Posts by Glen Solomon
Georgia Rut Hunting Tactics With Glen Solomon
GON’s annual Rut Map could be the most popular article that comes out every fall. Hunters plan way in advance of when they need to take a week off work in order catch a bruiser buck on its feet. This map proves its accuracy time and time again by hunter testimonies each season. Keep in…
Read MoreThe Okefenokee Swamp Super Slam
Welcome to Fargo, Georgia. Enjoy the Okefenokee, Suwanee River and the Sill for a 1-2-3 punch. Magnetism. Remoteness. Mystery. Its own aura and a feeling like you have stepped back in time. To feel it, deep down in south Georgia near the Florida border is the tiny town of Fargo, a nearly hidden gateway to…
Read MoreArchery Paradise Found At Morgan Lake WMA
Pap! Up in the thick canopy of the late summer’s oak leaves, I could see the ol gray chatterbox’s flared tail cork-screwing. Perfect shot! Two seconds later, the ever familiar thud on the forest floor. Squirrel No. 12. Time for the second stage of my hunt—piney rooters. Beached on a small cut in the old…
Read MoreMy Outdoor Hero
Who is your outdoor hero? Many years ago, I was asked this question. I never did answer, but the faces of many flashed through my mind. My Uncle James opened many doors of outdoor pursuits for me, such as my first trips for bedding bluegill, watching rabbits and beagles, looking for river-bottom squirrels and most…
Read MoreRedfin Pike: A Return To Creek Fishin’ Roots
Redfin pickerel, or the redfin pike as the ol’ timers call them—do they still exist? Or, are they simply forgotten? Have most of the small flowing waters they once flourished in long ago silted in and quit flowing? I’ve fished all over Georgia from trout up high to jackfish in the Okefenokee, and until recently…
Read MoreFloating And Bumping The Canoochee River
Wow, about dried up! Only a foot or 2 deep, just inches in some places. The far bank a few yards away seems a little deeper. Wading forward until I was knee deep, I still couldn’t see the bottom, which was shaded by the mirrored reflection of a leaning cypress above the shiny, black water.…
Read MoreAll Alone Hunting For Fort Stewart Hogs
A tornado hit Fort Stewart! Well, not really. The whirlwind that swept through on a recent weekend was actually me. Being I haven’t been in the woods for nearly six months due to work travel, I hit Fort Stewart with a vengeance. Thank God there was somewhere in my part of the state open to…
Read MoreSwamp Squirrels Are Thick On Southern WMAs
Darkness was approaching fast. With 30 minutes of light, I had to make a change. I only killed one of the two squirrels I’d seen during an evening stalk on an Altamaha River water oak flat. With no wind, temperature near 50, and a cold windy front the next day, squirrel activity should have…
Read MoreHogs… And The Tactics To Put ‘Em In A Hog Hearse
It’s late winter, and deer season is over. Turkey season is nearly three months away. What now? Want to stay in the woods longer? Read on and find out how these two south Georgia swampers break in the new 2011 hunting season on public land. January and February they’ll be killing hogs on lonely post-deer-season…
Read MoreOcmulgee Bass With A River Legend
“He’s right in the middle,” said Keith “Bird Dog” Walker, of Douglas, as his Bang-O-Lure landed softly between the crumbled pillars of an old bridge at the water’s edge. A short pull, just enough for the rear propeller to whir and spit, caused the water to boil up underneath it. Then a splash, and his…
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