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Hunting
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…
A daddy-daughter bond is an extraordinary thing, especially when that bondage takes place through hunting and the outdoors. Hadleigh Bruce, 11, of Newborn, had a moment with her daddy William on Sept. 15 that will indeed thicken their bond as she killed her biggest buck to date with him—a 142-inch Jasper County 14-pointer—with a crossbow.…
More thoughts from the middle-school football bleachers. Have you ever seen those fanatical parents on the sidelines, the ones who would make a child-development professor cringe? I’ve watched parents holler at their kids through four very long quarters of play… as in every single play. I never quite figured out if they didn’t trust the…
Most sportsmen eagerly anticipate opening day of a new hunting season. One Georgia man didn’t even know if he would see opening day this year but made the most of it when it did arrive by taking a huge buck. Zak Avery, a 39-year-old financial advisor from Pine Mountain, discovered he had a failing liver…
It’s zero surprise to most Georgia hunters that Worth County makes the headlines with a giant buck. This one was taken by bowhunter Cam Williams, of Cordele. The 13-pointer was called Splits and was gross scored in the mid 180s. Cam loves it when a plan comes together. In February 2021, he found a huge…
Brian Brooks lives on 10 acres in Paulding County. He’s in a club only 3 miles down the road, but he still hunts his property and runs cameras on it. He didn’t have any photos of any big bucks on his property, but his neighbor, Lloyd Cline, did have several good bucks on his cameras. However,…
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