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After a long day of running up and down Lake Eufaula and fighting for every bite and bass in the livewell, first place ended up in a tie—exact weights down the hundredth of an ounce! In a tie for first place with 16.53 pounds were the Mount Paran Christian School team of Carter Zoza and…
When a deer grossing in the upper 160s shows up at a GON Truck-Buck scoring event, drool forms on the mouths of most hunters standing nearby. However, when you tell them that the buck came from a Georgia WMA, jaws drop, and the antlers become an immediate conversation starter. Will Matchett, of Hawthorne, Fla., spent…
A lot has changed in this crazy world since Steve Burch ran with his idea for a timely, relevant, local hunting and fishing publication that would be a voice for sportsmen. Leading a staff who tried harder, worked longer and simply refused to quit, Steve’s vision this month marks 30 years of publishing for Georgia…
A U.S. Forest Service review board released details of its investigation into a grizzly bear attack that killed Brad Treat on June 29, 2016. Mr. Treat, a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer, was off duty and riding the Green Gate Trails in the Flathead National Forest in Montana with a friend when the attack…
Today, March 3, is Crossover Day at the Georgia state capitol. This is the last day for a piece of legislation to pass the chamber in which it was introduced for it to be considered by the other chamber. Any legislation that doesn’t get voted on and approved by either the state House or state Senate is dead…
This past deer season, Greg Boatright, of Patterson, harvested the No. 2 buck of all-time for coastal Georgia’s Charlton County. Greg killed the buck on Oct. 22, 2016, and it has now been officially scored at 149 2/8 inches. “My girlfriend and I went hunting on opening morning and got in the tree stand before daylight,” said Greg.…
WRD’s Game Check will receive a partial face-lift prior to Georgia’s spring gobbler season, a change that will help streamline the “Recording” and “Reporting” process for hunters who use DNR’s smartphone app “Outdoors Georgia.” This change will carry over into the 2017-18 deer season and be a welcome assistance to hunters wishing to drop their…
After having no luck catching bait the morning of Feb. 2 and having to use bait that had been on ice for two days, Jake Herman, of Acworth, finally got that one special bite and reeled in a 43-lb., 9.6-oz. Lake Allatoona blue catfish. Jake’s blue catfish broke the existing Allatoona record by more than 7 1/2 pounds.…
Turkey hunters should expect to hear more of those half-gobbling jakes rattling the woods this spring, according to WRD’s annual poult survey. In fact, with a statewide average of “1.7 poults/hen,” it’s the best hatch success WRD has recorded since 2011. “I’m certainly glad to see poult numbers up again this year,” said GON turkey freelance…
Legislation that would increase hunting and fishing license fees in Georgia was expected this year during the 2017 Georgia Legislative Session, but a proposal to again change Georgia’s deer season dates comes as a surprise. House Bill 186 would change the statewide closing date for firearms deer season to the third Monday in January, and it…