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High school bass fishing is now a sanctioned high school sport in Georgia, with a four-event season starting next January and a state championship offered to high school fishing teams during the 2020-2021 school year. On March 4, FLW, The Bass Federation (TBF) and the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) announced that Georgia has become…
Sometimes you just have to flip over the sign on the front door to “closed.” Blaine Burley, owner of Woods-N-Water Hunting and Fishing Adventures, and long-time sponsor of GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest, knows the importance of good juggling in the whirlwind of life. For more than a decade during the three-day MLK January weekend, Blaine…
A sold-out fundraising banquet on Friday evening, Feb. 7, and a snowy pheasant shoot the following day offered testament to some fantastic work being done for special kids and families. For more than 15 years, Outdoor Dream Foundation (ODF) has been making outdoor adventures come true for kids with chronic illnesses. More than 1,000 kids…
Thanksgiving is always a special time for family outings and get-togethers, but for Daniel Hunter, of Moultrie, this year’s holiday took on a special meaning when he received a deer hunting invitation from a relative in Calhoun County. The initial thought was the farm would provide a great opportunity for his 11-year-old son, James, to…
Abbie Westra downed an impressive Houston County 8-point buck last week, and it was her hand-written story of taking the buck that was also impressive to the editors when her big-buck contest entry cycled through the GON office. The 15-year-old from Warner Robins entered her 8-point Houston County buck the old-fashioned way. Instead of using…
Today is Aidan Proctor’s 12th birthday. When he and his twin sister were born at 25 weeks and weighed less than 2 pounds, Aidan wasn’t expect to see his fifth day. “He’s not supposed to be here. Doctors gave him zero percent chance,” said Aidan’s father, Donnie Proctor. The affects of his premature birth on…
We hear all too often how hunter numbers are on the decline. We hear about kids these days who have so many distractions and options for how to spend their time. We hear that hunting doesn’t hold the attraction it once did to youngsters. We’re going to say that’s certainly not the case for the…
It was a nice, cool and c!ear Saturday afternoon on Nov. 2, a perfect day to hunt with my grandpa on his property. The temperature was very nice, in the high 50s. We were in his tree stand overlooking the edge of a food plot about 50 yards away. There was a lot of activity.…
When’s the best time to get in the deer stand? We get that question all the time at GON, usually from hunters wondering about the moon phase, feeding times or what stage the rut is in around their part of the county they hunt. Our typical response? “The best time is any time you can…
Youth raccoon hunts sponsored by the S.C. Coon Hunters Association (SCCHA) and participating regional clubs and chapters will begin in October and continue throughout the fall and winter, culminating with the South Carolina Youth Raccoon Hunting Championship, hosted by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). The championship hunt is scheduled for March 7, 2020…
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