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Easton Withrow, 10, of Cleveland, collected a $3,000 shopping spree at Adventure Outdoors after winning GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out on Sept. 26 in Madison. The Shoot-Out had originally been planned for July at the Outdoor Blast, but hosting site restrictions didn’t allow GON to hold its annual hunting show. In addition, Easton won a…
Hartwell: Level: Full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing has still been tough, and some days are better than others, especially if they are generating. The turnover is still effecting some areas of the lake, but this should be over soon, and the fish will start…
West Point: Level: 0.8 feet above full pool. Temp: Low 70s and dipping into upper 60s on cool mornings. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Good. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Expect fishing to get much better as we move into November. The shallow bite should improve drastically with the cooler temps and a nearly full lake. Shallow-water…
Eufaula: Level: 4 feet below 190 full pool. The corps has dropped the lake to 186 (at 185.56 currently) to work on the dam. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Stained to slightly muddy in some creeks. Bass: Tournament angler Les Bratcher, of Big Bite Baits, reports, “The fishing here at Eufaula is good right now with…
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has issued a draft permit—a final permit will come soon—that would relax testing requirements and discharge restrictions for a textile plant in Screven County with a history of damaging discharges into the Ogeechee River. A 2011 incident at the plant near Dover caused one of the worst fish kills…
It wasn’t exactly a packed house of roaring fans when Luke Rountree, of Adel, won September’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out before driving back to Cook County in a brand-new Chevy pickup from John Megel Chevy in Dawsonville. Ask Luke if he cares. Pretty sure he was happy just the same. Due to COVID concerns from the Infinite…
The timing of the rut peak gets lots of attention from deer hunters, but the pre-rut cruising phase may just be the best time to get on a more predictable plan to kill a mature buck. That exact scenario was mentioned by several of GON’s Hunt Advisors this month. Here are their reports through the…
“Lake Hartwell is a paradise.” Those were the words that kept running through my head in October 2002 as I stared out the window of my new work home at the Clemson office of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). I had spent the previous 12 years working for SCDNR in Columbia on…
A tall-tined buck with a symmetrical rack should set a new Hancock County record as the best ever taken with a bow. And that’s saying something special coming out of one of the Piedmont Region’s top big-buck counties. The buck was taken on opening day of gun season by Dalton Trammell, who decided this season…
I’ve always said that when it’s your time, it’s your time. Hunting personality Travis “T-Bone” Turner, of Hogansville, has struck again. His latest Georgia giant whitetail grosses 186 and was killed with a muzzleloader on the evening of Oct. 11. Just three weeks ago GON reported that Travis shot a 160-inch 10-pointer with his bow.…
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