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An adjustment on the water earned two McIntosh High School seniors a national championship at Lake Murray, S.C. April 15. Dalton Anderson and Dawson Lenz, both of Peachtree City, won the FLW/TBF National Championship with 16-lbs., 12-ozs. The two 18-year-olds beat out their closest competition by more than 8 pounds when the spawning blueback pattern…
Two 18-year-old tournament anglers from Peachtree City can arguably call themselves two of the top-10 high school bass anglers in the nation. When McIntosh High School seniors Dalton Anderson and Dawson Lenz started a school bass club their sophomore year, there’s no way they could have known it would take them this far. On April…
I’ve been fortunate to have tucked away so many memories from the turkey woods. I can still remember my very first hunt in the north Georgia mountains as if it happened yesterday. Some seasons stand out more than others, too. One season that jumps to the front of the line when I think back on…
The two jakes stepped into the food plot at a fast walk, one behind the other. They were desperately searching for the “hen” they thought was there. I was positive neither of these jakes were responsible for the thunderous gobble just seconds before their arrival. I whispered to Luke, “Get ready,” because the big bird…
A senior at Sonoraville High School in Gordon County recently won high honors in a national Future Farmers of America (FFA) science competition for a study he conducted on the supplemental feed preferences of whitetails. He also collected some data in his study that hunters and deer managers might find interesting: deer prefer supplemental feed…
Prior to the culmination of this year’s SEEDS Big-Buck Contest, last year’s SEEDS Shoot-Out winner, Grayson York, of Martin, took the mic. “Keep your eye on the target, and squeeze the trigger,” Grayson advised. Gray Giles, of Perry, who was 13 when he killed his qualifying buck, apparently took the advice to heart. Fifteen…
The Marietta Bassmasters club has always helped with a special community project. For the past 12 years, that program has consisted of a day’s fishing at a private lake near Loganville for children suffering with brain tumors. Two Saturday’s ago, the annual event was held under perfect conditions, and more than 150 kids and their…
The archery team at Woodlawn Elementary School in Chatsworth was top dog at the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) National Tournament in Louisville, Ky. in May. Woodlawn finished with a team score of 3,244, the highest ever by a Georgia school competing at NASP nationals. Woodlawn also won the NASP World Championship in…
Imagine more than 2,000 kids all equipped with various target equipment: 500-plus compound and recurve bows, 800-plus shotguns, almost 100 rifles and more than 600 carrying an assortment of air rifles, air pistols and BB guns. Imagine all these youth accompanied by adults, friends, family and coaches cheering them as they march to the…
Close your eyes for a second and think back to when you were a kid. Picture yourself fishing with your dad, or maybe it was your grandfather or grandmother. Chances are the first fish you ever caught was a bream. Burned in many anglers’ minds are fishing trips with Grandaddy. Now, each time you lay…
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