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Oconee Memories Made Catching Hybrids

  Friends of Dr. Al West would be pleased to recall a recent Saturday on Lake Oconee, and more similar Saturdays to come. Dr. West had a special interest in helping those with special needs and was particularly fond of taking these special people fishing. When Dr. West passed away, many of his friends thought…

Family’s Rabbit Hunt Was A Blast

“Is this Dana Carter?” I asked. When he confirmed his identity, I informed him that he had just won a guided rabbit hunt. You could hear the excitement on the other end as he asked the where and when of the hunt. Dana’s name was drawn from among a number of people who purchased raffle…

Junior Bass State Championships From Tobesofkee

Severe weather forced anglers off Lake Tobesofkee on the scheduled tournament day of March 28, so the state’s best young tournament anglers returned the next day to vie for bragging rights and state-championship honors in the 2009 Georgia Bass Chapter Federation (GBCF) Youth Top-6 Tournament. Youth anglers were paired with GBCF members who provided boats…

Crossroads Baptist Launches God’s Great Outdoors Ministries

A glow of orange danced off the pine trees as the campfire from the evening before was rekindled. Young hunters began to pile around the circle of heat at 4:30 a.m., way before the first turkey would ever gobble. “I’ve been up since 3 o’clock,” said Chris Kitchens, 13, of Eatonton. “I’m just so excited.”…

Plenty Of Deer, Hogs On Texas SEEDS Dream Hunt

The 2007 SEEDS Big-Buck Contest winners, Matthew Price, of Ellabell, and David Roney, of Vienna, went archery hunting in Texas in December to collect their grand prizes in last year’s big-buck contest. Matthew’s south Texas deer and hog hunt took place the first week of December, and he killed two spikes, two does and two…

Magical Morning In A Coastal River Swamp

I have been trying to get my daughter Sabrina a deer for quite a while now. Sabrina is now 16 years old. She has been fishing and hunting with me since she was a toddler. I remember when I was stationed at Fort Knox, Ken., strapping her into a car seat in the Jeep and…

Youth Quail Hunters Headed To Springbank Plantation

Drawings for a pair of SEEDS hunts were held at the Georgia Outdoor Network (GONetwork) office on the afternoon of Dec. 1. The two hunts will send eight kids hunting at Springbank Plantation at Barnsley Gardens Resort, an Orvis-sponsored hunting preserve in Adairsville. SEEDS members Walker Scarbrough of Hogansville and Brandon Lee of Macon were…

“God’s Miracle In Gip’s Life”

Editor’s Note: The below letter is from the parents of Gip Gayle. GON reported on Gip’s Toombs County dove-hunting incident in the October 2003 issue. Gip received numerous shotgun pellets to his head and was not expected to live. Five years after the accident, GON is glad to report that Gip is doing very well. His…

Mini-Me Classic Kids Fishing At Tribble Mill Park

On Saturday Sept. 27, 2008, The Mini-Me Classic was held at Tribble Mill Park located in Grayson in Gwinnett County. What is the Mini-Me Classic you might ask? Well, it is a parent-child bass-fishing tournament that was started on Woody’s, GON’s message board. A couple of forum members came together and presented an idea to…

Lowndes 4-H Archery Team Wins Nationals

In just its third year in existence, the Lowndes County 4-H senior-division archery team won the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational June 21 in Grand Island, Neb. Under the tutelage of Coach Dale Cribb, the high-school-aged team was led by Madison, Fla. archer Jantz Jenkins, who took top individual archer honors for the tournament to…

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