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Tom Cooper was living in Lilburn and was 33 years old when a chance happening in the Georgia deer woods changed his life forever. On the morning of Nov. 24, 1974, he set out alone in the cold darkness, driving toward public land for a typical day in the woods. As an avid deer hunter,…
A late season hunt for Brandon Hunnicutt, of Clayton, will likely land him in the No. 1 spot for the best buck ever recorded from Rabun County, located in the mountains in the extreme northeast corner of Georgia. Brandon killed a 12-pointer on Dec. 31 that is expected to gross 176 inches. After side-to-side deductions and…
GON has recently reported that Georgia game wardens are now using all kinds of social media to look for game-related violations. However, a new form of social media from an Oklahoma game warden is one we haven’t heard yet. According to the Oklahoma Game Wardens Facebook page, Game Warden Cannon Harrison was on a dating app…
Crazy thing happened to me over the holidays. I met GON freelance writer Donald Jarrett in the GON parking lot. That’s alone is not crazy, but the happenstance, circumstances and connections turned that random meeting into something very special. I also met his Donald’s son Devereaux. Still not getting it? If I didn’t walk out…
Often times over the years I have heard people talk negatively about having the timber cut on their hunting land. You hear things like, “I have to go pull all of my stands.” “There goes all the work in the food plots.” “Every deer on the place will be run off.” Yes, you need to…
Most bass anglers have heard about the good winter “ditch bite” at Lake Lanier for spotted bass. But exactly what is a ditch bite? How do you find good ditches, and how do you catch bass on this pattern? Three local expert fishermen on Lanier—Jim Farmer, Jimmy “Lanier Jim” Harmon and Jim “Jimbo” Mathley—shared their…
Every two years, the Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) invites all hunters to attend public meetings and provide input on the development of changes to current hunting regulations. Here are the dates and locations for the WRD Public Meetings on hunting regulations. All meetings begin at 7 p.m. • Jan. 7: Gainesville Civic Center, Chattahoochee Room,…
Mentor Background Brandon Adams: I started going hunting with my Dad at around 8 years old. I have been fortunate to hunt a wide variety of game thanks to adults who have been willing to mentor me. Introducing my children and others to the outdoors is my way of paying it forward. Mentee Background My…
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Hopefully you’ve put some venison in the freezer, and maybe there’s a buck at the taxidermist. Whether you were successful in the deer woods this season or not, certainly some memories were made during the time you spent in the woods. The January issue of GON means it’s time Rate Your Deer Season, and it’s…
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