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The Georgia Mentor Competition will once again give out three guns in an effort to encourage current hunters to get new hunters into the woods. The competition is spearheaded by the Georgia R3 program, which is a group working to reverse the current trend of declining hunter numbers. The competition will run through May 15,…
Members of our Hunt Advisor team saw a wide range of rutting activity, from “best rut ever,” to sporadic and spread out action, to non-existent chasing during the daylight. Whether hunters see the action or not, one thing’s for sure—there’s a rut every season, and bucks are going to get with does. In addition to…
On Nov. 23, Jami Biles, of Williamson, killed a Pike County deer that has a gross score of 167 inches. Located on private land, Jami decided to go hunting in her usual spot. She arrived on the land at 4:30 p.m. It was cold, windy and raining at the time. “I was just sitting there…
Tired of the same old venison recipes? This is unquestionably the best venison dish I have ever made. It feeds eight. 2 lbs. ground venison 12 cups chicken broth 8 slices crisp bacon 2 large onions, chopped 8 large red potatoes, diced 6 cloves garlic, minced 1 1/2 cups heavy cream Black pepper salt McCormick…
Watching him grow since March really built up the anticipation for the 2018-19 deer season for me. When I say him, I am referring to a buck I like to call Obsession. As soon as he started growing his antlers back and I saw his uniqueness, the obsession began for me and he became my target buck…
Killing a 150-inch buck from Wheeler County wasn’t really what John Clark, of Alamo, was expecting in the mid-morning hours of Oct. 28. “This buck was on no camera, hadn’t been seen or anything. He was nowhere,” said John. John shot the buck from a brand-new ground blind that had only been purchased two days…
I would like to ask for a few minutes of your time, especially any hunters. I want to tell the story of an accident, about what happened that turned a family hunting trip into a nightmare in the blink of an eye. This trip was planned for my dad Eddie Gordon, my son Adam Luke and myself. Some…
On Nov. 18, Aaron Storey, of Cook County, killed a non-typical 13-point buck that grossed in the low 180s. Aaron had been on the hunt for this particular deer since September, which is when he got his first trail-camera picture of him. Aaron would go all of bow season and the first month of gun season…
Lake Russell WMA in northeast Georgia produced some big bucks over their annual Thanksgiving buck-only hunt. Both bucks were taken by GON subscriber and are entered in Truck-Buck, and both will end up near the top—if not in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions—on Lake Russell WMA’s official rankings. GON for years has been compiling…
Rob Williams, of Warner Robins, found a rifle in the woods on Redlands WMA on Friday, Nov. 2, and he wants to return it the the owner. “I was walking in the woods, and it was just leaning up against a tree,” said Rob. “It was about 50 feet off a road, right there at…
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