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SPYDER Gravity Feeders Brings Bargain To Outdoor Blast

The GON Outdoor Blast is thrilled to announce that SPYDER Gravity Feeder Attachments is joining the 2017 Blast Bargains campaign and will be offering their products at a discounted price during the show. Blast Bargains is a special part of the three-day Outdoor Blast—we’re bringing pre-season deals back to hunting shows. Outdoor Blast vendors will be offering…

More Doe Days, WMA Changes Proposed

WRD has released proposed hunting regulations for the next two hunting seasons, and they are asking the public to make comments on them. Changes includes more either-sex deer-hunting days and a number of changes on WMAs. Three public hearings will be held April 11-13, and hunters may also comment electronically through Survey Monkey. “The purpose of hunting regulations is…

License Fee Increase Passed By Legislature

The state legislature has approved a measure to increase hunting and fishing license fees. On March 28, just two days before the end of the legislation session, the state Senate passed the measure by a vote of 43 to 12. To see how your state senator voted, click here. House Bill 208 was passed out of…

Sportsmen Step Up To Clean Chattahoochee WMA

Trash and litter left or dumped on any piece of property is a problem, and when it’s on otherwise beautiful public land in the north Georgia mountains, leave it to sportsmen to step up and take action. Kyle DeLaigle, of Homer, and 10 other good Samaritan’s — Eddie DeLaigle, Jeremy Brooks, Tracy Worsham, Wes Garrett,…

NASP State Tournament Draws 1,200 Archers To Perry

On March 3, approximately 1,200 students from across the state competed in the 2017 National Archery in the Schools (NASP) Georgia State Tournament at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. The winning teams qualified for the national tournament, which will be held May 11-13 in Louisville, Kentucky. Chatsworth left their mark on the event for…

Rare Black-Phase Gobbler Killed

Jacob Mullis, of Macon, experienced a once-in-a-lifetime turkey hunt on March 26 when he harvested a rare melanistic turkey in Twiggs County. The gobbler he took was a “black phase” melanistic turkey that WRD says is so rare that only one in 10,000 turkeys carry that trait. “There are three color phases of wild turkey in…

Slab Crappie From Illinois Turning Southern Heads

A black crappie caught at Lake Kinkaid in Illinois earlier this week by Ryan Povolish has some Georgia slab hunters turning their heads. The slab weighed 4-lbs., 8.8-ozs. and is a pending state record for the midwestern state. “You fish all your life just to see a fish of that caliber,” said Rusty Parker, a veteran crappie angler from Lake…

Monster Georgia Bass Tops 16 Pounds

  Little did Chase Grove know that opening day of turkey season would be a day he would never forget—and not because of a gobbler, but because of a giant 16.03-lb. largemouth bass. Saturday morning started off like most opening days for Chase, waiting patiently for daylight with hopes of a gobble from the roost.…

National Forest, Cohutta Hunters Needed At Workshop

Voices of sportsmen who hunt the Chattahoochee National Forest and Cohutta WMA are needed during the ongoing U.S. Forest Service planning project. Workshops will be held March 28 and 29 in Gainesville. With good forest-management strategies going forward, public land in the north Georgia mountains could see improved habitat and better wildlife populations on nearly 145,000 acres of public land across…

Jordan Lee Wins 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic

While at Auburn University, Guntersville’s Jordan Lee twice finished as the runner-up in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship. One of those times was to his brother Matt. Those bitter memories were erased Sunday as the 25-year-old pro completed one of the most improbable comebacks ever to win the Bassmasters Classic. Lee caught five…

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