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On Nov. 4, Eric Payne, of Eastman, ended a six-year chase for a Dodge County 9-pointer. His first encounter with the buck occurred in 2013 when he first noticed it on a trail camera that captures video. “I started getting video of a nice 8-pointer, and I remember thinking what a pretty deer. I passed on…
Updated Tuesday, Nov. 20: GON spoke with DNR Law Enforcement Cpl. Greg Wade, the officer who confiscated the giant, 204-inch, Worth County bow-kill taken by Ragan Paramore, 17, of Doerun. Cpl. Wade seized the deer rack from Paramore’s home on Thursday, Nov. 15 after ticketing him for hunting without a hunting license and hunting without a…
Frank Pritchard chased big bucks across Georgia for most of his adult life. He began practicing trophy management long ago before it was the “in” thing to do. Fifty years ago, Frank shot a massive non-typical buck in Jasper County that sported a rack with 22 points. By every standard, it should have qualified for…
Here’s the story of the typical-framed velvet 15-pointer with more than 190 inches of total antler from south Fulton County. GON had been aware of this amazing buck since soon after it was killed on opening day of bow season, and we were able to talk to the hunter this morning to get the story. …
By Nick Malone It was a bitter day on Nov. 12, 2017 with a high of 48 degrees and a low of 46 degrees. I was just waking up at 5:30 a.m. when I heard that it was a light-rainy day. My uncle and I were still set to go hunting on Paulding Forest WMA…
Photos of a large buck stuck in a Gwinnett County residential fence went viral yesterday, Nov. 5, after they were posted on Facebook by an officer who works for the Gwinnett County Police Department. Officer J.K. Brown, a deer hunter and a GON subscriber, was dispatched to the call about 7:30 a.m. and discovered just…
Despite being wheelchair bound and having endured 34 surgeries, James McNeal, 12, of Kathleen, can mark “First Deer” off his bucket list. James tried killing a deer last year—which even included a hunting trip to Texas— but the magic moment happened this season on Saturday, Nov. 3 in Emanuel County while hunting with his father, Tom,…
There’s a question mark with that subhead because, while that’s the most prevalent report we are hearing about this Georgia deer season, it literally can vary from county to county. That’s why we have such a good group of Hunt Advisors spread across the state to give timely reports. NORTH GEORGIA Cherokee County: Tim Dangar,…
Three years of no success is enough to drive even the most dedicated of hunters out of the woods and onto other things. However, I suppose some things are worth the wait. Jenifer Fuqua, of Cartersville, has been sitting for countless hours in the tree alongside her husband, Dewayne, hoping to shoot her first deer…
Bob and Margeret Hice designed, manufactured and marketed a uniquely safe and comfortable climbing tree stand—the TreeLounge—from their home near Cumming. The Hices made a good living, had a lot of fun, and made a lot of hunters happy. When Father Time took Bob away from us, Margaret carried on the TreeLounge business for some…
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