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Hunting
Most serious deer hunters have a deep, abiding love and respect for the land they hunt on. In order to match wits with the most beautiful and challenging big-game animal on the face of the earth, it’s important for a man to have that special “go to” piece of earth. In many ways the land…
You don’t have to search long to find parallels and common denominators between the major U.S. cities of Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Atlanta. Employment opportunities, major sports teams, the availability of the arts, diverse populations and progressive attitudes are the reason that many give for making these cities home. There is one little-known…
Justin Mizell says it was unquestionably the most incredible moment of his deer hunting career. That euphoria didn’t last long. The incredible sense of accomplishment suddenly turned into what seemed like a cruel joke. His buck-of-a-lifetime from Fulton County had apparently survived Justin’s opening-day arrow. It had seemingly disappeared into thin air. A tracking dog…
Game Warden First Class Brock Hoyt, who is assigned to Fulton County, was named the 2022 Game Warden of the Year by the DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED). Cpl. Dean Gibson from Talbot County received the James R. Darnell Award as the runner-up to Game Warden of the Year. “These officers have proven themselves as…
Sometimes a change of plan can be just what a deer hunter needs to find success. Bowhunter Justin Mizell’s plan was to target a big 8-point buck this season. That buck had appeared on his game camera that he had mounted on piece of property he had permission to hunt on in Fulton County. “As…
As urban sprawl continues across Georgia, much of the state’s deer herd continues to be forced into smaller and smaller pockets of land. As a result, what once seemed unimaginable—trophy bucks within the city of Atlanta—has become a reality. YouTube shows such as Seek One have alerted many hunters to the bonanza awaiting in the…
Forget the solar and lunar charts. Most deer hunters will tell you that the best time to go deer hunting is whenever you can go. Having a 2-month-old baby and a full-load at work has put a crimp in Brian Whitney’s hunting this year. So, when the Smyrna resident got a rare chance to go…
As a native of Stone Mountain, I’ve been fishing many of the local lakes and reservoirs for 50+ years. I am primarily a bass fisherman and fished the larger impoundments from a boat, but since purchasing a sit-on-top fishing kayak a few years ago, a lot of opportunities have opened up that are difficult to…
Alex Moore had been back in the woods and hunting just a few times after his last radiation treatment, and here he was face to face with his buck of a lifetime. With only seconds to react, he knew he would have to remain focused and go through the process of drawing his bow, anchoring…
The Atlanta suburbs strike again. Another bow-buck with a rack so wide and so tall that it just doesn’t seem possible deer get this big, much less in areas where ribbons and patches of woods are a tiny fraction of the landscape, where what little habitat there is gets squeezed and cut off more every…
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