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A new No. 2 buck has officially been registered for Laurens County, a giant, clean 10-pointer taken by Stevie Drew, of Cadwell, on Nov. 14, 2020. The deer grossed 168 5/8 inches and netted down less than 3 inches to 165 7/8. “I thought I had missed the deer, he didn’t flinch or anything but…
Everyone knew the amazing 18-point Worth County buck killed by Colby Johnson was going to score great, and when the inches were tallied it did not disappoint. Official Boone & Crockett measurer Bill Cooper scored the buck after the required 60-day drying period and came up with a net of 195 3/8 non-typical. The minimum…
By Chad Law I have three years worth of pictures of this buck. His jump from 4.5 to 5.5 years old was amazing! He made a small plot with a trough feeder in it his home and was very visible. He made the 1/2-acre plot his core and would not leave. My wife and I…
As bucks from this past Georgia deer season are measured by official scorers, the Georgia Deer Records are seeing quite a few noteworthy new listings, including a new all-time bowhunting record buck from Twiggs County. Jody Chance, of Danville, arrowed a monster 9-point buck—a main-frame 8-pointer with a 2 3/8-inch sticker—that tallied 160 6/8 total…
It’s that time of the year when some official scorers are getting their hands on and measuring tapes around some of the season’s best bucks, and one of those bucks just measured came out even better than expected. Usually estimated scores seem to be inflated, but in the case of Logan Crosson’s giant 12-point buck…
In my travels of north Georgia a couple years ago, I ran into an older gentleman at a wild-game processing plant. His name is Bob Watkins, and when I asked him who loaded up the big buck he had killed a few hours earlier, he looked up and motioned for me to follow him. We…
Daylight, 35 degrees and a big sow was well within rifle range. It was an exciting start to the Cumberland Island youth deer and hog hunt on Dec. 19, 2020. It had probably been a decade or better since I’d spent a few days on a Georgia barrier island looking for deer and hogs. In…
I would like to share some words of encouragement with Zach Getskow after his recent fall from a tree stand. I live in Dacula, Ga., but I had a very similar experience seven years ago in Montgomery County, Missouri on Nov. 18, 2013. I fell 17 1/2 feet when the nylon straps suddenly snapped on…
When Cam Newmans, of Willacoochee, squeezed the trigger on a big Atkinson County 10-pointer while dog hunting on Dec. 27, 2020, it was a moment he will never forget. “We hunt a small lease by dog hunting standards, it’s only about 5,000 acres. There’s 10 of us buddies on it, and we call it The…
By Mike Sumner Imagine for a moment that you have never been deer hunting, but it was on your bucket list. Imagine that on your first hunt you go to the woods with a borrowed gun, armed with the knowledge that comes from a few weekends on the range with a seasoned hunter and fellow…
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