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Week 12: Luke Rountree, 144 5/8 typical County: Cook Date: Dec. 2 Cook County was throwing out some stellar bucks last season. In addition to David Wall’s Week 11 buck that set a record as the best non-typical ever from Cook, there was also a new No. 1 buck of…
Runner-Up Wildcard: Cody Dennard, 158 1/8 typical County: Houston Date: Nov. 8, Week 8 Cody Dennard, 28, was born and raised in Perry and now lives just south in the small town of Elko. “I’ve been in the woods and on the water since I could walk,” Cody said. “Hunting deer, ducks, hogs,…
Youth Wildcard: Janie Funderburk, 140 2/8 typical County: Meriwether Date: Nov. 28, Week 11 The Youth Wildcard is a spot in the annual Truck-Buck Shoot-Out for the highest-scoring buck entered by a hunter 15 years old or younger that doesn’t win a week outright. GON also conducts a separate contest just for kids called…
Week 11: David Wall, 183 6/8 non-typical County: Cook Date: Nov. 28 Last November, David Wall took the week of Thanksgiving off of work to get some good time in the deer woods. “I waited until the early morning of Monday the 25th to go and saw a few does and small bucks…
Week 10: Dwayne Griffin, 140 5/8 typical County: Colquitt Date: Nov. 20 Back in 1992, a 30-year-old hunter from Moultrie killed a 150-inch buck in Colquitt County that earned him a truck in the Hilsman Deer Cooler contest, plus a spot in GON’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out—at that time only the second Truck-Buck Shoot-Out ever.…
Killing a buck with long double drop tines is something to call your buddies about. Throw in some other rare and unique qualities—like a mouth and jaw that looks like the buck was hit by a 2×6, and an almost miniature body size—you’ve got a story to tell. The Talbot County buck killed by Jeff…
Seventeen weekly winners and four hunters in our wildcard spots are looking forward to the chance to win a new truck. We are still planning and hoping to hold our Shoot-Out event Sunday, July 26 at the Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast. Of course if plans change because of COVID-19 restrictions, we will keep everyone updated…
Week 9: Philip Worley, 142 0/8 typical County: Wilcox Date: Nov. 11 It’s tough to make the Shoot-Out. So what are the odds of making the Shoot-Out two years in a row and getting in Week 9 with a deer that netted 142? Keep in mind that this year’s Week 8 second-place buck scored 158…
Week 8: Danny Robinson, 187 6/8 non-typical County: Monroe Date: Nov. 4 Danny Robinson starting hunting when he about 15 in upstate New York near the Canadian border. Now 67 years old and living in Forsyth, Danny said he’s always loved the outdoors, maybe too much. “I really worshipped the outdoors instead of worshipping the…
Public-Land Wildcard: Chase Hemphill, 137 4/8 Public Land: Chestatee WMA, Lumpkin Co. Date: Dec. 12 Chase Hemphill, 35, of Blairsville, is an outdoorsman through and through. “I have been hunting since I was a small child with teachings of my father, uncles and grandfather,” Chase said. “I live from deer season to fishing to turkey season…
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