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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

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Outdoor Blast Articles

Special Hunter Education 3-Hour CD Class Will Again Be Held During Outdoor Blast

By GON Staff | June 2, 2013

The Outdoor Blast will again host a special hunter education class that not only fulfills part of the hunter education certification requirement but comes with some special perks. Before attending the Outdoor Blast class, students must complete an online Hunter Education Course by going to www.gohuntgeorgia.com. Once on the site, mouse over Hunting to see…

Fortner Is State Duck-Calling Champ

By Daryl Kirby | August 16, 2012

A new venue and sponsorship from Ducks Unlimited only added to the prestige of Georgia’s top duck-calling event, which has become known for attracting top callers from across the country. The Georgia State duck-calling contests were hosted by GON at the Outdoor Blast hunting and fishing show at the Gwinnett Center on Aug. 5. State…

Poole Back As State Duck Calling Champ

By Daryl Kirby | July 29, 2011

  Three past Georgia state champions, a South Carolina state champ, the two-time Florida champion and the current World Live Duck Champion… Those are just a few of the titles held by the amazing group of competition duck callers that came to Macon to compete during GON’s Outdoor Blast. Up for grabs were state-championship titles…

2010 GA State Duck Calling Goes To OT

By GON Staff | August 25, 2010

The largest turn-out of duck callers in the history of Georgia’s state calling championships showed up in Macon at GON’s Outdoor Blast. The 2010 event attracted 27 callers from five states. Up for grabs were state-championship titles in the Georgia State Duck Calling Contest, which sends a Georgia caller to the World’s Duck Calling Championship…

Clint Shipman Wins 2008 Georgia State Duck-Calling Contest

By GON Staff | September 4, 2008

A ticket to Stuttgart, Ark. for the Super Bowl of duck calling — not to mention the coveted title as the 2008 Georgia State Champion — went to Clint Shipman of Byron during Georgia’s sanctioned state event held at the Outdoor Blast in Macon on Aug. 8. Competitors had to blow in three rounds of…

A Sportsman’s Blast In Macon

By Nick Carter | September 1, 2008

Growing into its second year, the GON Outdoor Blast held Aug. 8-10 at the Macon Centreplex was even bigger and better than last year. This year’s Blast welcomed visitors to a show floor packed wall-to-wall with nothing but hunting and fishing. From guide services, call makers and taxidermy displays to hunting-gear vendors, archery shoots and…