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Hunting
By Matthew Ellis On Sept. 18 at 7:37 p.m., I got the very first picture of a Hancock County deer I ended up naming Lucky Seven. It was very evident that he was 4 1/2- to 5 1/2-years-old with great mass and tine length, putting him at the top of the hit list. From Sept.…
Her name is Batey Kay Hardy, but maybe she should be called Annie Oakley. The 9-year-old 4th grader at Cartersville Elementary School is in her first full year of deer hunting. So far this season, she’s taken five deer with five shots. Included in her count is a 9-point that is larger than many men…
GON has already reported on a Dawson Forest WMA buck killed this season that might set a new record for that WMA. There’s another WMA buck that’s going to sit at or at least near the top once it is officially scored after the 60-day drying period. Rum Creek WMA produced a huge 8-pointer for…
The huge buck that showed up on Josh Grantham’s Irwin County lease each year seemed to have a calendar. It just wouldn’t present the farmer with a shot. “I got the first picture of him in November of 2020 when he was an 8-point that would score about 135 inches,” Josh said. “I never saw…
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) announces that two additional cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in hunter harvested, white-tailed deer have been confirmed in northern Lauderdale County in northwest Alabama. The two additional deer bring Alabama’s total number of confirmed CWD cases to five. CWD in Alabama’s deer herd was first…
Tom Hart has a story that many people will not believe. His first ever bow buck and soon-to-be Pope & Young came in a most unpredictable way. Thanksgiving week, Tom drove his family down from South Carolina to hunt at the family farm in Sumter County. The morning hunt on Nov. 22 did not start…
By Jamie Rowan The opening day of the 2023 general gun season dawned hectic for young Hunter Rowan, a 9-year-old from Wauchula, Fla. Her journey on this memorable weekend was filled with challenges, excitement and ultimately, triumph. Accompanied by her father, Adam, Hunter embarked on a Randolph County hunting adventure that would test her…
Patience and hard work are the keys to success, and Morgan Rae Walker, of Dodge County, just showed her resolve and determination when she finally scored on a huge, 12-point Dodge County buck that green scored 173 inches. Oh, did I mention that Morgan Rae is only 12 years old! Morgan Rae is blessed to…
Believers believe that God understands your every need. That is how some are explaining the much-needed jolt of positivity that 12-year-old Fisher Pritchett received last weekend in his battle with leukemia. The short story is that the 6th grader took a massive 11-point buck that will score nearly 170 inches. He was on a hunting…
“I was shocked, I had no idea he was that big. I just sat down for a while to soak in the moment.” These were the thoughts of James Sorrow when he walked up on what could be the biggest buck ever taken on Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area (WMA). James lives in Cumming and…
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