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On Dec. 6, David Berry Jr., of Brookline, Missouri, was told by a judge that he’ll be forced to watch Walt Disney’s Bambi movie from his jail cell once a month for the next year. Berry pled guilty to taking wildlife illegally and is just one of a number of others recently charged with wildlife…
It ain’t quite over, but we’re about to put a period on another Georgia deer season. For us at GON, by the end of November it feels like our deer season might last forever. Then one day you look up, and the Truck-Buck entries stop coming in, and so do the emails and phone calls…
This recipe is from outdoor writer John Phillips and his wife Denise’s cookbook: “The Best Wild Game and Seafood Cookbook Ever.” The stew sounds easy to fix and yummy and perfect for a cold January night. 1 can tomato soup 1 can condensed beef broth 1/2 cup water 2 lbs. venison stew meat 1 can…
One of the favorite hunting books around the GON office over the past several years has been Duncan Dobie’s “Dawn of American Deer Hunting.” Duncan’s compilation of historic deer hunting photos was also popular with other folks, enough so that Duncan has authored another version. If you enjoyed Volume I, you’ll love Volume II of…
“Cochran, you just need to kill a deer.” Those were the words that Brad Gill spoke in our discussion about me not being sure if I was ever going to sit in my spacious blind again. It was difficult for me to come to terms that I injured a buck and was not able to…
The saga of a massive Worth County buck taken with a bow by a 17-year-old hunter, later confiscated by DNR because the teen didn’t have a valid hunting license, has concluded with the young hunter paying a fine and the rack being returned. “We paid the fine, and we got the horns,” said Jeff Paramore,…
He was buried in his camo shirt and work overalls with a cigar in his pocket. If he’d had his way, they probably would have buried him with his 50-year-old Willys Jeep that still runs like a charm. John Roy Brackett, of Cisco, well-known locally for his lifetime of hunting exploits, passed away quietly at…
As the memories begin to flow, so do a few tears; but like those recollections, they spring from joy. Eighty-nine-year-old Dent Newton can’t hold them back, and that’s OK. The big crowd on hand to honor the oldest member of Georgia’s oldest deer-dogging club has nothing but respect for this gentleman—a word that fits him…
What should have been another in a long history of great weekends at a 23-year Macon County hunting club turned tragic in a senseless instant. Two hunters returning to deer camp after eating lunch in Reynolds on Nov. 3 were killed in a head-on crash with a vehicle driven by another deer hunter. Killed were…
The oldest son on a family of four boys, Gary Littlejohn grew up in Lamar County, just outside of Barnesville, in the tiny community of Milner. “Dinky,” as he was known to his younger brothers and friends, spent many a happy boyhood day roaming the woods in and around his home. According to his younger…
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