GON January Issue 2024

GON Staff | January 1, 2024

Vol. 38, No. 1

Smisson Ridgon was just 14 when he arrowed this Houston County 13-point buck this season.

Photo By Scott Hodges

January 2024 Magazine Flipbook Edition

January Feature Articles

Red Oaks Plantation Is A Worth County Gem
Traveling across the country to hunt big bucks? Some of the best land in the country now offers pay hunts right here in Georgia.

Pitch Docks For Lake Oconee Winter Bass
Conner Lopez sets the pattern and marks a map with the types and locations of Oconee docks for January bass.

Flat Sets For Your Coyote Trap Line
GTA trapper shows how to mix it up for trap line success.

Paradise PFA Ghost Town January Bass
The crowds are missing, but the bass bite is not!

Truck-Buck Contest Weeks 10-13
Late November and early December produce lots of great bucks.

Hunt Advisor Reports From The Deer Woods
GON Hunt Advisor Team recaps the deer season across the state.

Big Bucks Are Individuals
Think a big buck follows a script? Thing again.

Big Buck Down… Handled The Right Way
The story of a Harris County double drop-tine buck is an example of how to handle a hard-hunted buck being taken by a neighbor.

Wingbone Turkey Calls And A Life Outdoors
Some are fortunate enough to possess one of Brad Campbell’s hand-made wingbone turkey calls.

Lake Eufaula Crappie Wintertime Bite
Guide Ryan Nix can find schools of January crappie bunched up on trees, and he get bites even when the fish are finicky.