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Fishing

204-Inch Bow-Buck Returned To 17-Year-Old Hunter

The saga of a massive Worth County buck taken with a bow by a 17-year-old hunter, later confiscated by DNR because the teen didn’t have a valid hunting license, has concluded with the young hunter paying a fine and the rack being returned. “We paid the fine, and we got the horns,” said Jeff Paramore,…

Cohutta’s John Roy Brackett Passes

He was buried in his camo shirt and work overalls with a cigar in his pocket. If he’d had his way, they probably would have buried him with his 50-year-old Willys Jeep that still runs like a charm.  John Roy Brackett, of Cisco, well-known locally for his lifetime of hunting exploits, passed away quietly at…

Trappers Who Think

I enjoy reading articles about trappers who have found a way or technique that really works for them. Lots of trappers have written books about trapping, some of which cover the basics while others go into great detail about specific sets or baits to use. Trapping videos are a great way to relax and spend…

Gator Trout In The Deep December Holes

Georgia is truly blessed to have one of the very best trout fisheries on the east coast. From the creeks of Savannah to the marsh down in St. Mary’s, trout are plentiful and plain fun to catch. From April to mid-December, limits can be had by slinging jigs to creek mouths or soaking shrimp under…

A Wood Duck Game Plan

Duck season preparations for us in Talbot County begin in May as soon as the last of the turkey gobbles are heard in the morning fog. When the leaves are fresh and thick on the trees, we know it is time to start planting our duck fields. We have a 12-acre bottom that is filled…

Local High Schoolers Win FLW Tournament On Seminole

The Georgia Student Anglers duo of Jackson Conley, of Bainbridge, and Brunson Fain, of Donalsonville, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 17-lbs., 3-ozs. to win the 2018 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Lake Seminole Open presented by Berkley. According to post-tournament reports, the duo caught their fish in the Flint…

100 Years At Thompson Pasture Hunting Club

As the memories begin to flow, so do a few tears; but like those recollections, they spring from joy.  Eighty-nine-year-old Dent Newton can’t hold them back, and that’s OK. The big crowd on hand to honor the oldest member of Georgia’s oldest deer-dogging club has nothing but respect for this gentleman—a word that fits him…

Macon County Deer Hunters Killed In Car Crash

What should have been another in a long history of great weekends at a 23-year Macon County hunting club turned tragic in a senseless instant. Two hunters returning to deer camp after eating lunch in Reynolds on Nov. 3 were killed in a head-on crash with a vehicle driven by another deer hunter.  Killed were…

A Hero’s Buck: Littlejohn’s Lamar County Giant

The oldest son on a family of four boys, Gary Littlejohn grew up in Lamar County, just outside of Barnesville, in the tiny community of Milner. “Dinky,” as he was known to his younger brothers and friends, spent many a happy boyhood day roaming the woods in and around his home.  According to his younger…

Catch Eufaula’s Late-Fall Crappie

Fishing opportunities abound on Lake Eufaula, the big border impoundment on the Chattahoochee River that separates Georgia and Alabama. The lake has long been labeled the “big bass capital of the world.” Catfish also flourish and grow in size and abundance, and the bream fishing is seasonally great.  Among all the possibilities, the crappie population…

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