with the anglers. Over the course of the weekend, FLW Pro Glenn Chappelear and MLF Pro Randy Howell will be speaking. Also at the event will be Bassmaster Elite…
The conservation community is mourning the loss of DNR botanist Tom Patrick, of Monticello. Patrick, of Monticello, died Aug. 22. He was the agency’s first botanist, joining in 1986 what was then the Georgia Natural Heritage Inventory Program, an initiative of DNR and The Nature Conservancy (“Heritage turns 25,” November 2011). Patrick was noted for…
On July 27, some of the state’s top 4-H youth BB teams competed for cash prizes, trophies and bragging rights at the inaugural BB Blast 4-H Showdown at the 2019 Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast. Members of the top-three teams listed below all won award rifles, Daisy’s Model 1938 Red Ryders. That’s 21 shooters who collected…
Ted Will has been named the new chief of the Game Management Section for Georgia’s Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). Will is a longtime employee of the division, most recently serving as assistant chief of the fisheries management section, and he has served previously as assistant chief of game management. As chief, Will’s responsibilities will include…
GON writer Glen Solomon, 52, of Hazlehurst, passed away on Friday, Aug. 16 while on his way to Appling Health Care in Baxley with what he told his wife over the phone were chest pains. Visitation and funeral services were held Sunday, Aug. 18 at Lighthouse Christian Fellowship in Hazlehurst, Glen’s home church. Glen’s relationship…
(Editor’s Note: GON policy has always been to use the original local names for lakes, rather than names later enacted by Congress to honor fellow politicians. So this lake is always referred to in GON as Clarks Hill rather than J. Strom Thurmond. Likewise, we use Lake Eufaula rather than Lake Walter F. George. The…
No burglars were breaking into GON member Bruce Canada’s Taylorsville home on Father’s Day. Not with a 4-foot timber rattlesnake stretched out across the porch! The snake was way too close to the house for comfort, and a second photo also sent by Bruce showed that the rattler understandably did not survive its visit to…