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We’ll be publishing our annual Pay Dove Shoots list in the August issue of GON. Filling out the Dove Shoot Coupon is easy. For County, just tell us which county your field(s) is in. Under Shoot Date(s), include all the pay shoots you plan to host. We understand not every field will be shot opening…
GON will once again be offering a hunter-education course at its Outdoor Blast, but the course will be different from courses taught in previous years. • Known as a “Refresher Course,” this year’s hunter-education course at the Outdoor Blast is ONLY for those individuals who have first completed either an online hunter-education course or the…
Like we need an excuse to wear camo in July. But if you’re looking for a reason, here’s a great one. GON’s Outdoor Blast is coming back to Duluth at the Gwinnett Center—a spacious, clean, well air-conditioned facility—to host the kick-off and get-ready party for the 2014 hunting season. This year’s Outdoor Blast will be…
Local law-enforcement teams are asking sportsmen and anglers to share any information that could help bring justice to a recent murder case on the banks of Lake Oconee in Putnam County. The double murder of an elderly couple, Russell and Shirley Dermond, has gained national attention, and law-enforcement officials are still looking for clues to…
Three state-champion duck-calling titles are on the line, and that means some of the nation’s top competition callers will again gather to compete for bragging rights and prizes. Georgia’s duck-calling contests will be held Sunday, July 27 during the Outdoor Blast at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth. The sanctioned Georgia State Duck Calling Contest begins…
The Coyote Cull has a simple theme—it’s time to do something. Coyotes aren’t native to Georgia, and they have a significant impact on deer, turkey, rabbits and other critters. It has been a damaging and lingering mistake to marginalize and dismiss the impact of coyotes in the Georgia woods. Last month we introduced the Coyote…
Here is your last chance to reach thousands of Georgia hunters and advertise your hunting-land needs for free in GON’s Hunting Land Special. The deadline to submit free classified ads for inclusion in the July issue of GON magazine is June 13. GON’s Hunting Land Special connects hunters with clubs or landowners. All you have…
A bass weighing almost 16 pounds is tough to keep secret, especially when it’s weighed in front of a group of tournament anglers at a boat ramp. Derrick Watson, of Whitesburg, was fishing 300-acre B.T. Brown Reservoir in a West Ga. Jonboat Anglers tournament May 4 when he caught the bass of a lifetime. The…
May is the time to catch a giant catfish! GON has been tracking down reports of a number of jaw-dropping flatheads and blues in recent weeks, and we are going to showcase those huge catfish in the June issue of the magazine. One of those giant cats was caught by Will Bernard, of Watkinsville, at…
It’s time to save the date! GON’s Outdoor Blast is coming back to the Gwinnett Center—a spacious, clean, well air-conditioned facility—to host the first hunting show of the summer. This year’s Outdoor Blast will be July 25-27. Like always, the show will be crammed with hunting and fishing vendors offering products for deer season. Show-goers…