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Growing into its second year, the GON Outdoor Blast held Aug. 8-10 at the Macon Centreplex was even bigger and better than last year. This year’s Blast welcomed visitors to a show floor packed wall-to-wall with nothing but hunting and fishing. From guide services, call makers and taxidermy displays to hunting-gear vendors, archery shoots and…
To have a ball and to get yourself psyched up for the upcoming hunting season, come to Macon Aug. 8-10 for GON’s second-annual Outdoor Blast. This sportsman’s show will feature only hunting- and fishing-related vendors and events for kids and adults. Centerpiece to the show is the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out, the air-rifle competition to determine the…
Thousands of Georgia hunters and fishermen showed up clad in camo with their families in tow for the GON Outdoor Blast at the Macon Centreplex the weekend of August 10-12, 2007. What they found was plenty of fun for everyone, as hundreds of exhibitors and vendors filled the floor of the huge, air-conditioned facility to…
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting comments and suggestions from the public as a part of their Comprehensive Conservation Planning (CCP) Process through August 22, 2007. The deadline is next Wednesday. Based upon recent information, the Fish and Wildlife Service is not receiving comments from hunters and fishermen regarding what sportsmen want…
The anti-hunting effort is alive and well and living in Georgia. As we have reported several times recently in GON, the rampant anti-hunting organization The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is trying to stop all hunting on Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and 36 other recently acquired refuges across the country. Their weapon…
In response to a federal-court judgement that could stop hunts this fall at Bond Swamp, Okefenokee and 35 other National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) across the country, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed a remedy the agency hopes will appease the court and allow the hunts to continue. A lawsuit by the Humane…
If you were one of the lucky hunters who attended the February 14-16, 2002 hog-only quota hunt at Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, there’s a good chance you went home with some pork. Out of 56 hunters, 25 hogs were checked in for a hunter-success rate of 44.6 percent. Bond Swamp, located along the Ocmulgee…
Antlers of whitetail deer are often referred to as horns. Although antlers and horns both arise from the frontal skull plate, they are vastly different in composition and growth. Horns, such as those of goats, buffalo and bighorn sheep, are composed of keratin, the same material in fingernails. Horns are permanent, never shed and…
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