GON's Outdoor Blast
July 25-27, 2025
LakePoint Sports Champions Center • Emerson, Ga.
Friday, July 25 1 pm – 7 pm
Saturday, July 26 9 am – 7 pm
Sunday, July 27 10 am – 5 pm
General Blast Information: (800) 438-4663 – Ask for Kimberly Lee, or Email [email protected]
Outdoor Blast Articles
“Hello,” said the voice on the other end of the call. “Is this James Haygood?” I asked. “Who’s calling?” he cautiously replied. “James, this is Steve Burch with Georgia Outdoor News,” I said. “Oh… Yes sir,” he responded, “This is James.” I could hear the caution in his voice turn to curiosity. “Do you remember…
Steve Scruggs and his famous “Snakes Alive” show will be coming to GON’s Outdoor Blast July 24-26 at the Gwinnett Center. Steve’s Snakes Alive show teaches about how to identify venomous vs. non-venomous snakes, what to do if bitten, how to avoid being bitten and laws associated with snakes. To go through all this, Steve…
GON is again offering a hunter-education course on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. during at the Outdoor Blast. This course will get young hunters certified, but there are some special requirements for the course. • Known as a “Refresher Course,” this hunter-education course at the Outdoor Blast is only for those individuals who…
Whether you come to the Outdoor Blast to shop, win a gun in the Gun-An-Hour-Giveaway, or simply as an excuse to put on the camo and get ready for hunting season, just be there. The Outdoor Blast, GON’s annual kick-off to hunting season, is coming to the Gwinnett Center July 24-26. The three-day show will…
GON is heading back to the Gwinnett Center to host the Outdoor Blast, our annual kick-off to hunting season. This year’s Outdoor Blast will be July 24-26. The Gwinnett Center is a clean, well air-conditioned facility right off I-85 in a very nice area of Duluth. The Outdoor Blast will again feature hundreds of hunting…
Clint Shipman won his third—and likely final—Georgia state duck-calling championship by topping a tough field of nine of the state’s elite competition duck callers. The event was held July 27 during GON’s Outdoor Blast at the Gwinnett Center. After a third state title, there is an unwritten but widely followed rule that duck callers don’t…