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After three seasons where we saw an increasing number of deer hunters rating their seasons as “excellent,” the string has been broken. The last of that improving run of excellent deer seasons came during the 2020-21 hunting season when 24.6% of hunters reported excellent seasons. The break came when 21.4% of GON readers said their…
Zuppa Toscano Venison Soup I am a huge fan of soups this time of the year. I especially love the Zuppa Toscano soup at Olive Garden, so I decided to experiment using venison sausage instead of Italian sausage. Everybody loved it. To be extra thrifty, you might even pluck the kale from…
Nick Utley, of Atlanta, scored an extra Christmas present—a Pope & Young buck—while visiting his parents in his hometown of Tifton on Christmas Day. For about two years, Nick watched a deer he called “The Pope.” “We named this deer ‘The Pope’ because his rack is shaped like the hat/crown that a Pope wears on…
Trophy bucks have a way of evoking every emotion possible from a hunter. Grown men have been known to dedicate every waking hour to the pursuit of a particular trophy buck. Trophy bucks have made grown men cry. In a span of about eight hours, deer hunter Bill Willis, of Lenox, underwent a roller coaster…
By Kristen Morales Deer populations in the north Georgia mountains have dropped by almost two-thirds over the past few decades, according to new research by the University of Georgia. This decline has also led to a precipitous drop in deer hunting—68% fewer hunters head into the woods now compared with statistics gathered in 1979. And…
By Josh Preston In my family, hunting, fishing and spending time outdoors is just a part of life. I have always loved the idea of deer hunting since I was a small child watching my grandpa and my uncle bring deer home to be skinned and processed. Some of my best memories are of my…
A sample recently collected from a hunter harvested, white-tailed deer in west-central Lauderdale County, Alabama has been confirmed positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This is the first case of CWD detected in Alabama’s deer herd. “CWD was first detected in Tennessee and Mississippi in 2018 and has been moving slowly toward Alabama,” said Chris…
In this era when archers gather to brag about arrow speed, Chip Wells likes to talk about arrow lethality. All that old-school thinking for the Cairo native made it possible for him to take what could prove to be the biggest bow-taken buck ever from Grady County. Rough measurements show that the buck will likely…
By Den Holder Growing up in the time before the internet, without cable TV and before cell phones inspired me to find the outdoors as a place of enjoyment. I can’t remember my first fishing trip or first hunting trip because I was too young. I spent every moment I could outside. I have hunted…
There’s still some deer hunting left—quite a bit if your county has the extended archery-only hunting until Jan. 31. However, it’s time for our GON Hunt Advisors to wrap it up with their final deer season reports. We will hear from our Hunt Advisors again soon during turkey season. NORTH GEORGIA Cherokee County: Tim Dangar, of…
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