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Hunting
For 10 minutes the buck was in sight around Jeff Banks’ deer stand. The first day of gun season, and evening hunt, and Jeff was about to shoot a buck—and that’s saying something. This is a man who has already killed and passed up bucks that would gross near 150. Pulling the trigger on a…
As I walked the two-thirds of a mile back to the tree where my portable stand was hung, it seemed as though you could see every star in the sky. It was 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 27, and about 24 degrees. I walked in slowly, as to not make any unnecessary noise, or get overheated. …
Before picking a tree to climb opening morning, it may be advantageous to first think about all the changes a piece of hunting property can go through. Recent clearcuts should be a little thicker while older ones may be more open. Was timber harvested? Maybe the oak branches are heavy with acorns — maybe they’re…
Opening day of archery season often presents a contradiction to southern bowhunters. We spend months practicing, scouting, placing stands, and getting ready. Anticipation is high, and we canʼt wait to get in the woods. Then, when we finally get to hunt in mid-September, we find that the heat is almost suffocating, and the bugs are…
The moment of truth came quickly for 33-year-old Tim Touchton of Nashville, Ga. It was Friday morning, November 24, the day after Thanksgiving last year. All week long, Tim had been hunting in a swamp bottom near the New River in western Berrien County. Having taken several days of vacation during the Thanksgiving week, he…
Before dawn last archery season, Luis Izquierdo was on the way to his bow stand at Misty Oaks Plantation in Worth County when he stumbled across an amazing scene. While jumping a barbed-wire fence separating two fields, a doe had caught one hoof between the top two strands, which twisted together and trapped the deerʼs…
An errant 8-point buck went on a wild rampage through an Ellenwood Kroger store before five shoppers, who happen to be deer hunters, and the store co-manager tackled the deer and eventually released it back to the wild. At about 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, Rick Burdett, of Stockbridge, was about to exit the…
Never before have so many grown men cried. I’m not the least bit ashamed to admit I was one of them. By the time the networks broke the news that Dale Earnhardt didn’t make it this time, we already knew. The celebration for Michael Waltrip had just begun in Daytona’s Victory Lane, and Mike Rhodes,…
On Dec. 30, Buddy Judd, of Macon, was deer hunting in Crawford County. As he still hunted through some planted pines, he heard the distinct sound of a deer stomping its foot. Buddy stopped to scan the woods but was puzzled that he could see nothing despite having a clear view for 50 or 60…
Every year, GON readers send us photos of unusual deer they have killed. Hereʼs a look at some of the odd-ball deer from the 2000 season.
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