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Don Edwards could not believe his eyes as he sat latched to a tree in Area 6 at Ocmulgee WMA, which is located in Bleckley, Pulaski and Twiggs counties. It was Wednesday, Nov. 26, and he had just seen a spike buck and let it go by. But a couple of seconds later, he looked…
After being shot in the chest by a deer hunter on Thanksgiving evening in Chatham County, WRD Conservation Cpl. Curtis Wright, 56, of Savannah is in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery. Chief of Law Enforcement Col. Terry West said the incident appears to be a case of the shooter, Lynn Jeffers,…
“If you want to take a nice buck, you have to go south. You just can’t grow a deer in north Georgia like you can in the southern parts.” I’m sure you have all heard this one, and I must say, I have been guilty of using this line on more than one occasion. Polk…
Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the woods, Georgia deer hunters were sitting on food sources most fitting… on clover, wheat, rye and oat plots. In privet bottoms, honeysuckle thickets, water-oak stands and over late-dropping pears… in hopes a whitetail would soon be theirs! Corny poem? Oh, yeah, but it holds a lot…
The rut, the prime time to catch a big, mature buck making a mistake, is just beginning in the mountains and southwest Georgia. Meanwhile, rutting activity started early and fast in the Piedmont, then activity disappeared in mid November, attributed primarily to a full moon and an incredible amount of white-oak acorns and other foods,…
Devin Key has been hunting all his life for a gnarly racked monster like the one he killed in south Rockdale County Oct. 24. The funny thing is, the Stockbridge hunter almost passed on a perfect, 30-yard, broadside shot because he thought the buck might be too small! But that’s the end of the story,…
It’s painful to see a giant buck KOed by a bumper, but giant antlers are always worth talking about. Just before midnight on Nov. 4, a Clay County buck that grossed several inches more than the 170-inch Boone & Crockett minimum was hit by a vehicle in the George Bagby State Park area. The main-frame…
The number of bowhunters traveling from Georgia to the Midwest is amazing. Although the bucks there are certainly impressive, it’s not just the size of the bucks and the numbers of them. Georgia has great bucks too, but the bucks in Iowa and Illinois are a lot more killable. It’s a matter of terrain that…
My name is Glen Solomon. I am an addict. My addiction is hunting and the rush. I practice my habit on public land. The state of Georgia has many programs in which to help people with their addictions. The one I am a part of is the wildlife-management-area system. I’ve been hunting Georgia’s public lands…
Whether you own or lease your deer-hunting property, chances are good that you do not have enough food-plot acreage to attract and raise a high-quality deer herd for maximum recreational enjoyment year after year. Not having the time, money or equipment is one thing, but not having suitable sites is another. Most of the logical…
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