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Hunting

Pierce County Buck Expected To Crack Top-10

On Friday, Oct. 22, fate, luck and nearly a decade of hard work all came together for Dillon Veal, of Blackshear, on a late-afternoon hunt on his family lease. “My family has been hunting the lease in Pierce County for roughly eight years, and we’ve done our best to manage it for quality bucks. It’s nice…

Wild In The Kitchen: Smoked Venison Neck Roast

For years, I was guilty of grinding my deer necks into hamburger meat and, shamefully, even tossing some into the trash. I finally learned they could be made delicious and tender in the smoker. I like to smoke mine with cherry wood. 1 5-lb. venison neck 1 quart beef broth Montreal Steak Seasoning 3 carrots,…

Georgia Rut Predictions And November Buck Strategies

There’s nothing better than spending time in the woods to learn the feeding, movement and rut patterns for your local deer. The next best thing is a team of experienced hunters spread out across the state who know their deer hunting and are willing to share what they’re seeing.    Here are the reports from…

Peach County Crossbow Giant Taken By Youth

  Lawton Pearson was tired from a long day of dove hunting and the wind wasn’t right, so when his son Cort said they still had time to go deer hunting, his dad tried to talk him out of the spur-of-the-moment trip. The 12-year-old from Fort Valley will always be thankful that his dad reluctantly…

Amie Jones Takes “The Traveler” Buck In Worth County

Amie Jones, 18, of Sylvester, unknowingly took down a famous Worth County buck nicknamed “The Traveler” by those around their hunting area. On the morning of Oct. 22, Amie made it to her homemade box blind in the middle of a pine stand just before daylight. “All last year we saw this deer on our…

New Public Hunting Land Opens Nov. 1

Hunters in Dade County have a new public hunting location available this season. The Charles B. Henson Voluntary Public Access (VPA) area is a 786-acre piece of property located near Trenton that will open to hunters beginning Nov. 1, 2021, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). Dade County is…

Hunting In Heaven

By Hannah Baxter Many people call themselves hunters, but anyone who knew Terry Baxter knew he was the real deal. His love of hunting and the outdoors stretched far beyond a hobby, it was his way of life. Terry, my father-in-law, had hunted since he was a little boy. Naturally, when Terry became a dad,…

10-Year-Old Takes Buck For Her Late Papa

The below short story is about a 10-year-old girl named Anna Grace Scarborough who shot a 10-pointer in Johnson County on Oct. 24 in loving memory of her late Papa. From The Scarborough Family Anna Grace lost her Papa, Johnny Scarborough, back in February of this year. Her and her Papa shared the passion of hunting…

Sumter County’s Pound Cake Buck

Debra Durden Sloan cooks a mean pound cake. I know, because I’ve wolfed down a few. In fact, she procures her 100-acre deer lease not with dollars, but “with a couple of pound cakes every year.”  Since July, the Americus resident had been watching a certain 12-point buck on that Sumter County property, photos from…

Bowhunter Wins Chess Match For Record-Class Coastal Buck

Scott Owens hesitates to say that it was a buck that haunted his every thought, but the St. Simons Island boat captain admits that he has never hunted so hard for a fish or a deer. “I went to bed thinking about this deer and I woke up in the mornings thinking about this deer,”…

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