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Hunting
When Ragan Souter, of Poulan, climbed into her buddy stand on the afternoon of Nov. 21, she had no idea she was fixing to kill a Worth County giant that a local deer processor and her boyfriend would tape out unofficially at 190 total inches of antler. Although Ragan will have to wait the 60…
Alex Moore had been back in the woods and hunting just a few times after his last radiation treatment, and here he was face to face with his buck of a lifetime. With only seconds to react, he knew he would have to remain focused and go through the process of drawing his bow, anchoring…
Last Sunday Nov. 15, Brian and Kate McCabe, of the Carriage Ridge subdivision in Harbor Club in Greene County, got to experience firsthand the force of nature during the rut. It was about 1:30 p.m. and the McCabe’s had just finished a birthday party at their house for about 30 people to celebrate the first…
A high-dollar hunting club or owning a big tract of managed land isn’t required for some great deer hunting in Georgia. There’s plenty of public land where the management is being done by biologists and wildlife technicians, and a look through the big bucks being entered in this year’s Truck-Buck Contest is proof of that.…
Ben Hatcher, 15, of Albany, made skipping a morning class the morning of Nov. 3 well worth it after he was able to shoot the buck of a lifetime in Worth County. The giant 17-pointer they knew as “Split Brow” grossed 172 inches and is expected to net in the 160s. This was the second…
While Floyd County might only rank No. 107 on GON’s Best Counties For A Big Buck rankings, it just produced a giant 13-pointer with long, matching drop tines that green-scored a total of 175 inches for Bob DeNyse from Texas. The buck is proof that a hunter doesn’t have to be in the best county…
Between the demands of competing at a high level in junior sports and just being a teenager, heading to the deer stand can’t always be the top priority. After a few missed chances when she opted to not go hunting during two seasons of chasing a big buck, Shelby Clark, 15, of Statesboro, was finally…
There are some big-buck contests up north where the winners are determined by how much a rack weighs—no measuring, the capped skull plate and rack are put on a scale. A super-thick Pulaski County 14-point buck killed this weekend would give any North Woods buck a run for the money in that type of contest.…
Like me, you’ve probably done venison chili to death. Chili is probably the best use for ground venison. With the cooler weather now upon us, I decided to experiment a bit the other day. I substituted ground venison for ground beef in a friend’s recipe, and it was wonderful! Give this simple recipe a try.…
When a hunter finds himself on the cover of GON with a giant buck, you can bet there’s a good story behind the harvest. Nic Bekkers’ buck on this month’s cover is no exception to the rule. As a matter of fact it was a blunder last year that gave the buck its lasting nickname,…
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