GON May Issue 2024

GON Staff | May 6, 2024

Vol. 38, No. 5

Summer isn’t the easiest time to trap or hunt coyotes, but in terms of having an impact to help fawns and turkey poults, it’s the best time.

Photo By Tommy Kirkland

May 2024 Magazine Flipbook Edition

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May Feature Articles

Altamaha River Bass Fishing
May begins a period of normal and more stable river levels, and that spurs some great bass fishing action on the Altamaha.

Sinclair Catfish From The Dock
Randy Davidson and his wife Sheila Kay prove that you don’t need to run up and the lake to catch a mess of Sinclair catfish.

Shallow Power Fishing For May Bartletts Bass
Adam Byrd bucks the trend of young bass anglers who stare at FFS screens. Adam fishes shallow and fast for May bass.

Special WMA Coyote Season Runs May 16-31
Springtime opportunity for public-land songdogs.

Truck-Buck Contest Scores
More than 200 racks were measured, and the kids stole the show!

Youth Big-Buck Contest Scores

Turkey Season Update And Gobbler Gallery
Eight pages of Georgia gobbler pictures as GON’s Hunt Advisor team reports on turkey hunting across the state.

Clarks Hill Flathead Catfish On The Rocks
Catfish big and eating-sized concentrate on rip-rap and rock in May as the cats and baitfish are spawning.

11th Annual Coyote Cull Starts Now
A record number of entries were received last year, but it’s not about numbers—it’s about raising awareness of coyote impacts.

Thunder At Prayer Rock
The conclusion to GON’s spring turkey hunting fiction story.

Southern Pine Beetle: Tiny Terror In The Forest
The size of a grain a of rice, they can devastate timber tracts.