GON’s Trophy Room – December 2023

Since Georgia Outdoor News magazine started in 1987, we have continuously enjoyed sharing the accomplishments of others. Some months we’ll receive hundreds of pictures of happy hunters and anglers every year who just want to share their accomplishments. We are truly blessed that so many loyal Georgians think enough of GON to share with us about what they’ve accomplished.…

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Trap Prep: From Box To Dirt

If only you could open that box of traps from the UPS man and have them ready to deploy for duty in the dirt. In a phrase coined by a wise man many years ago, “it just don’t work that way.” To be successful in trapping coyotes, foxes and bobcats using foot-hold traps, there are…

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168-inch “Mufasa” Taken In Lamar County

Christy Nash, of Gay, is one of those blessed hunters able to hunt a piece of property that hasn’t been hunted in more than two decades. It’s a 275-acre piece of Lamar County dirt that’s been in her daddy’s family for more than 100 years. Her daddy is 88 years old, and he now gets…

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Coyotes Attack And Kill Perfectly Healthy Buck

Stan Mask, of Woodbury, was hunting 3 miles from his home on opening morning of rifle season when he heard at least two coyotes attack and kill a perfectly healthy buck that he just watched feed on acorns and ease out of sight. “At 9:50 a.m. a 6-point buck shows up feeding on acorns and…

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GON’s Trophy Room – November 2023

Since Georgia Outdoor News magazine started in 1987, we have continuously enjoyed sharing the accomplishments of others. Some months we’ll receive hundreds of pictures of happy hunters and anglers every year who just want to share their accomplishments. We are truly blessed that so many loyal Georgians think enough of GON to share with us about what they’ve accomplished.…

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Steps To Building A Lasting Trapper/Landowner Partnership

There’s an old saying I was raised around: “If mama ain’t happy, nobody’s happy.” Well, that pretty much holds true for a partnership between a hired trapper and a landowner, although I’m not too sure who plays mama more… I haven’t been trapping as long as most of the guys I’ve been blessed to meet…

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AKC Sounds Alarm On Mandatory Sterilization Of Pets In Northwest GA County

UPDATE, 2:30 p.m.: Floyd County Commissioner Chair Allison Watters said definition of “Working Dog” in proposed spay/neuter mandate will include hunting and sent the following language. Working Dog: Animals deemed to be “Working Dogs” are defined as: a dog suitable by size, breeding, or training for useful work (such as draft, herding, show, sporting and…

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