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A mother and her two young children were killed after their car hit a large alligator that was crossing Interstate 95. The family was traveling north on I-95 when the accident happened around 12:50 a.m. Monday, May 7. The crash occurred near mile marker 86, which is 86 miles north of the Georgia line near…
The Georgia State Duck Calling Contest returns to the Outdoor Blast this year. Top competition duck callers will compete for a ticket to the famous World’s Championship in Stuttgart, Arkansas. The duck-calling competition will be held Friday, July 27, and calling will begin soon after the show opens at 1 p.m. For information on the…
As of May 1, the DNR began allowing nighttime fishing on Public Fishing Areas across the state. This allows more opportunities for fishermen to get a few more hours on the lake after the sun goes down and to dodge the sweltering late summer heat that plagues our state. The PFAs will be open to…
Anglers wishing to fish Macon’s Lucas Lake need to be aware that an earlier closing time will begin on Friday, May 4. Anglers will need to be off the water by 3 p.m. The previous closing time was 7 p.m. Lucas Lake is a 589-acre drinking-water supply reservoir owned by the Macon Water Authority (MWA)…
We think predator control—particularly on coyotes, which are a non-native, invasive species in Georgia—is very important. To help promote this concept, GON is bringing back our annual Coyote Cull this May and June. This year we are offering three great prizes with a total value of more than $1,300, including a bolt-action rifle from Franchi…
The second of two scoring events for GON’s Truck-Buck Contest was held in Madison on Saturday, March 11. From among the more than 600 entries during the 2016-17 deer season, we now have the numbers crunched and know which hunters are in line to make the prestigious trip to the Outdoor Blast for the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out. Only GON subscribers who…
If you’ve been to Lake Juliette recently, you may have found the waterways, banks and boat ramp a little cleaner. On a Sunday in March, 14 duck hunters came together with seven boats. In just four hours, they collected 43 large bags of trash, a boat full of miscellaneous junk and an old picnic table…
Just as the final pages of the May issue of GON were being sent to the printing press—and too late for the legislative report on page 14 of the May issue of GON to be changed—the governor of Georgia signed an executive directing DNR to take up the Northern Zone baiting issue. Based on the…
GON subscriber Ken Hamil, of Marietta, killed a rare erythritic, or red-phase, gobbler on a Carroll County cattle farm Tuesday, April 3. “I have killed a few turkeys over the years, but the reason for sending GON this bird was because of the red wing feathers,” said Ken. “I have been hunting them for 30 years…
If you’re looking for an outdoor-related camp for you and your child, Woods-N-Water outfitters is hosting a Raise ’Em Outdoors Georgia Summer Camp June 1-3 in Johnson County. “Throughout my childhood, my parents introduced my brother and I to the outdoors through numerous family fishing, hunting and camping trips,” said Blaine Burley with Woods-N-Water (WNW).…