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Rainy Day Hog Dog

This big nasty boar was taken one night in some steady rain in Rayle, GA. Ryne and I struck out with about an hour and a half window between rain waves, and I’m glad we did. We ran up on this pig about 5 minutes out of the box. At first I thought he was…

Purple Heart Recipients Enjoy Lanier Fishing Trip With SCI

The Georgia Chapter of Safari Club International (SCI) was honored to host 25 Purple Heart recipients during its annual Wounded Veterans Fishing Weekend at Lake Lanier July 9-11. The event, which has been hosted for more than a decade by Georgia SCI, provides a full weekend of fishing and fun on Lake Lanier for wounded…

SPRO Introduces New Flappin’ Frog

Part of the Essential series, the SPRO® engineers worked diligently to create the new Flappin’ Frog, extending the company’s footprint in the world of topwater with a frog meant to be buzzed. The skirted legs have been replaced by paddle-tailed appendages that can be buzzed across the surface or retrieved in a stop-and-go pattern. They’re…

Coyote Cull: July 2021 Entries

Click To See June 2021 Coyote Cull Entries Click To See May 2021 Coyote Cull Entries Round 3 of the 2021 GON Coyote Cull is off and rolling as hunters and trappers step up to the plate to kill song dogs in an effort to save fawns and turkey poults. Listed below are all the…

Ocmulgee River Flounder Caught 200 Miles From The Coast

Fishing is great, and one reason is that you never really know what lurks down there and might take an interest in your lure. However, when you’re dragging a Carolina-rigged lizard in the Ocmulgee River and feel that tap-tap, an angler has to think largemouth bass. Not so fast… Wayne Nall, a longtime GON subscriber…

GON July 2021 Issue

GON July 2021 Volume 35, No. 7 July 2021 Feature Article Humps For Summer Bass On Clarks Hill Tanner Hadden says not just any hump will do. Here’s a map with 10 good ones to set a summertime pattern. 8th Annual Coyote Cull Already Sets Record With still a third month to go, hunters and…

The Jim Bland Story

Jim Bland, of Jesup, was born in 1929 just as the effects of the Great Depression were beginning to be felt by many Americans. His outdoor life was greatly influenced by his father, James R. Bland, and his grandfather, Daniel Tate Bland, who was born in 1850. Today at 92, “Pops,” as he is known…

Letters To The Editor – July 2021

Wild Hogs Should Be Public Enemy No. 1 On Wild Turkeys Dear GON, I think there are many reasons why the turkey population is on the decline. I’m sure habitat reduction has something to do with it, but certainly not the only thing. I’m for a two-gobbler limit and maybe a shorter season, but is that…

Tournament Reports – July 2021

Evans County High School students Davis Madden and Jayden Faulkner won the first Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Bass Fishing State Championship, presented by Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance. The championship tournament was held May 8 at Lake Lanier. Faulkner and Madden had a five-bass limit that weighed 20-lbs., 3-ozs. to collect the win. There were…

13-3 Lake Seminole Alligator

By Mike Harp Just wanted to sit down and tell my story of the last four years of gator hunting leading up to my 2020 13-3 beast. It all started with my first tag in 2013. I thought it was going to be easy to just go out and get one. Well one weekend later,…

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