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Angler, Captain Input Sought For Gray’s Reef

Two free, public forums aimed at developing more effective outreach strategies for promoting Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary will be held in Savannah this month. The Nature Conservancy will host the forums at Bass Pro Shop, 14045 Abercorn Street, Savannah, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday June 11 and on Thursday June 13,…

Skunk Ape Trees Stands Offers Free Junior Seat With Purchase

The Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast is excited to announce Skunk Ape Tree Stands is joining the 2019 Blast Bargains campaign. Blast Bargains is a special part of the three-day Outdoor Blast — we’re bringing pre-season deals back to hunting shows. Outdoor Blasts vendors will be offering items at special prices, so sportsmen can find bargains while shopping and enjoying…

Georgia Waterfowl Regs Announced, Duck Limits Lowered

Waterfowl hunters can begin making season plans now that the 2019-2020 migratory bird season hunting dates and regulations were recently approved by the Board of Natural Resources. “The 2019-2020 waterfowl hunting season has changed compared to previous years,” said Greg Balkcom, state waterfowl biologist for the Wildlife Resources Division. “The duck hunting season will end…

Advanced Wildlife Solutions Offering 4S Draw Jumbo Bag Bargain

The Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast is excited to announce Advanced Wildlife Solutions is joining the 2019 Blast Bargains campaign and will be offering a discount on their 4S Draw Jumbo Bag during the show. Advanced Wildlife Solutions sells premium deer feed and attractants. Blast Bargains is a special part of the three-day Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast — we’re bringing…

Florida Bans Harvest, Possession Of Shoal Bass

Anglers can no longer keep shoal bass from the only Florida river with a naturally reproducing, pure-strain population of the unique river bass. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) issued an executive order on June 5, suspending the harvest and possession of shoal bass from the Chipola River and its tributaries effective immediately.…

Carters Lake Fishing Report – June 2019

Carters: Level: Full. Temp: 75 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Bill Payne reports, “The spawn is over for spotted bass, and topwater walking baits like a Super Spook and wake baits have been working good during the past several days. We’ve also had great success with Picasso shaky heads and their Rhino heads around cover in the 15- to 24-foot…

Who Needs A Turkey?

It ain’t even gray day yet, and I’m a’thinkin’ we’re about to scrap! Boy’s taking me to kill a turkey he called up to nine steps the day before: all I gotta do is shoot. Yeah, right. He knows me better than that.  The problem, in the dawn’s early light, is whatever he’s apparently putting…

Scrapbook – June 2019

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Spy-Cam – June 2019

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Hunter’s Journal: Young Son’s First Deer

By Blake Brantley I have been an avid hunter for as long as I can recall. I grew up hunting deer, ducks and dove all around south Georgia with my father. Some of my fondest memories with my dad are of our trips to Lake Seminole to hunt ducks with Jack Wingate. I killed my first…

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