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If you have an avid hunter or angler on your Christmas list, GON offers several affordable gift options to help fill those Christmas stockings. The below items can be purchased by calling the GON office in Madison at (800) 438-4663. We also welcome you to drop by the office anytime we are open. A GON…
On Friday, Nov. 18, Judd Schramm, of Columbus, killed a giant 17-point buck while hunting in Webster County that could top 190 total inches of antler. “I had pictures of him many times and had a bunch of him on my trail camera on Monday (Nov. 14). I had already taken off work for the end of…
Joseph Wesley Hoffman, 34, of Morgan County, passed away Nov. 11 after being shot when another hunter’s gun accidentally discharged. The incident occurred when Hoffman and the other hunter were retrieving their guns from the backseat of a four-door pick-up truck at opposite ends of the truck after arriving at private property in Jasper County. The incident…
Jeff Rooks, of Griffin, harvested a deer of a lifetime in Upson County on Nov. 12. The deer is a main-frame 10-pointer with 18 scoreable points. “I’ve never even seen a deer that big much less been fortunate enough to have one walk out in front of me,” said Jeff. Jeff said him and seven others lease…
Ben Holt, of Byron, was hunting the Oconee National Forest in Jasper County when he got a shot at a 13-point buck on Nov. 12. “It was actually the first time I ever went down there,” said Ben. “That morning I hunted out there, and there was a hunter about 50 yards from me, and I didn’t know…
Peachtree Corners, a city in Gwinnett County, will be voting on an ordinance tonight that would require anyone bowhunting inside the city limits to first obtain a city permit. This is the second attempt at a city ordinance that would create a hurdle for bowhunters. The city’s first attempt—which came at last month’s meeting—tried to make bowhunting illegal inside city limits.…
Jeff Goins, of Good Hope, harvested a giant Georgia buck while hunting on the Oconee National Forest in Putnam County early this morning. It was the last day of his two-week vacation. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime kind of deer,” Jeff told GON. Jeff was hunting with his fiancée, Erica Maxwell, also of Good Hope. The two were hunting in a…
The managed hunts for Cumberland Island National Seashore have been cancelled for the October, November and December dates. The cancelled hunts are the Oct. 22-23 Adult-Child gun hunt, and the Nov. 7-9 and Dec. 5-7 primitive-weapons hunts. “Due to extensive damage from Hurricane Matthew, we do not feel the island’s hunt zone and hunt camp…
Georgia hunters continue to watch the skies for any signs of rain as food plot plantings remain on hold and game animals shift their hunting season travel patterns to watering holes. The bad news for hunters is that there’s no real signifiant rain chance in the forecast at least through the first week of November. “It’s…
Hunters still have a chance to make comments that could lead to improvements to habitat and an increase in wildlife populations on 143,419 acres of the Chattahoochee National Forest (CNF) and parts of Cohutta WMA, an area known as the “Foothills Landscape.” Comments can be made at two upcoming U.S. Forest Service meetings or by going online to www.tinyurl.com/FoothillsLandscape.…