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Hunting
The calls just keep coming in at the GON office this deer season—another giant buck from another Georgia county. We’ve seen top-end bucks killed from one end of the state to the other. Official scores can’t been done for 60 days after a buck is killed, so we haven’t even begun to compile all of…
On Thanksgiving Day afternoon, Nov. 24, Nate Martin went hunting in Whitfield County in the Chattahoochee National Forest. He was hoping to get his first buck, but little did he know that he would return home that afternoon dragging two bucks—or at least the remains of two bucks. “After we all ate, I went to…
A 158 5/8-inch gross-scoring buck was taken from Fort Benning on Nov. 11, Veterans Day, by Russell Wyatt, an infantryman on the 182,000-acre military installation near the Georgia-Alabama border adjacent to Columbus. Russell has only been hunting a handful of times, but for a man who’s only shot a few deer, he’s now set the bar pretty high…
On Friday, Nov. 18, Judd Schramm, of Columbus, killed a giant 17-point buck while hunting in Webster County that could top 190 total inches of antler. “I had pictures of him many times and had a bunch of him on my trail camera on Monday (Nov. 14). I had already taken off work for the end of…
Joseph Wesley Hoffman, 34, of Morgan County, passed away Nov. 11 after being shot when another hunter’s gun accidentally discharged. The incident occurred when Hoffman and the other hunter were retrieving their guns from the backseat of a four-door pick-up truck at opposite ends of the truck after arriving at private property in Jasper County. The incident…
Jeff Rooks, of Griffin, harvested a deer of a lifetime in Upson County on Nov. 12. The deer is a main-frame 10-pointer with 18 scoreable points. “I’ve never even seen a deer that big much less been fortunate enough to have one walk out in front of me,” said Jeff. Jeff said him and seven others lease…
Ben Holt, of Byron, was hunting the Oconee National Forest in Jasper County when he got a shot at a 13-point buck on Nov. 12. “It was actually the first time I ever went down there,” said Ben. “That morning I hunted out there, and there was a hunter about 50 yards from me, and I didn’t know…
Peachtree Corners, a city in Gwinnett County, will be voting on an ordinance tonight that would require anyone bowhunting inside the city limits to first obtain a city permit. This is the second attempt at a city ordinance that would create a hurdle for bowhunters. The city’s first attempt—which came at last month’s meeting—tried to make bowhunting illegal inside city limits.…
For Wendell Davis, one of the major benefits of growing up on his family’s Ben Hill County farm was participating in the annual fall opening of deer season. Over the years, Wendell and other family members have had some great hunts and taken a number of impressive bucks. “Every year there is always a natural…
The first week of November last year called for warmer than usual temps—not what I was looking for. However, the wind was out of the east, which was exactly what I needed. I parked my truck beside a busy highway and gathered my bow and safety harness, and I put my Lone Wolf climber on…
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