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Hunting
When I first called Aaron Harrison, excited to get a clear grasp on his experience with the massive Harris County buck he named “Showtime,” he picked up on the fourth or fifth ring in a whisper. The man was up in the deer stand, back at it again! We did our introductions, and I asked…
Week 6: Cade Croft, 147 3/8 typical County: Harris Date: Oct. 21 The gun season scoring periods began with Week 6 of the contest, and from then on each week the highest-scoring buck earns the hunter a Browning deer rifle. On the Monday following opening weekend of gun season, 14-year-old Cade Croft was hunting over…
By Donnie Price On Nov. 3, 2016, my son Jeremy got off the school bus with a larger-than-normal smile on his face. He and his little brother Jesse were headed to deer camp on the Talbot/Harris county line for a weekend hunt with me and their PaPaw. My goal for the weekend was to get…
Week 6 North (Oct. 17-23) 1. Tony House Butts 136 3/8 2. Travis Legg Oglethorpe 133 0/8 3. Jeff Hudgins Troup 125 6/8 4. Nathan Fennell Murray 124 7/8 5. James Mitchell Jasper 116 6/8 6. Zach Stubbs Crawford 115 0/8 7. J.D. Rohm Morgan *127 6/8 8. Jesse Parker (y) Coweta 100 0/8 9.…
Cal Culpepper and Parker Marshall, both 16 years old, took first place in the Georgia B.A.S.S Nation High School fishing tournament at West Point Lake on Saturday, March 12. After the win, they drove across the state and finished ninth in Sunday’s 2016 TBF/FLW High School Fishing Georgia State Championship on Clarks Hill Reservoir. The two…
Youngsters or those new to hunting in Georgia likely don’t know the history of our coyote situation. There was a time—hard to believe it really was not that long ago—when hunters first started saying coyotes were impacting deer. Those hunters were literally laughed at, publicly ridiculed on website forums—at times by folks with official-sounding titles…
Two huge bucks taken this weekend are major stories on the Georgia deer hunting scene. A 12-pointer from the Cobb County suburbs is one of the best bow-bucks ever from Georgia, and a south Georgia Booner has been confirmed from Dougherty County near Albany. The Cobb County 12-pointer that was killed Saturday morning, Nov. 14, concludes…
There is no way around it… bass fishing is tough in August no matter where you go. Hot days make you drip with sweat, and hot water makes bass feed less, especially during the day. But you can catch bass, and Bartletts Ferry is a good choice for a trip right now. Bartletts is a…
It’s been an emotional time for Jeff Foxworthy and the crew at his Harris County farm. There was elation for everyone when on Sept. 25 Jeff arrowed a freak of a buck, a main-frame 4×5 with a couple of sticker points that’s been taped at 175 total inches. The emotional release after a free-range buck…
Ask nine out of 10 anglers what the most effective cover for bass on Bartletts Ferry is, and you will hear a resounding, “Boat docks!” I asked tournament angler Derrick Millirons, of Seale, Ala., the same question as he slipped the trolling motor in a few yards from the boat ramp, and he gave the…
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