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February. Yep; it’s that time of year again. And, alas, my deer season has been taken from me once more. So what am I supposed to do now to replace piling out an hour and a half before first light, driving 30 miles to climb a tree, then watch fairly reasonable targets stroll past while…
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Biggest Fish Ever Puts Capper On 2020 For 73-Year-Old A good fish story never gets old, certainly not in GON. Jody Tucker told us this story about his 73-year-old mom, south Georgia resident Laverne Tucker, who ended her 2020 year with her largest fish ever. Laverne and her husband Joe, married for 54 years, decided…
In an effort to help hunters with their predator problems, GON will release its first-ever “Trappers For Hire” list in the May issue to go along with its annual Coyote Cull contest. GON is specifically looking for trappers who would like to be hired by landowners and hunting clubs. This idea is the brainchild of…
We’re starting to wonder how much better Georgia deer hunting can get. For the 2020-21 season, 356 of our 1447 respondents, or 24.6%, rated their seasons as excellent, the best excellent rating in at least 20 years. Only 10.1% said they had “poor” seasons. That’s the lowest percentage of folks with a poor rating in…
I started deer hunting when my family moved to Macon in 1970. The man who owned the company my father worked for leased 750 acres in Jones County. He allowed a club there, which was mostly employees, their families and a few customers. Jones County is just outside of Macon and close to the middle…
Since Georgia Outdoor News magazine started in 1987, we have continuously enjoyed sharing the accomplishments of others. Some months we’ll receive hundreds of pictures of happy hunters and anglers every year who just want to share their accomplishments. We are truly blessed that so many loyal Georgians think enough of GON to share with us…
Being the camp chef, I was once asked to cook a few rabbits we took one afternoon. This is what I threw together from stuff at the camphouse. It turned into an all-time camphouse favorite. 1 3-lb. rabbit 2 teaspoons salt 1 tablespoon black pepper 1/4 cup bacon grease 4 tablespoons sugar 1 white onion,…
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As January marks the end of our deer season, I’ll be interested to look over the harvest data for this past deer season as many processors were covered up with record numbers of deer to slice, grind and smoke into some tasty treats. Some feel that COVID will be responsible for an increase in the…
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