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Hunting
Temperatures in the mid 80s provided for a comfortable dove opener for participants at the annual GONetwork SEEDS Dove Shoot on Claibourne Darden’s farm in Taliaferro County. Nice weather sprinkled with plenty of doves, great food and fellowship and a big pay day for youth hunting programs created a recipe for another great dove-shoot fundraiser. “I’ve…
Don Spillers, of Fort Valley, received a little luck last Thanksgiving morning when a 6 1/2-year-old giant Houston County buck showed up directly under his stand. However, the hard work and dedication that led up to the buck’s fall proves that Don’s hunt on Nov. 24 was anything but luck. The 11-pointer, appropriately named “Sky…
Hunters and fishermen are some of the best folks on earth. Those who also served our country take that to an even higher level. We may not block the streets with masks and profane signs every time we disagree with something, but when folks are in need, we’ll show up to help. Fletcher Sams,…
Tyler Meeks, 14, of Hawkinsville, won a $3,000 shopping spree after winning GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out on July 28 at GON’s Outdoor Blast. In addition, Tyler won a dream deer and hog hunting trip with Woods-N-Water outfitters in Wrightsville. Tyler and his dad will be staying at a remote lodge, will be well fed,…
A typical summer afternoon at the creek quickly turned into a nightmare situation for 12-year-old Cecillia Gonzalez, of Dawsonville, when a rattlesnake bit her on Aug. 12. Cecillia was bitten twice by the timber rattler and spent more than three days in the ICU of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite. “It didn’t rattle…
To say the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out will test the nerves of contestants and the audience is a bit of an understatement. Just ask the wife of one Shoot-Out contestant, who said every time her husband stepped up on the stage for a shot she was so nauseous she thought she was literally going to get sick.…
If you have never watched a bull bluegill hammer a bug on a moonlit night, don’t put it off any longer. September is the prime time to target these ferocious panfish, long after the late summer sun goes down. With that said, though, it’s also your last chance as October’s cooling temperatures tend to slow…
What is it that you need your knife to do? If you’re a hunter and fisherman, the answer is everything. The Baracuta-Blaze by Havalon Knives uses our signature replaceable blades and Quik-Change technology. We’ve upgraded to bigger handles and longer blades with the Havalon Baracuta series. Expect the same surgical precision as our Piranta series,…
By John Seginak and Brandon Adams Tires screeched across the Oglethorpe County blacktop as the driver jammed the brakes. The buttonhead did a quick 180-degree turn, but the truck was on the deer. At the last moment, the driver veered ever so slightly, the front edge of the truck missing the young buck’s rear ham…
If rainfall totals are any indication, dove fields across the state should be stellar. “Based on what I’ve heard from the field staff, our dove fields are looking really good. Everything was planted on time, and we’ve had a good bit of rain. I’m hoping for good seed production on all our fields,” said Greg…
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