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Georgia Lakes Hold Some Giant Cats!

We see some great pictures and hear some awesome stories about hunting and fishing in Georgia, but one theme—monster catfish—always stops traffic and gets the crew buzzing at the GON office. There’s just something exciting and intriguing about these massive fish prowling the depths of our lakes. Mason Milby, 8, of Farmington, was jug fishing…

Scores Announced For 2014-15 Truck-Buck And Youth Contests

It was an impressive scene as rack after rack from great Georgia bucks were handed off to be measured by official Boone & Crockett scorers. Scoring events for GON’s Truck-Buck Contest and the Youth Big-Buck Contest were held in Tifton on Feb. 21 in Madison on Feb. 28. A total of 273 racks were measured…

Buck Loses Antler To A Coon

Since the invention of trail cameras, hunting has never been the same. Hunters use them to pattern and kill deer and turkeys, and even trappers are using them to figure out when certain critters are in the area. Trail cameras also let hunters capture some of that wacky and weird stuff that happens in the…

New Lake-Record Rabun Striper

The Lake Rabun striper record has been smashed with a 39-lb., 14-oz. fish that beats the old record by nearly 20 pounds. The fish was caught on March 4 by Danny Wall, of Lakemont. "It was just a matter of being in the right place at the right time, I guess," Danny told GON on…

Public-Land Buck Found Dead On A Fence

Judy Hodnett, of White Plains, stopped by the GON office yesterday with a picture of something strange she found in the woods in January. It was a picture of a 10-point buck that she unfortunately found hanging dead on a barbed-wired fence. Her property borders the new portion of Oconee WMA in Greene County, and…

Jake Decoy Attacked by Coyote and a Hawk

We didn’t publish this as an advertisement for AVIAN-X turkey decoys, but I suspect they’ll sell a few because of it. We just thought these photos were cool, and y’all have learned by now that GON editors like to publish weird stuff that happens in the woods. Chris Huggins, of Newnan, sent us these two…

OUCH! Bullet Weight to the Face

John MacKay, of Lawrenceville, was fishing on his lunch break with co-worker Blake McGee, also of Lawrenceville. Both work at Cisco in Gwinnett County and fish local ponds every day at lunch. John was fishing a Texas-rigged worm with a 3/8-oz. bullet weight when he got hung up. John put the rod in his gut…

Truck-Buck Winners Will Be Posted Online… Soon!

One Truck-Buck scoring event is under our belts, and another is coming right up. Official results can’t be determined until we score racks tomorrow, Feb. 28, in Madison. As quickly as possible, Truck-Buck results will be posted at www.gon.com. Results will also appear in the April issue of GON. Any hunter with a buck entered…

Largemouth Not Quite Large Enough

Keith Hester was fishing in a Floyd County pond with his grandfather, Fred Bynum, when they happened upon something that most anglers will never see. "While fishing that morning, we could tell that fish were hitting on topwater," said Keith, of Rome. "We noticed the commotion a couple of times and then saw what we…

Bassmaster Elite Series Pro Pulls Hartwell Angler From Frigid Waters

According to bassmaster.com, a Bassmaster Elite Series pro likely saved a man’s life after pulling him from the frigid waters of Lake Hartwell on Sunday, Feb. 15. David Walker, of Sevierville, Tenn., was practicing for this week’s Bassmaster Classic when he noticed a man in the water. David was able to quickly get to the…