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After suffering a horrendous fall out of a tree during the 2020-2021 hunting season, Willie Ware didn’t think he’d ever hunt again. However, a year later, the Appling sportsman downed his largest buck ever. “My ability to turn my neck is very limited because when I fell out of the deer stand, I broke my…
It’s a good thing to have a girlfriend who supports your bowhunting obsession. It’s even better when she’ll go bowhunting with you. It’s the best thing when she kills a possible Pope & Young buck the same month as you. That’s the fortune of Blake Clifton, of Monroe. He has hunted since his early teens…
As all archery hunters know, being successful requires meticulous planning, patience and excellent arrow placement. Of course, having no set plan, being rushed and getting lucky sometimes works, too. Macon’s Jonathan Ward recently took a big-bodied 11-point with his crossbow that he figures will score in the 145- to 150-inch range. He said he took…
It’ll be a bit noisier Saturday morning in the Georgia deer woods compared to the previous four weeks as the primitive-weapons and youth-only firearms deer seasons begin. This concurrent season will last from Oct. 9-15, and during that time youth under 16 years of age may hunt deer with any legal deer firearm. These hunting…
Adam Lomax, of Cumming, is thrilled that he’s got a really good contender for Week 3 in GON’s Truck-Buck contest. His DeKalb County 13-point, typical-framed buck has more than 160 inches of antler. Just this year Adam received permission to hunt a new piece of land in Dekalb County. He immediately put out trail cameras…
When Joseph Smith and his dad Bryan Smith, both of Cordele, first started getting pictures of a large 10-pointer on their Dooly County lease late this summer, they were hopeful that somehow, someway their paths would cross with the buck. “He showed up on daddy’s camera first, and since it was set to video mode,…
The early morning silence was broken by the distinct sounds of deer chasing 100 yards or so across the creek from my position. The back and forth sounds of hoofs plowing through the leaves along with grunts had my heart pounding and knees shaking. The rut was on! Seconds later a doe appeared trotting by…
During these crazy days when people don’t want to work and grocery stores are often waiting on the next truck to dock with food or employees to stock the shelves, it’s not a bad idea to get the freezer full of venison. Ava Morgan, 13, of Wray, got pro-active in meat collecting on Oct. 1…
When it comes to a county’s ability to grow a trophy buck, not all counties are created equal. It’s just a fact—some counties have more of the ingredients required for a buck to grow a huge set of antlers—natural food sources, genetics and circumstances that allow a buck to get old and mature. Having said…
Unseasonably cool temperatures made the first weeks of archery season more than bearable—it was crisp and cool some mornings, a welcome respite from the hot, buggy bowhunting we’re used to in Georgia. Something else we’re now used to is a fantastic first week of archery season for huge Georgia bucks. Bowhunters have figured out how…
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