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A special day brought hosts Dave Willoughby and J.D. Shumpert, volunteers and 15 kids and their dads to a Walton County dove field on Sept. 13. The occasion was the annual David D. Willoughby Memorial SEEDS Dove Shoot, which honors a young man who passed away in 2007 whose passion for the dove field and…
Doves and lead shot both flew heavily opening day over the third annual Darden Dove Shoot, a benefit shoot for the GONetwork SEEDS youth program. The shoot was held Sept. 6 in Taliaferro County near Crawfordville. “We always have the best shoot in this part of the country,” said host Claiborne Darden. The shoot was…
The 2nd Annual Grant Taylor Memorial Fishing Rodeo in Walker County will raise money for Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a rare skin disorder that causes skin to become extremely fragile. EB took 8-year-old Grant Taylor’s life on May 14, 2007. Grant’s parents, with the support of Waterville Baptist Church in Trion, stay focused on finding a…
During the GONetwork Banquet at this year’s Outdoor Blast, GONetwork President Steve Burch announced a $6,000 donation to SEEDS from Country Goes Huntin’ (CGH). The SEEDS donation will allow the GONetwork to continue it efforts in promoting hunting and fishing to kids. The annual CGH event pairs country-music stars and hunting celebrities for several days…
Pouring rain didn’t hinder the Georgia Bass Chapter Federation Youth Top-Six Championship held April 5 at Lake Sinclair. Fishing from the same boat, Brandon Curl of the Bryan County Jr. Bassmasters won the 15- to 18-year-old age group with 10.67 pounds, and Mark Denney Jr. of Central Georgia Bassmasters weighed in 10.6 pounds to…
Ten kids plus parents, five guides and dogs, plus 33 quail and 23 pheasants made for a great day last month. Kids that were quiet and a bit shy in the morning were, at the end of the day, sitting on tailgates discussing the finer points of shot angles, dog work and shotgun kick with…
The GONetwork and the Henry County Water and Sewerage Authority (HCWSA) hosted the third-annual Kids Duck Box Building Day on Feb. 16. The event, held at HCWSA’s Cubihatcha Outdoor Center in Locust Grove, attracted about 75 people, including 31 kids. The project, which began as an effort to simply get kids involved in an outdoor-related…
Youth Elementary School in Loganville won the National Archery in the Schools Georgia Fun Shoot Elementary division title Feb. 9 at the Perry Fairgrounds. Brian Hobbs coaches Youth Elementary. The state Fun Shoot, coordinated by Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), is an annual event open to all schools enrolled in the National Archery in the Schools…
For the last four years, the Turkey Oak Strutter Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) has been doing a lot to get kids in the woods. This year, the annual Marion County kids’ hunt grew into a statewide event, and the Georgia Chapter of NWTF took it to the next level. “Any time…
The second annual GONetwork SEEDS benefit shoot at Claibourne Darden’s Taliaferro County farm September 1 started with barbecue and Brunswick stew. It ended with plenty of birds flying, lots of empty shotgun shells, and an amazing result for the SEEDS effort. The shoot netted $3,379.63 for the GONetwork’s program to encourage participation in hunting and…
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