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In the shifting shadows of Georgia’s suburban wilderness, a saga unfolded that would resonate with the heartbeat of nature itself. “Wide Load,” a majestic buck from where rugged bottomlands meet concrete and steel in DeKalb County, stood not just as a creature of the wild, but as a symbol of the intricate ballet between nature…
Way off in the distance, the yammering seems to be getting fainter; the race is headed away from the huge clearcut I’ve wandered out into. Perched atop a pushed-up logpile, out front there is but scattered brush and a single line of trees too scraggly even for the loggers. Down the narrow dirt road 50…
If you look at the GON rut map, you’ll quickly notice that WMA hunters in the Peach State enjoy a benefit not available to hunters in many other states. Dedicated WMA hunters can do their homework and pick and choose WMAs where they can hunt the rut pretty much all season long. While the rut…
Joe Hester says it’s all about hearing the dogs singing and enjoying God’s great outdoors. Joe and his son Haddon or a few close friends will often turn his large pack of tracking dogs loose on the foxes and bobcats on WMAs of middle Georgia just to see the dogs run for hours. They are…
The two biggest bucks that I’ve taken in the state of Georgia were killed in the month of December. After more than 40 years of deer hunting in Georgia, these two bucks stand out as not only my personal best, but the fact they were not taken during the November rut but during the chill…
“You call me Harley,” Harley Anderson told Cougar. “Looks like you’re doin’ a fine job on rebuildin’ this blind for your aunt. She’ll be pleased. When you’re finished here, I ’spose she’ll put you to work lookin’ for her lost gold.” “You know about that, too?” “Everybody down here knows about Victoria’s gold, young man.”…
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…
The peak of the rut may be over in many parts of Georgia, but your chances at a mature buck and meat for the freezer are far from done. Our Hunt Advisor team has reports on how the action has been so far this season, and how they will hunt in December. NORTH GEORGIA Chattahoochee National…
I’ve lived in Bartow County my whole life and started hunting when I was 11 years old. My dad introduced me to the outdoors, and it’s been a lifestyle ever since. Over the years this lifestyle has taken me all over the country, as well as Canada and Mexico, chasing whitetail, bear, mule deer and…
By Cliff Odum We first got this buck on camera three years ago when he was a very nice 9-pointer. He had a clean rack with a non-matching G4 on his left side. I had harvested a 10-point opening weekend of the 2023 season and had committed to my brother and father that I would…
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