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Hunting eastern wild turkeys in north Georgia might just be one of the most invigorating hunts a Georgian can experience. It is hard to beat the chilly, crisp mornings when gobblers are hammering on the roost right before their thunderous fly-down. The anticipation builds as the gobbles echo through hollows that stretch as far as the eye can see. I grew…
NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE THE CHANCES OF WINNING. 1. Eligibility: Contest is open only to those who sign up through the QR code scanned during the AgPro GON Outdoor Blast and who are at least 21+ years old at the time of entry. The sweepstakes is…
Jason Gardner, of McDonough, has put his name on top of GON‘s statewide crossbow rankings list by killing a Henry County 23-pointer that grossed 194 3/8 inches and netted 186 5/8. Jason took the deer in his mom’s backyard in McDonough. “The first picture we got was June 18, 2018. It showed up in full…
I’ve spent more than three decades in the Georgia turkey woods and have seen some highs and lows. In earlier years, I was only concerned with whether I’d get the good fortune to do close combat with a longbeard on a particular morning. However, these days I find myself more concerned about whether or not…
It was one of those rare, early March mornings… glowing sunshine and a zephyr from the south that was sheer pleasure to bask in following the biting brutality of February. All in all, during this ninth year of my existence, things couldn’t get much better as I tipped the old wooden chair back to the…
It has been said that “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,” and I stand firmly in my conviction that a bass is no different. To eat and to not be eaten is the top priority of every bass’s daily agenda. Just like a Maine lobster is a delicacy to each of…
The Kauger Arms Tomahawk is a revolutionary .410 handgun designed specifically for the turkey hunter. Made one at a time at the Kauger Arms Custom Shop, each Tomahawk is made of custom grade components and comprised of a smooth bore .410 barrel using a proprietary Kauger Arms bolt action with spiral fluted bolt and a…
A white crappie record has now been established on the Coosa River, and it’s a fish that will be difficult to beat. The 3-lb., 3.5-oz. slab was caught by Rita Ware, of Hiram, on Feb. 2 while she fished with her husband, LaMon. “We were fishing for white bass on the morning of Feb. 2,” said…
A new Lake Lanier rainbow trout record has been set. The initial record was caught almost 50 years ago by Charlie Hobbs Sr. with an 8-lb., 5-oz. giant. Brooke Wheeler and her boyfriend, Landon Crafton, began the day of March 2 in Shoal Creek. They were after spotted bass while targeting rocky points. After running…
An alligator that measured 13-feet, 4-inches long recently had to be put down, according to Brent Howze, a WRD biologist in southwest Georgia. The large gator that could easily have been 50 years old was found by a farmer in an irrigation ditch in the Parker Slough area in the upper western portions of Lake Blackshear…
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