Hunter: Joey DobbsPoints: 9 (5L, 4R)County: ClaytonSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryI got one picture of this deer before the season and then no more until about 3-4 days before I killed him on December 3rd. I was hunting a mature stand of pines and hardwoods with privet thickets growing beneath. I climbed into my lock on tree…

Hunter: Cade LedgerPoints: 8 (4L, 4R)County: SumterSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryI had watched this deer the day before and couldn’t get a good shot. Patience was the key. I went back the next evening, and he approached 20 yards to my left and walked right in front of me. Right in front of my shooting window. I…

Hunter: Chase HemphillPoints: 10 (5L, 5R)County: LumpkinSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryAfter checking a camera during the November hunt, I had several photos of this buck. However the camera had died in early September and all the pictures I had were from mid summer until the end of August, and there was very little buck sign in the…

Hunter: Jack MooneyPoints: 11 (6L, 5R)County: IrwinSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryMy dad and I were sitting in a box stand we call “The Ticket Booth” and I was so cold that I was shaking the whole deer stand. I had already shot an 8-point deer earlier in the season, so I was doe hunting. I had already…

Hunter: Si SavagePoints: 8 (4L, 4R)County: LaurensSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StorySi was hunting with his Uncle Ryan, and shortly after day break the buck stepped into the food plot around 195 yards away. They quickly recognized the deer was not going to come any closer, so Si steadied his aim and shot at the deer. The deer…

Hunter: Emmi Ruth SavagePoints: 8 (4L, 4R)County: LaurensSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryIt started out cold, and we haven’t seen anything that morning. Emmi was getting a little antsy when the buck stepped out. Emmi made a 130 yard shot down an old logging road with her 350 Legend. The deer ran about 100 yards where we found…

Hunter: Jimmy GraggPoints: 8 (4L, 4R)County: DawsonSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryMy youngest son had scouted out Dawson Forest WMA and found the spot where a mature buck had been using. He and I hunted the second rifle hunt in the area where he had located but only saw several young bucks and a lot of does. On…

Hunter: Clay OglePoints: 8 (4L, 4R)County: OglethorpeSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryI decided to go hunting even though UGA was playing in the SEC Championship. Deer were moving early and watched a small 11-pointer follow a doe. I heard some deer coming out the woods behind me. I saw him coming towards me, I’m not sure what has…

Hunter: Laura BakerPoints: 8 (4L, 4R)County: StephensSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryMy first deer ever taken. I saw the deer come into eat, then started chasing a doe up into the woods, he grunted a few times before coming back across the creek. He turned back towards the creek watching the doe when I took the shot, he…

Hunter: Chase CarterPoints: 10 (5L, 5R)County: PikeSeason: 2024-2025Hunt StoryWas a cold saturday morning, caught him headed back to bedding – not near food or other deer I was watching, he came off the ridge behind me at 7:40 am.Return to List