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Boy Nearly Hyperventilates After Catching Dream Fish

Have you ever had a shark bite your dream fish in half right at the side of the boat? Well it happened to me sadly. It was CRAZY that he bit it right at the side of the boat. The shark was HUGE! It was me, my dad and my dad’s friend. I had saved…

GON’s Cast For Cash – November 2020 Fishing Tournaments

GON compiled list of upcoming tournament trails with the help of tournament directors and others hosting benefit tournaments. If you would like to have your tournament added please send an email with all the details to Brad Gill at [email protected]. Because of the coronavirus situation, please call ahead to verify tournaments will still be taking…

Buying Hunting Land Series: Plan Ahead For Life’s Changes

Wade was beaming with a smile from ear to ear. His wife Anna had just given birth to their next child, his “Junior.” They were raising their daughter, Annie James, to be an outdoors person. She loved to go with her daddy fishing or taking hikes in the woods. Now there are two kids, and…

Fox And Hounds

When I was 12 years old or so, my folks occasionally dropped me off for the weekend at my Uncle’s farm-slash-ranch up in the country a couple of hours away. I have long since forgotten the excuse for doing so, but the reason was that I was 12 years old. Sane parents get away from…

Getting After Public Ducks In Georgia

Just as the first hints of gray light eased into the sky, the sounds of wood ducks calling on the horizon came to my ears. Wing beats came next as they swung around the hole, then the sharp rush of air that comes when ducks begin their descent. Shots rang out, and the familiar and…

Fish — And Shoot — The Flood Tide

The calendar shifts to early fall, and many outdoorsmen across the whitetail’s range are thinking about deer season and the rut. However, for those of us lucky enough to live near the coast, fall brings an opportunity that can’t be passed up: Nor’easters and the accompanying flood tides. Flood tides are a natural occurring phenomenon…

COVID Doesn’t Stop Annual Darden Dove Shoot In Taliaferro County

The COVID pandemic didn’t stop the annual GONetwork SEEDS Dove Shoot at the Claibourne Darden Farm in Taliaferro County on Saturday, Sept. 5. There may have been masks during social times and a little social distancing during the meal and annual “Introduction of the Hunters” ceremony, but folks still ate well and got to sling…

GON’s Trophy Room – November 2020

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…

Peach County “Nockturnal” Buck Scores 165+

When a hunter finds himself on the cover of GON with a giant buck, you can bet there’s a good story behind the harvest. Nic Bekkers’ buck on this month’s cover is no exception to the rule. As a matter of fact it was a blunder last year that gave the buck its lasting nickname,…

Bears In A Hurricane

Hey, lissen up, ‘cause I got a idear: Let’s DRIVE three hours in the MIDDLE of the night to go BEAR hunting in the Okefenokee SWAMP during a HURRICANE! Piece of cake; I mean, what could possibly go wrong? Oh, I see; you’re just like my other woud-be-friends who are but acquaintances. Of little faith.…

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