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Hunting
It’s easy. To think that it’s easy, that is. Why, these pages are fair packed with rocking-chair-racked whitetails almost every month. And we all know of the rookie—or his wife—who nearly tripped over the trophy of a lifetime and hauled it home in a pal’s pickup. Nothing to this big buck business, right? David Shepard…
Each month we turn back the clock to see what was being reported in the pages of GON—30, 20 and 10 years ago. Here’s a look back at stories that appeared in GON. 30 Years Ago: The photos in this story were sent in by an anonymous person 30 years ago. It was of a…
The Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out was just held July 26 during the Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast. We watched another young hunter, John Kilpatrick, compete and win a BB gun shooting contest to earn a $3,000 shopping spree at https://adventureoutdoors.us and a weekend hunt at https://www.woodsnwaterinc.com. The runner-up prize in the Youth Big-Buck Shoot-Out is a CVA…
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge in central Georgia is turning to an electronic sign-up process to fill their upcoming deer and turkey quota hunts. In the past, they used the U.S. Postal Service to fill quota hunts, but with current struggles with delivery of USPS mail, the electronic change at Piedmont seems to come at an…
GON’s Deer Coolers list is a statewide look at places to take deer for processing. The listing is free to deer-cooler operators and just one more service we provide to GON readers. If you’d like to add your deer cooler to the list, or if you know of a cooler on this list that has shut…
Twelve-year-old Bryson McGlynn, of Opelika, Ala., was once again crowned a champion for his age-defying culinary skills. Last December, McGlynn won the Gordon Ramsay Master Chef Junior competition, which aired on Fox in May. Last weekend, McGlynn was crowned champion of the Alabama Wildlife Federation’s (AWF) Wild Game Cook-Off State Finals held in Millbrook, Ala.…
I feel compelled to share my testimony of a transformative weekend that unfolded last season in the heart of Troup County with 30-30 Ministries and hosted by Shayne Goddard with the Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes. It was an experience that not only strengthened the bond between a father and his daughter but also illuminated the beauty…
It happened again last season… a longtime GON subscriber killed a huge buck that would have won a Truck-Buck week, only to find out his subscription had expired. Renew now! Truck-Buck is back for the 36th straight year—a testament to the GON community and the sponsors who again stepped up to provide Georgia deer hunters…
Papa says I have the biggest imagination he’s ever seen and that I see things in the woods that aren’t really there… like big ol’ gnarly bucks, for instance… Now I was wondering if that was true. It was opening day of gun season in October, and I wanted to see a big buck in…
GON’s WMA Special is the only place in the world to look for easy-to-read tables and charts designed to guide Georgia public-land deer hunters for their upcoming seasons. In this year’s WMA Special, we have deer-hunting stats on 100 pieces of public-land dirt. Top quota and non-quota bonus deer hunts from last year are listed…
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