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Letters To The Editor – June 2019

Duncan Does It Again    Dear GON, Hats off to Duncan Dobie for his story “The Shotgun” that you published in your magazine. Duncan is a master story teller and a wonderful person that everyone should meet. Keep ’em coming, Duncan! We love ’em! Hoyt Brown, Murphy, N.C.   West Point’s Up and Down Lake…

6th Annual Coyote Cull Update; Still Time To Enter

For the sixth summer in a row, GON has organized the Coyote Cull to provide incentive for hunters and trappers to get after coyotes during the fawning and turkey nesting seasons.  Killing coyotes in May and June can make a real difference in fawn and poult survival. This effort happens only because of the generous…

Catch Double-Digit Bass

Any other November afternoon, you’d likely find me set up on a hardwood ridge waiting for a big whitetail to cross my path. But Nov. 2, 2017 was different. It had been hot as a firecracker for the past week or two, and I could barely see a single deer at our farm. I think…

Pierce County Win It All At 4-H State BB Match

As soon as the new year came, I knew one of my favorite events of the year was coming, the 4-H State BB match at Rock Eagle 4-H Center. I also was able to add attending the 4-H state matches for archery, rifle and pistol to my list of events that I was going to…

Flounder Fun Heats Up With Summer

Chris Cockerham and Ryan Hall are fishing buds. There isn’t a much better way to describe it. They live about 2 1/2 hours from each other and still find a way to fish together almost every weekend. Ryan lives in Hawkinsville, while Chris lives in Hilliard, Fla. When they met 3 1/2 years ago, they…

Dock Lights For A Nighttime Fishing Frenzy

On this moonless night, several black specters flashed in front of the glowing green orbs and vanished just as quickly as they appeared. Slowly, cautiously, we moved closer to investigate the apparitions. Soon, more shadowy objects materialized and disappeared near the faint green glowing spheres illuminating parts of the dark water. No, we didn’t chase…

Cougars Move East

One afternoon, my son and I drove through a WMA. Canals paralleled both sides of the road. We spotted a large dark long-tailed animal crossing the road about 75 yards ahead of us. Both of us immediately said “cat!” I stepped on the gas. Seconds later, we reached the spot where the long-tailed black animal…

GON June 2019

Features: Bucket-List Run To The Blue Water Gulf Stream trolling is a dream trip for many saltwater anglers.  Jackson June Bass With Barry Stokes 10 locations for early summer largemouth and spotted bass. A Turkey For David Saville Special story continues with first-ever turkey—make that turkeys. Cougars Roaming Far—Could Georgia Be Next? Western cougars have…

Georgia Has A New No. 2 Typical Buck

The hunter killing the second-highest scoring typical Georgia whitetail buck ever was recently given an award at the annual Georgia Outdoor Writers Association Georgia DNR Big Deer Contest awards banquet. This contest is Georgia’s longest running deer contest, which was started by the Georgia DNR in 1968.  Roger Price easily won the Typical Firearms Division…

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