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The opening morning of gun season found most deer hunters climbing up a tree with their favorite deer rifle. Mark Schroeder, of Albany, decided to leave the crowds and spend his gun season opener at Chickasawhatchee WMA with his bow. Even though his bowhunt only lasted 15 minutes, it a hunt that will remain in…
It was early November 1969. Give or take a few days, it was unquestionably the best week of the year to be chasing rutting whitetails in the deer woods of central Georgia. As usual, Skeeter and Glenda Grant of Flovilla were out attempting to do that very thing. They were hunting on a small tract…
Kevin Black, of Duluth, was on his way from Thomaston back to his Upson County hunting club on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 3, when he looked out his truck window and saw a strange and alarming sight. Standing beneath a massive water oak not far off the road were two bucks, their antlers jammed…
When is the rut? Answer that question, and your chances of killing a mature buck increase significantly. Unfortunately, it’s darn near an unanswerable question! The “rut” can mean different things to different people. For purposes of this article, we’re talking about the peak period of mature bucks chasing does. Using six years of hunt stories…
Dog hunting and no doe days. What’s your first reaction? Anything with a little bit of bone sticking out of its head is as good as in the fryin’ pan. In most places, probably. But not for the quality-managed dog hunting clubs that lease land from The Langdale Company The clubs are found in Echols…
Big bucks are a piece of cake. After all, every hunter knows that all you have to do is figure out when the peak of the rut is in your area, splash on a little doe-in-heat then climb a tree in a likely spot. Sooner or later a doe will run by with her tongue…
Last deer season was the most phenomenal deer season that Georgia hunters have ever experienced, and we never saw it coming. Compare the estimated deer harvest from last season to the population numbers that we reported in last year’s Deer Special, and you will notice that something doesn’t sound right: we killed more than half…
As I hurried across the pasture, I couldn’t help but think what a long shot this would be. By the time I arrived at my destination, a briar-choked wale behind a small pond, only 10 or 15 minutes of shooting light would remain. But sometimes, when the conditions are right and the rut is just…
Given the number of hunters and the millions of man-hours spent afield, hunting remains a relatively safe sport — but accidents occur. During the 1997-98 Georgia hunting season, the DNR Law Enforcement Section recorded 65 hunting-related accidents. The total includes 16 self-inflicted injuries, 20 cases where one hunter shot another, and the highest number of…
Few buck signs are more exciting to find on your hunting property than recent rubs. Especially bragging-sized, BIG rubs.Everyone who has hunted has had a hunting buddy come out of the woods all excited saying, “Man, you wouldn’ t believe the rub I found. It’s on a tree as big as my leg and it’…
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